Example sentences of "and which may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because of this , and because there are rare human disorders in which self-mutilation may be a feature ( e.g. Lesch-Nyhan , deLange , and Tourette 's syndromes ) , and which may result from neurotransmitter changes , it is possible that neurotransmitter disturbances may contribute to self-cutting . |
| 2 | The only known or suspected production sites are at Elsham in Lincolnshire comprising concentrations of burnt material and sherds of pottery ( which have not been excavated and which may represent the remains of funeral pyres ) , the excavated kiln ( ? ) at Cassington ( Arthur and Jope 1963 ) and possibly Sutton Courtenay ( Leeds 1936 , p. 28 ) . |
| 3 | Discoveries in the latter , along the ridge of gravel between the Thames and the Cherwell during the course of building work , indicate a spread of occupation of possibly 100 acres and which may extend even further to the north and west . |
| 4 | Levels one and two are by far the commonest in education but there is a new type of partnership which appears to be developing and which may meet the needs of the future rather more fully than the other two — though those will always continue in existence because they fulfil real short term needs . |
| 5 | Years later , when Sainteny returned to Hanoi , Le Duan recalled these words , which he attributed to Ho Chi Minh , and which may stand as his memorial inscription : ‘ The Vietnamese nation is one and indivisible . ’ |
| 6 | As we have seen , linguistic variables may be markers of certain fine-grained social functions within the community , which can be broadly considered to be identity functions , and which may appear as age , sex or areal differences , for example . |
| 7 | Helpers approaching have sometimes been bitten or attacked wildly in the delirium that follows and which may last as long as twelve tormented hours . |
| 8 | Single events rarely cause a major restructuring of the child 's personality : they occur in the context of a continuous interaction with the environment which itself is not static and which may modify , strengthen or weaken the consequences of what has happened already . |
| 9 | The actual request is set out in the first part , which gives the relevant addresses and which may specify a particular mode of service . |
| 10 | It is too much work : or , more precisely , too much time spent by too many people on work of a kind which contributes insufficiently to their fulfilment and which may tend to diminish their capacity for fulfilling themselves , too much soul-destroying toil or boredom . |
| 11 | There will , however , be longer-term consequences which flow from those dramatic weeks , which are still working themselves out and which may prove more serious . |
| 12 | It is possible that many of the anti-microbial antibodies described in inflammatory bowel disease and other inflammatory disease states , may in fact be reflections of immunisation against microbial heat-shock proteins , which has been implied in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune disease states and which may induce anti-lactoferrin antibodies ( see below ) . |
| 13 | They will benefit especially , too , from explicit teaching about language , which is already included in the recommended programmes of study and which may need adaptation and reinforcement for such pupils . |
| 14 | The hiding strategies themselves produce additional effects that are unwanted and unpleasant , and which may add to the net level of discomfort rather than reducing it . |
| 15 | The anti-realist does not believe in the existence of this further ‘ real ’ world which lies behind the world that we know and which may come apart from our world in ways which of course we could not recognize if they occurred . |
| 16 | If the proposed Directive is adopted , this additional information can no longer be required ; this removes potential competitive disadvantages to which UK companies may otherwise be subject and which may constitute barriers to the right of establishment . |
| 17 | There are several good catalogues which you can obtain and which may supply you with new ideas ( see book list , page 136 ) . |
| 18 | LTP can be tentatively subdivided into several mechanistically distinct components : LTP1 , with a duration of less than 3–6h which is blocked by kinase inhibitors but not by protein synthesis inhibitors ; LTP2 , a component which is blocked by translational inhibitors but which appears to be independent of gene expression ; and LTP3 , with a time constant of several days , which is only obtained if the animal is unanaesthetised at the time of induction and which may require gene expression ( see text ) . |
| 19 | to lay the human and physical foundations for a centre of experimental economics in the UK which we hope will come to compare favourably with such centres in other countries , and which may encourage greater awareness and wider use of experimental methods by economists as a supplement to their usual research activities . |
| 20 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 21 | It was suggested to the Criminal Law Revision Committee that in the light of ‘ the strong feelings of revulsion ’ which homosexual rape arouses and which may prejudice the defendant , such conduct should be dealt with as indecent assault rather than as buggery . |
| 22 | It is hoped that it will provide a flexible structure which can be refined and developed and which may help to break down the monolithic structure and mystical nature of the subject . |
| 23 | ( 4 ) The board minutes of the company , or the minutes of internal committees ( such as health and safety committees and audit committees ) in larger companies may reveal particular problems that the target has faced in the past and which may recur or continue to have an impact . |
| 24 | Compartmentation of the interior means that the building is experienced in a new way — details which were once distant ( and which may have been executed in the knowledge that they would not be viewed at close hand ) are seen in ‘ close-up ’ for the first time and in relation to much smaller and more intimate spaces ( Plate 20 ) . |
| 25 | The only exception to this pattern is the iron knife , an everyday tool which is frequently found in graves , and which may have been more personalised than the more specialised tools and therefore buried with the owner . |
| 26 | This type of analysis can be carried out for the whole country showing that there are a number of areas which are prominent in the consumption of the imported goods and which may have been developing centres of political and economic power ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | The GPC strategy is particularly useful when we need to pronounce unusual words such as " leonine " , " potamic " , or " tachistoscope " — words which are slightly unfamiliar visually , and which may have a weak lexical representation . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Themes with apparently quite varied and elaborate rhythmic outlines can be made by decorating a melody which in itself is quite simple , and which may conform to a well-known pattern . |