Example sentences of "which need not " in BNC.
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| 1 | The critical reader of a poem needs to have some idea of what a poem is , which need not be a theoretically sophisticated idea , and some acquaintance with poetry already . |
| 2 | One , which need not concern us , has to do with imagery . |
| 3 | The planned and formulaic rationality of the Enlightenment , according to the critique , is increasingly marked by the familiar , the conventional and by ‘ sameness ’ : a sameness which need not exclude difference , but contains it within the rational , functional and acceptable forms of its own choosing . |
| 4 | The results of the segmentation which follows from the expectation of interruptable time can be traced in the increasingly familiar forms of television fiction : an extended , rather than condensed form of the novelistic , in which attention is dispersed rather than concentrated ; highly populated narrative communities in which causality is less essential than character to the sense of continuity ; a narrative structure which need not end ( because not driven by causality ) , but which , if it does end , may end arbitrarily . |
| 5 | Since the direction of the direct and the indirect effect is the same ( which need not always be so ) , the size of the effect of job type on absenteeism would not be as large once sex was controlled as it had seemed in the bivariate relationship . |
| 6 | There were initial problems , and Augustus made certain small adjustments which need not be recounted here . |
| 7 | Why waste everyone 's time asking questions which need not be asked when the information is already there ? |
| 8 | If you visit a major cat show today you will find that there are about fifty breeds on display there , in addition to the many different colour forms and ‘ sub-breeds ’ , all minor variations of well-established breeds , which need not concern us here . |
| 9 | Some regard must be taken of the need for a kind of clarity and boldness , a clear differentiation between an object and its background , for example , which need not concern the artist working for adult readers . |
| 10 | Upheavals of all sorts , which need not concern this column , have regrettably seen Kent perform inconsistently and only occasionally anywhere near their full potential during the last two seasons . |
| 11 | For reasons which need not concern us here , they have become almost solely used on the tail rotor servo of model helicopters to assist in controlling the tail and are known as tail rotor gyros or just ‘ gyros ’ . |
| 12 | In this case , the transfer is being made off a camcorder which is acting as the source-machine ; the record-machine is a VCR which need not be of the same format . |
| 13 | Our inflation view may be more bearish than most , but was supported by the Chancellor at Mansion House , when he said : ‘ Some people insist that movements in the exchange rate are just a change in relative prices which need not affect the rate of inflation . |
| 14 | In order to help you structure this teaching session , which need not last more than 20 minutes , give each of the trainees a copy of the next two handouts as they appear . |
| 15 | Even if we accept the enforceability criterion for the existence of a law this can only be a necessary requirement of law if ‘ enforceability ’ is taken in a weak sense to mean that the rules in question are by and large adhered to , which need not , of course , be the result of threats . |
| 16 | In BSL interpreting , at present , many of the processes seem to be active which need not be and ought not to be . |
| 17 | Nonetheless , third parties need to be alert to the dynamism of an organisation and realise it might have generated its own practices and activities , which need not necessarily be encompassed by the constitutive treaty . |
| 18 | Thus , as in A , matters such as Literary Theory or non-mainstream areas of literature ( such as African literature ) are considered ‘ specialisms ’ which need not interfere with the traditional way in which English has been , and is , taught . |
| 19 | A hierarchy , which need not consist of lexical items , is a set of elements related to one another in a characteristic way . |
| 20 | Which need not refer only to Pericles , though the historian can not have forgotten him . |
| 21 | As to whether four-dimensional events rather than perceptual objects should be regarded as ontologically basic particulars , this is a metaphysical decision which need not concern us at the moment . |
| 22 | A general concept can be exemplified by any number of particular instances which need not stand in any causal relation with each other . |
| 23 | While Darwinian processes are likely to be only one of several mechanisms responsible for evolutionary change in form ( there is much debate , which need not concern us here , about the relative contribution of these other mechanisms ) , the point for the present is that all forms of life on earth today are clearly the results of comparable evolutionary pressures over the whole of geological time . |
| 24 | The profane word elohim ( which need not necessarily refer to Yahweh ) is now used to describe Saul 's fits of mania and ecstasy . |
| 25 | ( Jakobson associates relationships of contiguity with the figure metonymy , and those of equivalence with that of metaphor , a point which need not concern us for the moment , but which will become relevant in the discussion of Lacan later . ) |
| 26 | Supporting or enclosing structures i.e. lift shafts and foundations masonry and brickwork upon which the plant rests and which need not be replaced if new plant is installed . |
| 27 | Would it not , be advisable , therefore , to have a uniform regime — which need not necessarily be the same as either existing regime — rather than wait until such a system is imposed on us ? |
| 28 | Yet policy makers , planners and local government officials have a limited grasp of the historical development of nineteenth century cities and the project attempts to investigate the principal factors which governed that process , the problems it highlighted and the pitfalls which have been encountered and which need not be reproduced in the twentieth century given an awareness of a historical dimension . |
| 29 | If there is a breach of warranty , subject to any limitations in the contract , the acquirer will be entitled to damages representing the difference between the value of the shares or the business with all the warranties fulfilled — which need not be ( but generally will be ) the same as the purchase consideration — and their actual value at that time in view of the breach of warranty . |
| 30 | Staff underuse the present ‘ transfer call ’ facilities on the telephone system , and might benefit from training , which need not take long . |