Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] [vb infin] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 This leaves us with the possibility that , while the previous life the patient describes may not actually have happened , he is not deliberately inventing it but relating something which may have been created in his subconscious mind and which he really believes to be true .
2 I mention this merely in an effort to chase any preconceptions , which may have been created by the opening paragraphs , firmly away .
3 The Solomon Islands is a new nation-state which may have been created through the imposition of an arbitrary boundary , but has to exist as a viable institution within the modern world .
4 The information gained from such provings is enlarged by adding in any known toxic effects of the remedy in question which may have been noted in cases of poisoning ( either accidental or otherwise ) and is completed by noting any symptoms and signs which were not observed in the provings but which cleared up unexpectedly in patients given that remedy on the provings indications .
5 In short , it may be illuminating to start with the damage and work back through the cause of it to the possible duty which may have been broken .
6 Despite the sentencing it is not entirely clear whether the accusation of ‘ bad restoration ’ relates to the possible damage which may have been inflicted on the original paving of the Piazza or to the outcome of the entire campaign .
7 5.12.4 Unless the Landlord shall otherwise direct to carry out and complete before the expiry of the Term any works required to be carried out to or in the Premises as a condition of any planning permission which may have been granted during the Term irrespective of the date by which such works were required to be carried out It is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant not only complies with planning legislation but also does not make application for planning permission without the landlord 's consent .
8 The distinction may not seem an essential one , but there is a difference : " strike-breaking " suggests a degree of capability for the work and willingness to do it which may have been possessed by the " rats " of " London and Liverpool " , 28 but was unlikely to have been displayed by the handful of girl apprentices actually engaged during the strike .
9 Normally , any limiting adjustment which may have been made to the amount of positive pitch available will be overridden by this control .
10 It remains unclear whether the types of vessel so commonly found in cremation cemeteries were also used domestically ; the evidence of the settlement of West Stow where stamped vessels of a type found in cremation cemeteries were present amongst other rubbish and which may have been made there , is ambiguous .
11 These , among others , are connected with the somewhat mathematical concept which may have been generated by the introduction of the use of the word ‘ unit ’ as applicable to ‘ goodness ’ .
12 Where the main constructive waves are swell waves which may have been generated hundreds and even thousands of kilometres away and travelled on as free waves , it is quite likely that the local resultant wind has a far smaller part in the orientation of coastal forms .
13 That this is the case stands , quite independently of the reasons which may have been given for not doing so in the past , reasons which may or may not appear cogent today .
14 Very few pagan cemeteries were in use throughout the period , and those that were tend to be the large examples in eastern England which may have been centralised depositories , not belonging to individual settlements .
15 Yesterday police were still combing the area for any similar devices which may have been hidden and for further clues .
16 Visualisation of the gel , which had been overloaded with protein , showed only minimal cross contamination of the subfractions , with the exception of Β gliadin , which may have been contaminated with 5% of α and γ gliadins .
17 In some cases bodies were covered with red ochre , which may have been intended to simulate blood , in the hope of averting physical extinction .
18 A significant detail is the forked ends of the severed heads which may have been intended to suggest the immediate growth of two replacements , as in the classical version of the myth .
19 It is very important that credit is given for any UK tax which may have been borne by an overseas trust .
20 I mean , you suggested the philosophy , you suggested that the term has become devalued because of unfortunate associations which may have been imposed by , by men .
21 The ad may alter or undermine an unfavourable attitude or group of attitudes to the brand ( which may have been based on ignorance or emotion … ) .
22 Private letters are like a conversation overheard , often more revealing than an autobiography , or than a diary which may have been written with more than half an intention of allowing it to be published .
23 There will also be the need for a user-specific lexicon with the facility to add and delete items , especially for proper nouns , individual abbreviations and misspellings , as well as words which may have been missed by the other dictionaries .
24 However , any kinship which may have been struck up was completely ruined by Owen 's insistence that ‘ Panic ’ was an anti-black music song .
25 Mr has low back pain , sometimes with left sided sciatica , which he 's suffered from since the twenty second of June nineteen eighty eight and which may have been exacerbated by lifting the plaintiff .
26 The first stage is to gather as large a sample of coins as possible by assembling a collection of plaster casts or photographs of specimens in the world 's principal museums , together with other specimens which may have been illustrated in numerous auction catalogues or hoard publications .
27 Some anaspids have specialized elongate paired fins which may have been developed and restricted to this group ( Fig. 1 f ) .
28 THE LONDON Ambulance service , hardest hit by the national overtime ban , is to investigate two deaths last week which may have been caused by staff shortages .
29 These sudden rages , which he attributed to his head wound but which may have been connected with the suppression of inherited melancholy , always passed quickly and disappeared in late life .
30 Mr Brown has urged the Prime Minister to introduce rules which would prevent ex-Cabinet Ministers from taking private posts which may have been connected with their work as Ministers for a period of at least two years after leaving office .
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