Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many different social sciences — economics , geography and sociology in particular — show how individually intended actions combine to produce social outcomes which may not have been the intentions of the actors . |
| 2 | In doing so , it is important that the counsellor tries to extract the feeling within the statement , which was real , rather than the literal meaning of the words , which may not have been . |
| 3 | Black minorities have frequently been casualties of rules and procedures which may not have been intended to discriminate against them but which , in effect , do so and there is considerable resistance when the hitherto taken-for-granted procedures are brought into question . |
| 4 | An anonymous memorandum sent to Rome just after his death accused him of storing up great wealth and even of having profited from the neglect of the episcopal estates , accusations which can not be substantiated but which may not have been complete fabrications . |
| 5 | Obtaining office copy entries ( as opposed to furnishing merely a copy of the registered title ) is advisable as it reveals at an early stage whether or not there is a second charge which may not have been disclosed to the husband 's solicitors . |
| 6 | In the majority of cases however , the valuation engagement will be value added , where the firm uses information , which may already have been the subject of validation , enquiry and analytical procedures or information gathering work , to derive a conclusion in the form of an estimated value or range of values for a particular purpose . |
| 7 | It is quite unlike the Trojan origin which may already have been attributed to the Franks as a result of imperial diplomacy , and suggests that the Merovingian dynasty did not come to the fore as a result of its connections with Rome . |
| 8 | One particular exception which may well apply is that contained in sections 8 of the Factors Act and 24 of the Sale of Goods Act . |
| 9 | On checking artists , names appended it appears that up to 1756 Jeffreys did most of the engraving for Figures of Plants but thereafter his name disappears except for the odd plate , which may well have been made earlier . |
| 10 | It 's good , too to welcome a performance of the Litolff which may well have been over-played in the past but which still deserves an occasional outing . |
| 11 | Yes this colourful expedition requires rather more than the obligatory three points of contact , but it 's well worth seeking out , despite the alarm bells which may well have been triggered by now in the more squeamish reader . |
| 12 | Most probably the Linear A inscriptions are in the pre-Hellenic language of the Minoans , which may well have been related to languages spoken in south-west Anatolia , such as Luvian or Hittite . |
| 13 | This is an expectation which may well have been frustrated in the experimental situation . |
| 14 | On the rare occasions when French and Vietminh met and when local concessions might have helped at least to improve the atmosphere — for example the release of hostages taken by Vietminh — the Vietminh for their part denied all knowledge that any had been taken while violent incidents were either attributed to the forces outwith their control , which may well have been true , or else to the anger of the people which , again , may have been true but did not improve matters . |
| 15 | J. G. Frazer further suggests that the story of Jacob 's dream ( which was deemed so extremely significant that the spot on which it took place was henceforth sanctified in the Jewish religion ) " was probably told to explain the immemorial sanctity of Bethel , which may well have been revered by the aboriginal inhabitants of Canaan long before the Hebrews invaded and conquered the land " . |
| 16 | While there may have been isolated instances which appear to confirm this interpretation ( for example , in 1970 the Soviet Union bought up Costa Rica 's excess of coffee , which may well have been a factor contributing to the establishment of diplomatic relations the following year ) , other such instances have been similarly small-scale and the evidence overall is against it . |
| 17 | Works attributed to him ( either by himself or by scribes ) include allegories in verse ( such as the Char d'Orgueil , or the Passion , in which Christ is a lover-knight who , wearing the arms of his squire Adam , fights Belial in order to rescue his beloved , Mankind ) , several poems on the Virgin Mary , a number of saints ' lives in verse , some lively sermons in verse , and the Plainte d'Amour , a powerful satire on corruption , which may well have been inspired by the Bull Exivi de paradiso ( 1312 ) . |
| 18 | Like all good selectors , they had not been swayed or influenced by the most recent of events and clearly stuck to a game plan which may well have been devised before the 1992–93 season even commenced . |
| 19 | If a book contains a number of chapters or sections , which may even have been written by different authors , of what value to us is the global population mean based on the average over all chapters ? |
| 20 | Some of the early nautiloids deposit calcium carbonate in the voided chambers , which may also have been connected with controlling buoyancy . |
| 21 | RIGHT : One of the most interesting buildings at Beards Mill is this early 19th century wool store , which may also have been used for weaving . |
| 22 | When a city and its territory was divided between two kings we should understand that it was their revenues that were at stake , although certain cities also had a strategic importance , which may also have been a matter of concern . |
| 23 | The car , a Sierra , had been stolen on Thursday night from nearby Bilsdale Close and neighbouring forces have been alerted to look out for a stolen blue Ford Orion , registration number H814 FYM , which may also have been used in connection with the incident . |
| 24 | Some of these functions are best performed by University Institutes , some by a Curriculum Development Centre , some by a Curriculum Planning Unit and it is therefore possible that functions which may hitherto have been seen as either wholly performed by this body or that may increasingly be undertaken in partnership . |
| 25 | The result is that lodes , which may once have been uniform , and continuous , have frequently become twisted and prone to peter out suddenly . |
| 26 | Perhaps it is not too late , by some sort of active ‘ tending ’ , to re-create the atmospheres of ancient sites by reintroducing plants which may once have been there , so that they can again contribute their specific fragrance , their own note which helps create the ethereal music of the place . |
| 27 | Churches remain at Maddington , Shrewton , and Rollestone , while Elston formerly had a chapel which may once have been a church . |
| 28 | In North Worcestershire also industrial growth made little or no visible impact on the structure of wealth , possibly because a man 's position in the rural hierarchy determined his choice of trade , In Yardley tile making had evolved as a major activity early in the fifteenth century ; along with tanning , which may still have been the principal industry in nearby Birmingham , it was practised by farmer-craftsmen , who mostly had well under £20 in goods , the £3 — £9 range forming a good two-thirds of the list : Thomas Walton , whose £11 was the highest assessment , made tiles and practised cooperage in winter . |
| 29 | He wins universal applause from his followers and admiration from the reader , despite the fact that he is going to take away the paradise which may still have been ours . |
| 30 | Their green eyes fell on the strange eight-legged carving — which may indeed have been a spider , or an octopus , or may yet again have been something altogether more strange and they immediately decided that they were n't so hungry , at that . |