Example sentences of "which [vb mod] be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gives guidance on the terms under which conditions and obligations can reasonably be imposed on developers , an issue which may be particularly relevant in the argument over the development of ‘ brown ’ areas of the Green Belt . |
| 2 | An issue of ordinary shares in the offeror as consideration will permit accepting shareholders to share in future growth ( which may be particularly attractive if the offeror is a high-growth company ) as well as permitting them to participate in the offeror by holding voting shares . |
| 3 | Important constituents of VLDL and chylomicra are three apolipoproteins , namely , apo- C II , C III 1 and C III 2 , which may be either inhibitory ( C III 1 and C III 2 ) or an obligate activator ( C II ) of lipoprotein lipase ( Galton et al , 1982 ) . |
| 4 | The feature structures consist of features and associated values which may be either atomic or complex ( i.e. feature structures themselves ) . |
| 5 | As well as Dobags , Anatolia produces a wide range of village-standard items , which may be either traditional in appearance or designed specifically for the Western market , and some notable workshop items , particularly from hereke and , to a lesser degree , Kayseria . |
| 6 | A refusal by an undertaking in a dominant position to supply another undertaking which may be economically dependent on the first undertaking . |
| 7 | ‘ Informal carers ’ is the term used in official documents to describe close supporting relatives though it is not a good term ‘ informal ’ implies that the task is done by choice in a rather casual fashion , which is rarely the case , and ‘ carer ’ implies an embracing emotional commitment which may be wholly inaccurate . |
| 8 | Whilst Seymour-Ure 's approach is focused on individual case studies , he hints at but does not examine a range of important , but empirically not easily verifiable , effects of mass media in general , and of television in particular : effects which may be both cumulative and long-term . |
| 9 | A three-layer perceptron can recognise arbitrary polygonal areas , which may be neither convex nor even connected . |
| 10 | The comments made in Fig. 7.7 , concerning land-use pressures in the Himalayan zones , thus represent a generalised overview which may be grossly inaccurate at the local scale . |
| 11 | A good hunch is heuristic , productive of preliminary explanatory propositions and capable of analysis into a priori axioms that can be reformulated into hypotheses , some of which may be practically testable . |
| 12 | As far as acquisition of language is concerned , it seems clear that reinforcement , casual observation , and natural inquisitiveness ( coupled with a strong tendency to imitate ) are important factors , as is the remarkable capacity of the child to generalise , hypothesise and ‘ process information ’ in a variety of very special and apparently highly complex ways which we can not yet describe or begin to understand , and which may be largely innate , or may develop through some sort of learning or through maturation of the nervous system . |
| 13 | Where the warehouse is primarily used for storage and distribution the supporting accommodation can comprise , receiving , and dispatch vehicle departments , with typical ‘ garage ’ type risks , the office accommodation to support these functions , as well as the offices for the ‘ paper-work ’ such as receipts of goods , retrieval/dispatch documentation and invoicing etc. , which may be largely manual or computerised with a nominal support staff , and the ancillary staff welfare and amenity spaces . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , at the present time , little is known about the kinds of adult language which may be most helpful for children who experience different forms of language impairment . |
| 15 | An analysis of the age and sex structure of unemployment and its locational distribution is of value because it may throw some light on the reasons for the growth of unemployment and the policy measures which may be most effective . |
| 16 | It should be seen for what it was , and especially by those who feel like regretting its erasure , and alleging that its replacement has made an environment which may be even worse — of tower blocks filled with heroin and despair . |
| 17 | That is , there are criteria which determine the way in which others also think and act which may be completely contrary to those of Gandhi . |
| 18 | It seems to me that if we have any knowledge of England 's past at all , we do tend to have a kind of a picture of our history in the back of our minds which may be completely wrong . |
| 19 | Additionally , and perhaps even more uncomfortably , how does a consideration of Spenser and Ireland impinge on our understanding and involvement with the current ‘ Irish Problem ’ ( an involvement which may be extremely immediate for some readers ) ? |
| 20 | All of us lose sleep at some time in our lives , and many individuals have to lose sleep as part of their jobs , which may be extremely responsible and demanding . |
| 21 | Disciplines have to be undertaken to take special care with potentially flammable items and those which may be chemically/physically unstable when moved from store . |
| 22 | Area analysis would then provide details of : * population according to Census statistics and population updates ; * population by ACORN category ; * statistics for the number of people who work in that area ( which may be significantly larger than the resident population ) . |
| 23 | One of the most significant sources of competition law is the EEC Treaty , which may be directly applicable in England and override municipal law . |
| 24 | The difference between Peak and RMS switching is that , with Peak , the compressor monitors the true signal peaks which may be much higher than the average level ; for drums , therefore , Peak makes most sense . |
| 25 | The relative prices of timber and steel vary greatly in different countries and also the price of timber itself varies from that of rough timber , which may be much cheaper than steel , up to expensive plywoods which cost far more than steel sheet . |
| 26 | These tests will also determine whether or not the microorganisms will completely mineralise the waste , as opposed to producing metabolic intermediates which may be more toxic that the original compound . |
| 27 | In this way , situations can be redefined in ways which may be more useful for analysis . |
| 28 | On the other hand , there are some operations , such as peroxide-bleaching and the rinsing of acid from fabric , which may be more effective in hard water . |
| 29 | In more recent years , as understanding of platelet physiology has increased , newer tests have been applied to the study of platelets from diabetic subjects which may be more relevant to platelet function in vivo . |
| 30 | Though the court of Louis was surely bilingual in Romance and Germanic , Charles 's birthplace ( and hence the implied origin of his nurse — which may be more relevant here than his mother 's ) , and the likely residence-pattern of his early years suggest ( again paradoxically for a future " French " king ) that his native language was , as in Walahfrid 's case , a form of German . |