Example sentences of "or which [vb mod] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The function of the leave requirement is not spelled out in Order 53 , but it is designed to weed out cases which have no real chance of success or which might be called ‘ frivolous ’ or ‘ vexatious ’ in the sense of being brought not out of a genuine interest in the outcome but for some ulterior motive such as to make things difficult for a government agency . |
| 2 | Section 1 covers all forms of spying making it an offence if any person , for purposes prejudicial to the interests of the state : ( a ) approaches , inspects … enters any prohibited place ; or ( b ) makes any sketch , plan , model or note which … might be useful to the enemy : or ( c ) obtains or communicates to any other person any information … calculated or intended to be , or which might be useful to the enemy . |
| 3 | Turning to the use of fuels for IC vehicles which do not use up vital oil reserves or which may be used when oil is no longer available , the use of hydrogen has been suggested as one of the answers to future transport fuel needs . |
| 4 | Rachaela tried to give Ruth what she had had with Emma , things she liked or which would be good for her : sausages and chips , chicken and broccoli , real carrots , grilled fish with cheese and baked beans . |
| 5 | But he expresses this by saying that we ‘ can proceed no farther by reasoning than to things which must be exposed again to experience or which can be evidenced by means of some appearance ’ ; and this seems to suggest something new . |
| 6 | Secure ground floor windows first and any window which ca n't be seen from the street or which can be reached from a drainpipe or flat roof . |
| 7 | Information can be gathered by means of a questionnaire which new adherents are either invited to fill in themselves , or which can be completed in an interview by one of the church leaders . |
| 8 | Findings which are replicated throughout a number of countries , or which can be shown to vary under specified conditions , become much more powerful since ‘ an explanatory theory of industrial relations can not be based upon the narrow range of industrial relations processes observable in one , or even a few , countries ’ ( Walker , 1967 , p. 108 ) . |
| 9 | These take the curriculum and re-present it in ‘ bite-sized pieces ’ , usually in courses of between 20 and 30 hours , which may be put together for an award like GCSE or which can be taken as free-standing units . |