Example sentences of "which may [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect of the load is probably somewhat different from the variations of pressure set up by breaking waves , which may dislodge jointed blocks . |
| 2 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 3 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 4 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 5 | ( j ) To apply for , promote , and obtain any Act of Parliament , order or licence of the Department of Trade and Industry or other authority for enabling the Company to carry any of its objects into effect , or for effecting any modification of the Company 's constitution , or for any other purpose which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to promote the Company 's interests , and to oppose any proceedings or applications which may seem calculated directly or indirectly to prejudice the Company 's interests . |
| 6 | In evaluating the Copernican system , for example , mathematical criteria should take precedence over interpretations of Scripture , which may have become normative but only through ignorance . |
| 7 | For down-filled sleeping bags Nikwax can also refill a sleeping bag 's baffles , which may have become short of down . |
| 8 | Katib Celebi 's assertion that Abdulkerim was Mufti in Edirne , however , adds yet another unknown to an already difficult set of equations since it suggests the possibility that there may have been a separate official muftilik in Edirne ( and perhaps by extension in Bursa ) concurrently with the Muftilik of Istanbul — this would run contrary to the underlying assumption of the traditional view that the Mufti was the Mufti of the capital , successively Bursa , Edirne and Istanbul some of the holders of which may have become , with the passage of time , confused with the holders of the Muftilik of Istanbul . |
| 9 | The company say the safety of their staff is paramount , they 'll even bring in a jeweller to remove rings which may have become a fixture over the years . |
| 10 | The shy young visitor was soon disputing with Wordsworth almost on equal terms ; and next evening , while Coleridge was providing Dorothy with superfluous explanations about the different notes of the nightingale , Hazlitt and Wordsworth ‘ got into a metaphysical argument ’ which may have inspired two of the most genial of the Lyrical Ballads — ‘ Expostulation and Reply ’ , and ‘ The Tables Turned ’ , both of them written ‘ in front of the house at Alfoxden ’ . |
| 11 | The Institution regrets any misunderstanding which may have arisen from the article and apologises for any offence or inconvenience caused to G.L. Watson and Company and Mr J Allen McLachlan . |
| 12 | Explain the reasons for any misunderstandings which may have arisen as a result of the management 's proposal . |
| 13 | Unfortunately figures which can be derived as a result of this exercise are not free from influences upon trade which may have arisen irrespective of the process of integration . |
| 14 | Information which places guilt for the patient 's illness on the family might only serve to reinforce their overprotective and critical communication styles , which may have arisen in the first place for just this reason . |
| 15 | We apologise for any misunderstanding which may have arisen from this error . |
| 16 | This section of the book is designed to help you come to terms with your deepest emotions and the people or events which may have caused them in the first place . |
| 17 | But the existence of such fields within the undergraduate curriculum is interesting not least because it raises some of the basic epistemological and educational questions in a particularly sharp form ; questions which may have caused some of the digestive problems which the CNAA has had with courses in art and design . |
| 18 | Problems may also be encountered in those treated by repeated sclerotherapy , which may have caused severe inflammatory change and thickening around the lower oesophagus and upper stomach . |
| 19 | Other outlets for lay piety which may have channelled that desire for corporate activity embodied in the European Beguinages were the lay fraternities of contemplative communities and the city guilds which provided both temporary contemplative retreats for those in active life , and active expressions of social concern which embodied the love of God . |
| 20 | Although the operation was deferred until July , Eliot spent a period in hospital on account of an attack of his chest complaint , which may have owed its onset on this occasion to the emotional blow that he had received . |
| 21 | In our case I believe it has helped all three of us. has been exposed to a greater variety of people and situations which may have contributed to his easy-going nature . |
| 22 | It is a schism which may have contributed to the stalled development of GaAs as an alternative in digital technology . |
| 23 | Among the factors which may have contributed to the disorderly condition of the Gascon nobility was the slackening of the crusading effort against the infidel . |
| 24 | Interviews revealed a number of factors which may have contributed to this : |
| 25 | Only H. W. Taylor was married or over 30 , and Viljoen 's diary suggests a vigorous special existence between Tests — which may have contributed to the welter of dropped catches which helped sway the issue . |
| 26 | Colleagues need to convey a sense of wanting to learn from the worker 's experience ( as against simple curiosity ) , and to be secure enough to explore the full range of factors which may have contributed to the outcome . |
| 27 | PP : We have heard evidence suggesting that the conditions imposed by the banks and the IMF led to rises in the price of food which may have contributed to the death of Inday Rodriguez . |
| 28 | Johnes and Taylor provide estimates of non-completion rates for the 1979 and 1980 entry cohorts into each university and suggest a number of reasons which may have contributed to these inter-university differences . |
| 29 | US Coast Guard Commander Larry Mizell quoted one of the survivors as saying that during the storm ‘ many of the people went to one side of the vessel , which may have contributed to the problem they had . ’ |
| 30 | The complex included one particularly large cave - 33ft by 16ft — which may have served as Bar-Giora 's personal accommodation . |