Example sentences of "which may have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In evaluating the Copernican system , for example , mathematical criteria should take precedence over interpretations of Scripture , which may have become normative but only through ignorance . |
| 2 | For down-filled sleeping bags Nikwax can also refill a sleeping bag 's baffles , which may have become short of down . |
| 3 | The shy young visitor was soon disputing with Wordsworth almost on equal terms ; and next evening , while Coleridge was providing Dorothy with superfluous explanations about the different notes of the nightingale , Hazlitt and Wordsworth ‘ got into a metaphysical argument ’ which may have inspired two of the most genial of the Lyrical Ballads — ‘ Expostulation and Reply ’ , and ‘ The Tables Turned ’ , both of them written ‘ in front of the house at Alfoxden ’ . |
| 4 | Unfortunately figures which can be derived as a result of this exercise are not free from influences upon trade which may have arisen irrespective of the process of integration . |
| 5 | But the existence of such fields within the undergraduate curriculum is interesting not least because it raises some of the basic epistemological and educational questions in a particularly sharp form ; questions which may have caused some of the digestive problems which the CNAA has had with courses in art and design . |
| 6 | Problems may also be encountered in those treated by repeated sclerotherapy , which may have caused severe inflammatory change and thickening around the lower oesophagus and upper stomach . |
| 7 | Other outlets for lay piety which may have channelled that desire for corporate activity embodied in the European Beguinages were the lay fraternities of contemplative communities and the city guilds which provided both temporary contemplative retreats for those in active life , and active expressions of social concern which embodied the love of God . |
| 8 | Confounding variables which may have affected urinary albumin excretion were similar within and between our two groups — that is , glycaemic control , weight , and protein intake ( as reflected by urinary urea excretion ) . |
| 9 | Adjustments to incorporate various factors which may have affected this annual prevalence figure ( over 200 cases lacking an identity code , low response rates from GPs and social workers ) suggest a possible range of 1,550 to 1,850 individual problem drug users in Wirral during 1984–5 . |
| 10 | Assuming they were free from spelling and other mistakes , a process which may have involved several attempts , these were cut up and stuck down onto a master layout sheet using wax or gum . |
| 11 | The National Curriculum subjects will therefore have to be given priority for resources , especially where schools have not offered the full curriculum to all pupils , or in primary schools which may have done little science and technology . |
| 12 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 13 | Perhaps the most fitting tribute to their son is that he gave his life to a mission which may have saved many more . |
| 14 | This view was qualified by other officers of the company who said in some instances Informix could provide backing for startup firms , such as those which may have developed important technology but were unable to productise it due to lack of funds . |
| 15 | A local farmer had installed a grain-drier in the immediate locality which may have prevented any such manifestation from being heard . |
| 16 | That 's the season when coloured hollies or laurels which may have spent most of the summer masked by the bright herbaceous flowers in the foreground , take centre stage and preside over the border . |
| 17 | An act can make a successful first LP which may have taken five or seven years for a band 's songwriters to create . |
| 18 | Issues which may have looked problematical in theory can be compared to see whether they are of consequence in practice . |
| 19 | The Woods ' speech also introduced an important new argument which may have had some considerable effect on Irish voters . |
| 20 | Unhappily , habits which may have had some virtue in times of scarcity became vices in times of relative abundance . |
| 21 | They included weapons , jewellery , and objects which may have had some symbolic significance , whether religious or royal . |
| 22 | Townsend noted a preconceived association between retirement , ill health and death within the wider community which may have had older cultural roots . |
| 23 | Watkins probably heard mention of these ideas , the seeds from which may have lain dormant in him for over fifty years . |
| 24 | Smaller library authorities have traditionally faced the problem of lack of staff ‘ mobility ’ , with difficulties in releasing staff from normal service points : the ability of libraries with larger establishments to release groups of staff , making internal training viable and economic , or to be able to afford external courses , has perhaps contributed to a tendency to define training largely in terms of off-the-job courses which may have discouraged some libraries from even attempting to develop a coherent overall training plan . |
| 25 | I remember a , I remember er an A H T came out with some figures five years ago which may have prompted some early retirements then . |