Example sentences of "which [modal v] not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Cash and his Friends of Bruges seem to want to fight a battle against federalism today which may not have to be fought at all . |
| 2 | Secondly , the tests may produce inconclusive results , or expose some minor defects which may not have the effect of causing mental or physical handicap , but which may affect the child . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | You will be faced with one or more prompts , words followed by a colon , eg TRANSFER : which may not have responses already filled in . |
| 5 | As things are , President de Klerk 's hasty initiatives might have solved some of our problems , but they have certainly created others — problems which may not have abated but could well have intensified come 1995 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | In the absence of such a general right many multilateral treaties have accession clauses to encourage wide participation ( especially from among States which may not have had treaty-making capacity at the time of the treaty 's conclusion ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | In the trade credit sector , Infolink 's customer base has grown , as many companies — which may not have used credit information when times were good — have become far more careful about offering credit to customers or suppliers . |
| 10 | We often get enquiries from companies which may not have resources to sponsor a tournament , but are anxious to become involved with women 's golf , so we suggest a player sponsorship . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | And we should perhaps add to this list of discourses the critical one which organises an anecdote , which may not have taken place at all , to re-iterate a point about Shakespeare and power . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The creature which should not have been came for her , clawhands jerking . |
| 15 | Further support for the view that there does not exist a principle such as Woolwich contend for is to be found in statutory provisions for the recovery of imposts which should not have been paid . |
| 16 | A long and somewhat rambling discussion followed during which the judge effectively tried to persuade the barrister that he must get up before the jury in order to say , ‘ in terms that the remark that you made was a remark which should not have been made and apologise , and you can say in terms that one of the reasons why it was a remark which should not have been made was that you had never seen the document ; you did not know what it contained . ’ |
| 17 | A long and somewhat rambling discussion followed during which the judge effectively tried to persuade the barrister that he must get up before the jury in order to say , ‘ in terms that the remark that you made was a remark which should not have been made and apologise , and you can say in terms that one of the reasons why it was a remark which should not have been made was that you had never seen the document ; you did not know what it contained . ’ |
| 18 | If the directors do state their reasons the court will investigate them to the extent of seeing whether they have acted on the right principles and will overrule their decision if they have acted on considerations which should not have weighed with them , but not merely because the court would have come to a different conclusion . |
| 19 | Will the right hon. and learned Gentleman have a serious look at capital allowances , especially for plant and machinery , which should not have only a 25 per cent . |
| 20 | It is no conceded that that figure included matters which should not have been taken into consideration , such as the agency quotes mark-up unquotes and the effect of V A T. Figures making allowance for appropriate deductions but also including what I 've said by Mr to be appropriate increases totalling one hundred and sixty thous one hundred and sixty six thousand two hundred and fifty pounds , are claimed on behalf of the plaintiff . |
| 21 | ‘ What appears to have happened is that the resident mixed two household substances , which should not have been mixed , ’ said the council spokesman . |
| 22 | Something 's come up which should n't have done . |
| 23 | Half those questioned had not heard of SERPS — which might not have been surprising had it not been that most were members of it . |
| 24 | Still , it gave Mary five minutes of fame overtime which might not have been allocated otherwise . |
| 25 | Audio warnings , such as ‘ distance too close ’ and ‘ excess speed ’ , tell of potentially hazardous situations which might not have been noticed . |
| 26 | Shortly thereafter , the Party took the unusual step of assembling the Armed Forces heads and demanding their collective endorsement of Beria 's arrest — a step which might not have been judged necessary by a leadership firmly in the saddle and truly confident of its prerogatives . |
| 27 | Instead of saying " shirts made in 3 different sleeve lengths " which might not have been noticed by readers , the advertisement carried the headline : " Is your husband in another man 's arms ? " — a proposition hard to ignore . |
| 28 | ‘ But where the delivery has been delayed through the fault of either buyer or seller the goods are at the risk of the party at fault as regards any loss which might not have occurred but for such fault . ’ |
| 29 | The to infinitive thus evokes the occurrence of an event as contingent , as something which might not have happened and which in fact was not expected to happen : the closest paraphrase is " that he should find himself alone " . |
| 30 | In summing up we may say : something has been made visible which could not have been perceived without the effort to make it visible . |