Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] which [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each the same point can be made , that different people can see different facets of something or someone which may all be part of the whole which is beyond our complete understanding . |
| 2 | Mr Bangemann explicitly appealed to other European leaders not to suggest that German reunification was an immediate political issue or one which could be decided without dramatic changes in the political and security situation in Europe as a whole . |
| 3 | This option allows a measure of latitude to opt for jury trial on indictment to a person accused of a more serious offence , or one which could have profound effects on him if found guilty . |
| 4 | Like the first type , it always implies incidence to an actualizer of the infinitive event , someone or something which would have been explicitly expressed as the subject had the verb been finite . |
| 5 | His example makes it seem that the circle is not simply a detachable result of , or something which can be considered in isolation from , certain motions , but rather something whose very nature and properties are essentially tied up with its method of production . |
| 6 | ‘ Parliament in my judgment has assumed and contemplated that the testator will have already made his will before he signs and the words in section 9 ( b ) ‘ give effect to the will ’ in my judgment do more naturally suggest that there is a document already in existence which contains either dispositive provisions or something which can properly be described as a testamentary disposition . |
| 7 | It is to my mind illegitimate to argue — this is a sale , the consideration for a sale is the price , price can only include money or something which can be readily converted into an ascertainable sum of money , therefore anything like wrappers which have no money value when delivered can not be part of the consideration . |
| 8 | And this conception leads inexorably to the view that experience is like a kind of screen , something which could perhaps be painted if only we had the skill and reflective capacity , or something which could be captured by language or music . |
| 9 | For the simple reason that you wo n't go to bed till late in the morning or whatever which would knock you back . |
| 10 | It would , moreover , be inappropriate for the judiciary to be associated with any series of talks or anything which could be fairly interpreted as entertainment … |
| 11 | Reporting restrictions were not lifted and the magistrates made an order preventing publication of the boys ' names or anything which could identify them . |
| 12 | And see ye that sumpter beasts be laden with all that there is in Valencia , so that nothing which can profit may be left . |
| 13 | It is viewed as a ‘ foreign body ’ invading the department , rather than something which could be of potential value . |
| 14 | Ticking off items on a mental list , Ashley decided that everything which might be needed for the weekend had been packed . |
| 15 | Also , theory shows that an organisation which can not ‘ go bankrupt ’ is liable to contain more ‘ slack ’ than one which can . |
| 16 | The subject is one which needs to be brought to the attention of the Environment Committee and is something which the Council 's Environment Officer , once appointed , may wish to tackle on a corporate basis although one which can only be a token gesture since neither the use of peat or the peat land resource in Lothian are major issues . |
| 17 | Listen to the words of Abraham to the rich man who died ‘ between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you can not ; neither can they pass to us that would come from thence . ’ |
| 18 | The centurion … commanded that they which could swim should cast themselves first into the sea and get to land . |
| 19 | Nevertheless , the Home Secretary was persuaded that anything which might help towards countering the rising prison population by keeping out of prison those who need not be there was worth trying : |
| 20 | and so that anything which will possibly infringe the middle peasants would be , would be disastrous . |
| 21 | It makes an enchanting conclusion to the set , and one which might well influence one 's decision to purchase . |
| 22 | Looking back over this year 's first round matches , obviously Germany 's defeat in Rio by Brazil , amid what can only be described as typical South American frenzy and excitement , was the biggest shock and one which might even lead to repercussions not only by the ITF about crowd behaviour in some parts of the world but also from within the disgruntled German camp . |
| 23 | ‘ … in 1940–1 a mere accident , and one which might easily have occurred , could … have reversed the outcome of the war and transformed the subsequent shape of the world ’ . |
| 24 | Using these criteria ( as well as that which stipulated that they should not be paid carers ) we felt we would achieve a more homogeneous sample than if we had included people less closely involved , and one which would be confined to those with a significant input into the care of the dementia sufferer . |
| 25 | Griffiths wanted a much simpler experimental material than wood or steel and one which would have an uncomplicated brittle fracture , for these reasons he chose glass as what is now called a ‘ model ’ material . |
| 26 | It was , Joyce explained , ‘ a song generally used by anti-Fascists of Communist persuasion , and one which would not be used by nice Worthing people . ’ |
| 27 | Care is taken to teach the boy how to be a good observer and to reckon things by observation without counting them , as counting , especially of sheep , goats , cattle or people is considered as one of the gikuyu taboos , mogiro , and one which would bring ill-luck to the people or animals counted . |
| 28 | For several reasons : it was a simple objective , and one which would have the enthusiastic support of her squad ; it was the only result which would avenge the deaths of Johannsen and the Raistrick crew ; and it would cause the maximum damage to the Spinward Corporation . |
| 29 | But in Toby 's experience friendship between a boy in his fourth year and one in his second was a rare occurrence , and one which would usually be a particular sort of friendship . |
| 30 | If a company ‘ lost ’ its accounts data , it would represent a serious loss and one which would be difficult to recover from . |