Example sentences of "which [modal v] [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is particularly likely for some of the Low Weald oak woodlands and the shaws , which may be remnants of the original forest left when the early fields were carved from the Wealden forest . |
| 2 | A large retail organisation owns m sites , some of which may be warehouses and some may be shops . |
| 3 | If the matter is one the direct outcome of which may be trial of the applicant and his possible punishment for an alleged offence by a court claiming jurisdiction to do so , the matter is criminal . |
| 4 | If the ‘ inter-ALU ’ DNA sequences represent genes for growth modifying proteins ( as in retroviruses ) , then we have in our bodies terrorist elements , which may be part of a normal regulatory system until they become too abundant and cause senescence and death . |
| 5 | The elements which bring language to life in a classroom are gestures , handling and touching things , incidents , pictures , some or all of which may be part of a game or a contest . |
| 6 | It does not include thinking that something is probably true , a state of mind which may be part of " believing " in ordinary language . |
| 7 | Among them are such features as the screes of the Lake District , which may be fossil forms due to frost shattering in the closing phases of the Pleistocene ; dry valleys in Chalk areas , which have been discussed in Chapter 7 ; some of the gravel river terraces , which , although composed of coarse gravel , have gradients less than those of present rivers , which appear to be capable of transporting no material coarser than sand and mud . |
| 8 | The teacher might think of extra resources : a box of artefacts ( some of which may be replicas ) which the pupils can handle ; a bookcase with additional reference materials including dictionaries and atlases as well as appropriate texts of higher and lower levels or a selection of visual materials for study . |
| 9 | After a project is completed , children can pass on their finished product to its intended audience , which may be classmates , or children younger or older than themselves , or even adults in or out of school , and can then evaluate the audience 's reaction . |
| 10 | Having re-evaluated one statement we must re-evaluate some others , which may be statements logically connected with the first or may be the statements of logical connections themselves . |
| 11 | ‘ See also ’ references link connected subjects which may be coordinate , for example , Vases see also Glassware . |
| 12 | Particular societal memberships are smaller , more rigid groupings , which may be discipline based , e.g. the Palaeontological Association ; national disciplinary , e.g. the Geological Society of America ; national non-disciplinary , e.g. the British Association for the Advancement of Science ; or local , e.g. the Geological Society of Glasgow . |
| 13 | The second ventralmost arm spine is flattened with widened tip which may be axe shaped on some segments . |
| 14 | It is generally felt that the tines are too close together to be used for carding wool , although some simpler combs which may be wool-combs are known . |
| 15 | High level assemblies are called towers which may be castor mounted for limited movement . |
| 16 | To withhold that assistance constitutes an irregularity which may be material depending on the circumstances , since , if the jury return a guilty verdict , one can not tell whether some misconception or irrelevance has played a part . |
| 17 | Well we 'll get carbon dioxide off , so you might be iridium carbonate or ytterbium , we 've got a powder which may be ytterbium car carbonate or ytterbium sulphate and you never heard of this stuff , ah carbonate carbonate and maybe , maybe ytterbium carbonate does n't give off carbon dioxide with acid , but there is a very good chance it does cos all the others you 've ever heard about do . |
| 18 | The amount of chromium and nickel added is indicated with a number , which should be part of the description of cutlery in any sales literature . |
| 19 | The overflow pipe ( which should be 22mm in diameter ) should be positioned such that the top is at least 20mm below the discharge from the ballvalve and the bottom is at least 25mm above the waterline . |
| 20 | In the 1920s the magazine advised that gloves are not worn much in India and four pairs , at least two of which should be evening gloves , will do . |
| 21 | There is only 2.6mV across R13 ( ) which gives 0.104V at pin-14 which should be 10V varying to 0V as the pot is rotated . |
| 22 | In the third year they take Pharmacology with three other courses , one of which should be Physiology . |
| 23 | which should be grate , because , he 's mum , I mean we love her dearly , but she has to go to Lenny 's in , dinner time and us in the evening every year |
| 24 | The spur — which must be 2.5mm 2 cable — runs to a fused connection unit ( FCU ) , which should contain a 5amp fuse to provide the correct fuse protection for the new lighting sub-circuit . |
| 25 | And they told me about Azul , in Jersey , and before that I think it was before that they showed me the forensic photographs of all of them : Bissett skewered on the railings , grotesque and spread and limp ; the blood-smeared vibrator used on the retired judge , Jamieson ; the drained shapeless white body of Persimmon , tied to his grid above a pool of blood , then nothing when there should have been something ; then what was left of Sir Rufus Carter , blackened bones , distorted and bent , the black skull 's jaw hinged down in a blind scream but the flesh all gone very much a dental-records job and it was all black , the nails , the wood and the bones too but it 's their mouths their jaws I remember , their silent screams , hanging slack or jammed open and it gets worse because they show me the fucking video they show me the video they think I made or that I think they think I made but I did n't ; they make me watch it and it 's horrific ; there 's a man and he 's dressed in black or dark blue and he has a gorilla mask on and he keeps sucking on this little bottle he 's carrying which must be helium because it gives him that baby voice disguising his own voice and he has this fat little guy strapped to a chrome seat , his mouth taped , one arm tied down onto the arm of the chair , shirt rolled up and the little guy 's shrieking as hard as he can but it sounds quiet because the noise is having to come down his nose while the man in the gorilla mask looks from the camera to the guy in the seat and holds up this huge fucking syringe like something from a nightmare from an old movie from a horror film and I can feel my heart beating wildly because that 's what this is . |
| 26 | In its doorway , awaiting them , was a figure in rich , damaged velvets which must be Napoleone Lomellini . |
| 27 | The identification of clients ' presenting problems and the selection of suitable remedies require greater knowledge than this , the foundation of which must be research . |
| 28 | She could n't remember seeing a room which might be Rob 's , but of course she had n't had to explore the entire house before finding the passport . |
| 29 | Do not confuse the last letter of the NI number ( which might be A , B , C or D ) with an NI contribution table letter . |
| 30 | It is an aid to guide the reviewer of a contract towards those areas of an acquisition contract which are of accounting significance and which might be sources of dispute in the future — it is not a comprehensive guide to analysing every acquisition contract . |