Example sentences of "which [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | X and Y are Extremely Wise , which let's hope the human race might become . |
| 2 | It corresponds to a tension within human thought which may persist indefinitely de facto , but which has no basis de jure . |
| 3 | He might also have added the examples he cited earlier of the ‘ material content of the cultural tradition ’ , such as cave-paintings and hand-axes , since these also serve as repositories of meaning which may persist over time . |
| 4 | Stainless steel cleaners : Many products so described are polishes or include substances which may leave undesirable residues on food contact surfaces . |
| 5 | Usually such classes only run once a year , which may leave someone who has come to the point of decision too late for that year 's class in limbo for several months . |
| 6 | These present a different kind of expressive difficulty , which may leave the worker feeling even more helpless . |
| 7 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 8 | ‘ Faced with the myriad opportunities for the concealment of fraudulent activities which companies and trusts provide , Parliament has given the Serious Fraud Office the power to call upon a suspected person to come into the open , and to disclose information which may incriminate him . |
| 9 | ( 2 ) A general immunity , possessed by all persons and bodies , from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions the answers to which may incriminate them . |
| 10 | This appeal is concerned with the second right to silence , an immunity from being compelled on pain of punishment to answer questions which may incriminate . |
| 11 | The theme will be environmental protection in the widest sense which may embrace topics such as safety , reduced energy consumption , waste disposal ( incineration or specialised degradable polymers ) and reduced emissions by improved control . |
| 12 | But antiracist activities encapsulate one final problem which may outlive them . |
| 13 | When less fluid lavas are involved , which do n't break up into droplets , large gobbets of the molten rock are flung up from the vent , spreading out into irregular plates which may break up in the air into smaller bits . |
| 14 | If you 've got a bigger surgery which may break into that third week |
| 15 | In this view , the solution to pauperism lay in ‘ eugenics ’ , defined by its founder , Francis Galton , as ‘ the study of agencies under social control which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations ’ . |
| 16 | Jobs are often not secure so any new technology which may improve productivity is resisted as it threatens employment . |
| 17 | More importantly , there are constraints specific to the public sector and to regulated firms , as discussed in the next two chapters , which may improve their efficiency . |
| 18 | The concept of eugenics was defined by its founder , Francis Galton , in the early 1880s as the ‘ study of those agencies under social control , which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations . ’ |
| 19 | The tutorial is completely distinct from an ‘ audition ’ class ; the object of the tutorial is to help a student concentrate on speeches and scenes which may extend aspects of characterisation or improve his/her vocal range , and also to increase confidence . |
| 20 | Severe bruising to the ribs can not be satisfactorily dressed or protected within the rules of competition , but female competitors can use breast shields which may extend over the injury site . |
| 21 | Discoveries in the latter , along the ridge of gravel between the Thames and the Cherwell during the course of building work , indicate a spread of occupation of possibly 100 acres and which may extend even further to the north and west . |
| 22 | Further , the need for many victims to bring a civil action against the perpetrator requires continuing contact with the offender which may extend for years in a protracted case . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | Adler v. George shows that statutes may be read not only against the background of notions of justice and settled legal principle ( which tend to limit their operation ) but also against the background of notions of ordinary common sense ( which may extend their operation ) . |
| 25 | Yet real materials , made up from atoms , have cohesive forces which have a finite range which may extend far beyond nearest neighbours , and , as we pointed out earlier , for polymers may extend along the chains for very large distances . |
| 26 | The leading central banks are expected to redouble their efforts to push down the dollar once the German decision is announced — something which may ease pressure on the pound if it changes the focus of attention in the foreign exchange markets . |
| 27 | Among the manifestations of these attitudes are the statements of some defendants in rape trials , which may show an indifference towards the wishes of women , or a belief that the wearing of attractive clothes or an invitation to coffee is a sure sign of willingness to engage in sex ; and the attitudes of some police-officers in the early 1980s , influenced by any one of a number of assumptions about the prevalence of false complaints of rape , about the ‘ typical ’ rape as an attack by a stranger , about the presence of injuries or bruises in ‘ genuine ’ rapes , and so forth . |
| 28 | Tomorrow in Cape Town there takes place a confrontation which may show which way things are going to go : Mr Vorster is meeting the Chief Ministers of all the ‘ homelands ’ . |
| 29 | The reasons for failure are more likely to be due to people problems , which may show themselves by the lack of cooperation when the information system is being developed and a resistance to the changes that occur when the application is implemented . |
| 30 | In my view the dock company is not entitled to any statutory immunities which may attach to the port authority . |