Example sentences of "which [modal v] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You know if the children are not going to go out , and the adults are not going to have their own education classes , which let's be honest most of us do n't attend or or have anything to do with . |
| 2 | a time to discover in ourselves attitudes and lifestyles , which may be contrary to a deep relationship with God . |
| 3 | They occur because of the presence of harmful genes , which may be impossible to detect , but are again rarely inherited . |
| 4 | Game theory , in general , postulates a set of ‘ players ’ ( the ‘ interested parties ’ , be they individuals or groups ) , each of whom has a set of strategies ; strategies meaning courses of action that can be taken , which may be conditional on moves made by the others . |
| 5 | ( In the next chapter you will find information about some of the therapies which may be helpful to you . ) |
| 6 | Other minor points which may be helpful would include : The position of the gear lever after an accident ; what the speedometer registers if damaged in an accident ; the position of other instruments , such as obligatory light switches or windscreen wiper switches ; whether the driver had consumed any alcohol prior to the offence ( provided the prejudicial value does not outweigh the evidential value of such evidence ) and the mechanical condition of the vehicle . |
| 7 | Finally , if problems of perspective and vanishing points have overwhelmed you , a device is available which may be helpful . |
| 8 | Sister discusses with him the possibility of getting help from his General Practitioner and also points out to him that there may be support groups in his locality for people who wish to give up smoking or classes to learn relaxation techniques which may be helpful . |
| 9 | You will be encouraged to undertake further training which may be helpful to the development of your career . |
| 10 | A case of the contrast which may be helpful as a mnemonic is that between a symphonic overture ( ascriptive ) which is symphonic in and by itself , and an operatic overture ( associative ) which does not have the usual characteristics of opera ( not only is it purely orchestral , it is often played with the curtain not yet risen ) but which is , nonetheless , designated by a phrase where the property OPERATIC is associated with OVERTURE in order to describe sufficiently what the speaker wishes to identify . |
| 11 | ‘ And in a perverse way this is something which may be helpful because they are now beginning to appreciate more clearly the fear that has existed within the Protestant community for the past 20 years as they have been killed at random by the IRA , ’ he added . |
| 12 | Fomalhaut is a pure white star , 13 times as luminous as the Sun and 22 light-years away ; in 1983 the IRAS satellite found that it is associated with cool material which may be planet-forming . |
| 13 | Remove any old sealing compound which may be present on the bath close to the tap fixing . |
| 14 | It must be highly effective against a wide range of micro-organisms on a wide variety of surfaces and operating conditions while being fast acting and unaffected by any cleaning product or other residues which may be present during application . |
| 15 | Three quite separate elements may be involved , all or any of which may be present at any one time . |
| 16 | This control is adjusted to produce a satisfactory value of gain coupled with a sufficiently ‘ sharp ’ degree of selectivity in order to eliminate strong a.m. signals which may be present on adjacent frequencies . |
| 17 | Assuming that the system is based on a common 8-bit Z80 microprocessor , the ADC should be allocated a unique I/O address ( chosen so as to avoid conflict with other I/O devices which may be present ) . |
| 18 | Give them a really good soak in aquarium disinfectant before you add them to kill off any fungi which may be present . |
| 19 | The division of the psychical into what is conscious and what is unconscious is the fundamental premise of psychoanalysis ; … psychoanalysis can not situate the essence of the psychical in consciousness , but is obliged to regard consciousness as a quality of the psychical , which may be present in addition to other qualities or may be absent . |
| 20 | LANcheck , a program supplied with the software , will check the installation and report any conflicts with other cards which may be present . |
| 21 | The L1 , which may be present in faeces and sputum , has a small cephalic button , and a wavy tail with a subterminal notch , and its presence in association with respiratory and circulatory signs is accepted as confirmatory . |
| 22 | If we use brackets to indicate optional components ( that is , components which may be present or may be absent ) , we can summarise tone-unit structure as follows : ( pre-head ) ( head ) tonic syllable ( tail ) or , more briefly , as : ( PH ) ( H ) TS ( T ) |
| 23 | The tests are designed to illustrate those qualities which may be essential if the adventure is to be a success ( p. 207 ) . |
| 24 | The total investment need is there from the beginning but it is split into two phases and in our thinking it is only too easy to look only at the first phase because this almost returns the organisation to profitability , and to ignore the second phase which may be essential . |
| 25 | Since there are substantial differences between industrial relations across industries , which may be unrelated to the national context in which they operate , what is really an ‘ industry ’ effect could be misinterpreted as being a ‘ national ’ effect in a comparative study confined solely to the national level . |
| 26 | Part of the PhotoFinish 2.0 package is a photo-library amounting to some 200 or so colour images , one or two of which may be familiar . |
| 27 | They widen this to encompass the landscape and flows of energy across the land , which they see as providing a climate which may be conducive to or destructive of health and well-being . |
| 28 | The worlds relevant to assessing the left-hand side of the principle of closure are the nearest group in which p is true , the nearest group in which p is false , the nearest group in which is true ( which may be distinct ) and the nearest group in which is false . |
| 29 | This time , following Fillmore ( 1971b ) , we shall call coding time or CT , which may be distinct from receiving time or RT , as example ( 1 ) made clear . |
| 30 | Five types of ornament variation were classified which may be major or minor : |