Example sentences of "which [modal v] [vb infin] him " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | Taken together with the author 's Building & Civil Engineering Standard Forms ( 1969 with 1970 and 1973 Supplements ) and the tenth edition of Hudson 's Building and Engineering Contracts ( 1970 ) which is edited by the author , this book gives the practitioner sound and practical assistance on virtually any problem which may confront him in this difficult and increasingly important area of law . |
| 3 | JANSHER KHAN narrowly avoided a ban but was fined for the second time in six weeks by the International Squash Players Association yesterday — and lost ranking points which may cost him his world No.1 spot . |
| 4 | YEOVIL TOWN captain Mark Shail was heartbroken last night over the rash moment which may cost him the chance of playing in the dream FA Cup tie against Arsenal . |
| 5 | Before he can even accept the lease , he is required to put the place into good repair , which may cost him another £30,000 . |
| 6 | And besides his official engagements as a deputy lieutenant , which may involve him in royal visits and the like , he says he will continue with his community roles . |
| 7 | The professor shall also , at the close of each term , inform any society which may request him to do so , as to the regularity of attendance and the proficiency of the students belonging to such society who have been admitted into the laboratory or department under his charge . |
| 8 | If the hon. Gentleman waits for a few days , he may be made aware of developments emanating from a source not far from me now which may interest him and which may deal with that point . |
| 9 | Ronnie Carey : nursing an ankle injury which may force him to sit out Dungannon 's opening All-Ireland League fixture . |
| 10 | Your only chance is to pull at him from the side , which may steer him away from the refuge he seeks . |
| 11 | As it is , the voters have confounded the pollsters by granting John Major a clear mandate , which should enable him to lead a reforming Conservative government until 1997 . |
| 12 | When he retired as chairman of British Aerospace in the summer of 1987 , Pearce had spent forty-two years in industry , all but ten weeks in management , which must make him something of an authority on the subject . |
| 13 | He might decide to cross-examine both of us in an attempt to detect inconsistencies in our replies , or hope for some slip-up on our part which might enable him to make the correct identification . |
| 14 | Of course , a birth certificate allowed a man to be a bit flamboyant , while the directory , which might bring him trade , needed to be perfectly honest about what he was up to … |
| 15 | The patient has to undress slowly and methodically , as there is a temptation to go too quickly , which might make him lose his balance and increase his spasticity . |
| 16 | A witness may not be required to answer a question or produce a document which might expose him or a spouse to a criminal charge . |
| 17 | He had gone early , before it was too unbearably hot , to see if he could obtain a newspaper which might tell him what was happening . |
| 18 | This means that not only must I refrain from doing a person bodily harm , but I must also refrain from bearing him any ill-will which might cause him mental suffering . |
| 19 | Did she wade straight in with a blunt announcement or should she try to approach the subject from a more oblique angle which might encourage him to guess ? |
| 20 | I suggest that the Secretary of State take a little time to read our new document , ’ London : a strategy for transport ’ , which might help him and his colleagues to get sorted out on the need for better transport in the capital city . |
| 21 | So in wooing militants he is not seeking only to heal the wounds of Punjab and Assam — he is following the one strategy which might sustain him in power . |
| 22 | And it went without saying that , if he was not prepared to take a risk with his money , he most certainly was not prepared to take a risk which might lose him the one person he could trust . |
| 23 | He also had unusually heavy , drooping eyelids which could make him look comic or sinister , benevolent or supercilious . |
| 24 | Feeling the way he did , there was no bloody mountain on God 's Earth which could daunt him now . |
| 25 | He is not subject to any action from without , action which could compel him to change His attitudes or behaviour . |
| 26 | If he does sport independently , he has to concentrate on maintaining control over any associated reactions which could knock him off balance as he makes a physical effort . |
| 27 | Blood flows within the town ; Raymond 's work on a collection of the President 's speeches , which could restore him to favour , languishes . |
| 28 | Or maybe he knew that the Mob had files of their own , that Meyer Lansky , the one-time bootlegger and now the gambling mogul , had pictures which could ruin him : Edgar and Clyde , for once unambiguously tangled . |
| 29 | But Hoey feels Anderson ( 31 ) , desperately unlucky to be left behind four years ago , has hit the sort of form which could thrust him into the reckoning . |
| 30 | Top seed and world No2 , Pete Sampras , withdrew from the men 's tournament in Scottsdale , Arizona , with a stress fracture of the right ankle which could sideline him for up to two months . |