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

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1 You know if the children are not going to go out , and the adults are not going to have their own education classes , which let's be honest most of us do n't attend or or have anything to do with .
2 Art politics or cultural history are favourite themes for such reviewers , apart from the spectrum of cognate disciplines which may be the specialities of writers who are only occasionally concerned with art .
3 It should be seen for what it was , and especially by those who feel like regretting its erasure , and alleging that its replacement has made an environment which may be even worse — of tower blocks filled with heroin and despair .
4 Hora e sempre — this motto is inscribed on the front of Hawksmoor 's , the real Hawksmoor 's , Classical house at Easton Neston in Northamptonshire : Easton Neston has been reputed or imagined to be the original of Mansfield Park , which may be described as a house imagined by an opponent of the Gothic novel .
5 At the same time , the article is tainted by what seems to be a desire to inflict damage on Levi 's reputation , of a kind which may be thought to serve the ideological tendency of the magazine in which it appeared .
6 Book-writers , Faussone says , produce works ‘ which may be beautiful and all that , but , on the other hand , even if they were a bit defective , excuse the expression , nobody would die , and the only loser is the customer who bought them ’ .
7 He also criticised the reference to critical control points under which it said that : ‘ Food business operators shall identify any process undertaken which may be critical to ensuring food safety and ensure that adequate safety procedures are identified , maintained and reviewed . ’
8 Remember to reduce speed on downhill stretches and to watch in the mirror for traffic which may be about to overtake , and which could therefore set up a swing .
9 The aircraft is flying in a mass of air which may be stationary or moving . )
10 They will also be able to give information about local voluntary agencies which may be able to offer you advice or support , and also about local services for people with special difficulties such as problems with alcohol , drugs or gambling .
11 the anthropologist is committed not simply to description , but to analysing and questioning the definitions and assumptions on which social groups base their existence and predicate their activities , and to unveiling that which may be concealed or unrecognised .
12 Thus completed , he signed the form ‘ accepting and submitting himself to the statutes , rules , regulations and ordinances of McGill University and of the Faculty or Faculties in which I am registered , and to any amendments thereto which may be made while I am a student of the university and I promise to observe the same . ’
13 In fact , the striking dissociations that one can observe in neuropsychological patients show us instead that skills which seem so simple and automatic in the course of everyday life are in fact comprised of a large number of functional sub-components , any of which may be impaired by brain injury .
14 Not all of us like using woodworking machines , and do not mind spending the extra time achieving results which may be less perfect and mechanical-looking .
15 The fee for burial does not include charges for grave-digging , which may be carried out by a parochial officer ( in which case the vicar sets the charge ) , or by a grave-digger hired by the funeral director .
16 The kinds of people who may help or services which may be available include :
17 This is understandably a very difficult time which may be helped by support or counselling .
18 Case workers may be able to advise on grants or local agencies which may be able to provide help .
19 The choice of treatment may be skewed towards that which can be paid for , rather than that which may be in the best interests of or preferred by the patient .
20 This advantage is considerable since the bitter fraction may then be chemically manipulated to produce bitter iso a acids from the a acids and so provide a PIKE product which may be added towards the end of the boil or even afterwards .
21 Which one to use depends , to some extent , upon the appearance which you wish to achieve , which may be an oiled or waxed appearance , a high gloss , satin or matt finish , and on what is being finished .
22 There is a range of other software application programs on the market which may be described as design aids .
23 The three abortion cases , which may be reached in December , are unlikely to lead to a clean reversal of Roe v Wade , the 1973 Supreme Court ruling which granted an absolute right to abortion in the first three months of pregnancy and an almost unrestricted right in the next three .
24 Normal tissue paper , like most paper , contains acid which encourages fading and decay , including the gradual yellowing of white fabrics , a process which may be seen after only a few years .
25 In a letter to members , the Assistant Masters and Mistresses Association warns against schemes ‘ with no guarantee of adequate resources ; which may blur the process of professional development with the identification of alleged weaknesses for disciplinary purposes ; and which may be used as a crude and inequitable process for relating salary rates to arbitrarily judged levels of performance ’ .
26 The jokes are copious , hit-and-miss and very broad ( the credits include a ‘ collapsing dunny specialist ’ ) : we 're in Life of Brian territory , which may be more congenial here than in America , where the film failed to reproduce its massive success on home turf .
27 The jokes are very broad ( the credits include a ‘ collapsing dunny specialist ’ ) : we 're in Life of Brian territory , which may be more congenial here than in America , where the film failed to reproduce its massive success on home turf .
28 He admitted he wanted to see if there was ‘ room for flexible … language ( in the bill ) which may be able to avoid a veto on my part ’ .
29 The document finally ‘ agreed ’ by the disagreed committee was stuffed with jargon and so incomprehensible that it was useless as an agenda for discussion ; yet the meeting at Evanston had to discuss it ; with results which may be imagined .
30 If we find that when we have stopped it , either things are just as bad ( which is improbable ) or that they are still fairly bad , then indeed it will be easier , scientifically easier , to detect any other causes which may be at work . ’
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