Example sentences of "which [modal v] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 Small invertebrates such as polycheate worms , shrimps and other crustaceans are also fair game for most invertebrate feeders and some of the more cosmopolitan species such as boxfish , puffers and triggerfish have an appetite which may extend to shelled molluscs , fanworms and even spiny sea urchins .
2 In my view the dock company is not entitled to any statutory immunities which may attach to the port authority .
3 It is clear that under a system of well-conceived planning the resolution of competing claims and the allocation of land for the various requirements must proceed on the basis of selecting the most suitable land for the particular purpose , irrespective of the existing values which may attach to the individual parcels of land .
4 Oral explanations and discussion may convey a meaning and a depth lacking in written explanation which may tend to be accepted at an uncritical and somewhat superficial level .
5 Do you want one press release which may go to your institutional press as it were , the things which are specifically related to environmental health and nothing else ?
6 Insects which may contribute to its survival will see it one way , man sees it in another , a seed-seeking bird will perceive it in another .
7 Also , the binding of gp120 or gp120-antibody complexes to CD4 has been shown to interfere with antigen-specific activation of CD4 cells and trigger programmed cell death in vitro , which may contribute to the pathogenesis of HIV infection ( including immune function deterioration and decline of CD4 T lymphocytes ) .
8 This measure gives a good index of the tonic level of muscular relaxation In light sleep , in identifying periods of movement which may contribute to outside interference in the EEG and EOG channels , and is crucial in determining the presence of REM ( rapid eye movement ) sleep , when there is little or no EMG activity .
9 Given that a very precise and reliable estimate of a required yield is unattainable anyway , the problems of both interdependence and estimation of covariances from key factors may be less severe if financial analysts work with the more homogeneous SBU as the unit of classification , rather than with a division which may contribute to various corporate business activities .
10 The study will also take into account the effects of aging , which may contribute to a decline in knowledge retention over a long period .
11 Our study has monitored UOS pressure in unsedated children and established the occurrence of transient UOS relaxations in children , which may contribute to oesophagopharyngeal reflux .
12 As in previous studies dual disease , which may contribute to the anaemia , was found in 20% of cases .
13 Other fields for study include the proliferative response in healing gastric ulcers and the changes which may contribute to the clinicopathological diagnosis of Barrett 's oesophagus .
14 We have demonstrated expression of ET-1 in pulmonary endocrine cells , and reported that ET-1 expression is increased in the lung vasculature of patients with pulmonary hypertension , which may contribute to the medial hyperplasia and intimal fibrosis of this disorder .
15 Our study shows that CT imaging was adequate in about one-third of patients at hospitals with limited experience of testicular cancer , which may contribute to the lower survival of patients treated in local hospitals .
16 Women who take the contraceptive pill and who also smoke cigarettes are more likely to have a coronary attack , stroke or blood clot in the leg veins , which may shift to the lung ( pulmonary embolism ) than non-smokers who are on the pill .
17 The catalyst now is the need to slash the public-sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) , which may soar to £50 billion ( $17.5 billion ) this year .
18 A slightly different type of case is illustrated by the French feminine noun la sentinelle ( the guard ) , which usually refers to a man , and the masculine noun le ministre ( minister in the government ) , which may refer to a woman .
19 Osred was slain in 716 ‘ to the south of the border' ( ASC D , s.a. 716 ) , which may refer to a boundary with the Picts .
20 SOURCE a broad category which may refer to , for example , program code , command files , text describing software design , or even source text for word processing .
21 Other factors which may relate to lower HDL levels include poor diabetic control , increasing age , obesity , an inverse relationship to serum triglycerides , androgens , smoking and , although controversial , a high carbohydrate dietary intake ( Ganda , 1980 ) .
22 There are scenes on pottery which may relate to periods of licence and mockery .
23 ‘ We give you charge of all the matters which may relate to this our command .
24 Such courses which may relate to graphic design , fashion/textile design , interior design , and product design are usually of similar duration to those leading to CNAA degrees , that is three years full-time , and the numbers taking them have grown gradually over the years .
25 It must not he forgotten , however , that in the south of the United States there are roughly east-west structures such as the Ouachita Mountains which may relate to a Palaeo-Tethys and be the equivalent of the Hercynian fold belts of Europe .
26 In Japan there are negative correlations with per cent of research and with production involvement in design , which may relate to the tentative hypothesis offered about the negative correlations with technical success .
27 As Hamilton points out , ‘ very little attention is paid to the conflicts of interest between groups which may relate to their structural position either in an organization or in the wider society ’ ( Hamilton 1980 , p. 49 ) .
28 ( d ) Action on receipt of replies Replies to a land charges search give the number of any land charge ( eg C iv ) , which may relate to your land .
29 And Shimon Peres is eager to avoid a showdown which may lead to his ouster as leader of the Labour Party . ’
30 Offences committed by groups may well occasion greater fear than offences committed by individuals , and it may also be true that groups have a tendency to do things which individuals might not do : there is a group bravado , a group pressure , which may lead to excesses .
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