Example sentences of "which [modal v] have [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most Sarcophyton species have the polypary densely covered in individual polyps , which may have long or short stalks , and tentacles which similarly vary in size and may be feathery ( pinnated ) or simple . |
| 2 | These relatively low interest rates make it an attractive source of finance to borrowers , and the fact that it is a non-profit-making organization means that it can involve itself in socially oriented projects which may have long pay-off periods . |
| 3 | The core of weekday daytime programming is the ‘ playlist ’ , which has three major uses for Radio I : it provides an overall sound or ‘ station feel ’ ; it is an effective way to monitor how often the most popular records are played ; and it makes a group responsibility out of a decision which may have far-reaching effects for individual musicians and the music industry . |
| 4 | Industry might well find it easier to raise money on continental securities markets which may have surplus funds available or offer more innovative ways of raising share capital . |
| 5 | Even though open-market operations may be effective in reducing bank lending , people may still be able to borrow money from other financial institutions at home or abroad : institutions which may have surplus liquidity . |
| 6 | The task of assignment may be complicated by the absence of some expected bands with fortuitously low intensity , or by the presence of formally-forbidden overtone or combination bands , which may have appreciable intensity if the conditions for Fermi resonance are satisfied . |
| 7 | A committee of partisans is not , however , necessarily the best forum for an objective inquiry into a matter which may have political overtones and an alternative and preferable procedure for this purpose was established by the Tribunals of Inquiry ( Evidence ) Act 1921 . |
| 8 | By changing the excitation frequency we can probe the upper-state vibrational levels , but it is often difficult to identify the ν'=; 0 level , which may have low probability of excitation or emission . |
| 9 | To develop a recovery method , Morgan , Saunders and Pickup used a Gem called Pseudomonas putida mt-2 , a modified common soil bacterium which may have wide applications for destroying toxic substances . |
| 10 | Over-grazing and abandonment of upland areas , especially in part of continental Europe , threaten dereliction which may have serious ecological consequences . |
| 11 | It seems more reasonable to anticipate a response to a formal written instrument , especially one which may have adverse consequences on a third State , and thus to regard lack of response as acceptance of that agreement , than it is to demand early protest to an emergent rule of customary international law . |
| 12 | Often they carry crude woodcuts ( which may have little or no relevance to the contents ) . |
| 13 | According to this thesis , the distribution of responsibilities left the GLC and MCCs with too little to do , but with access to large rating resources : ‘ This generates a natural search for a ‘ strategic ’ role which may have little basis in real needs ' ( DOE 1983b:3 ) . |
| 14 | The data capture movements of relative prices and incomes which may have little to do with the effect of economic integration upon trade , but rather follow from changes in policies or other factors . |
| 15 | This ignores the fact that some men and some women wish to encounter as many sexual partners as possible , behaviour which may have good . |
| 16 | Local people will be trained to gather plants and other materials which may have economic potential . |
| 17 | On the other hand , there are some regional variations in economic terms which may have increasing impact on the resources available to be shared in families , especially the rising value of property in the south of England and the better job opportunities there . |
| 18 | OUR reader has listed only some umpiring decisions which may have disappointed Pakistan , without referring to such concerns as Ramprakash 's dismissal in the Edgbaston Test to an equally ‘ dubious faint edge ’ , or a number of slightly questionable lbws against England during the series . |
| 19 | We should also note that there are at least two different factors which may lead us to feel that some notion deserves emphasis ; one of course is contrast with another property that might have been expressed ; the second is salience of the notion within the particular situation envisaged ; this would presumably be true for : ( 16 ) Geraldine told us a long story about bee-keepers With these points in mind , we should now compare ( 15 ) with ( 17 ) and ask ourselves how much emphasis of either kind is present in ( 17 ) , provided that it is not " read in " in order to support the hypothesis : ( 17 ) the ideas discussed will be put to our colonel topics suitable could include divorce and bankruptcy buildings adjacent will be closed for three days Since there is no doubt that these sentences might be used in situations where the property of the adjective would not be contrastive , the only candidate which may have any plausibility is the " salient on this occasion " variety , though there does not seem to be very strong reason to believe that in all cases where these sentences could be used the adjective property will be salient ; we return to this later . |
| 20 | However , there are slight differences in flavour , appearance , and , possibly , laxative action between active treatment and placebo , which may have unblinded the crossover format . |
| 21 | This kind of worry is expressed more often in relation to the newer modular or semi-modular structures than the more traditional general degree which may have well-established patterns and requirements , but it nevertheless seems to be a widespread one . |
| 22 | It dealt clearly with the many stages between the identification of plants which may have potential medicinal value and the eventual isolation of the active ingredient or ingredients for use by the pharmaceutical industry . |
| 23 | Such an interpretation of the law of karma which may have satisfied orthodox Hindus is rejected by Gandhi out of hand , for he finds it inconceivable to divorce morality from religion . |
| 24 | See note to s.103 for rules , relating to clubs , which may have some relevance to rules for seaman 's canteens . |
| 25 | To do so suggests that Gregory 's narrative at this point is genuine history rather than legend , which may have some basis other than a purely factual one . |
| 26 | There are now two television and video training companies , both of whom offer personal injury training , which may have some attractions for the partners in your firm , as training can be done outside normal business hours . |
| 27 | The intention here is that victims do not have to pursue claims against manufacturers in foreign countries which may have less favourable laws . |
| 28 | First , any traditional mistrust of credit as such which may have inclined people towards its close regulation must be dissociated from a practical concern about genuine risks of abuse , exploitation or harmful confusion . |
| 29 | In the next chapter we turn to consider a different problem for foundationalism , which may have more damaging effects . |
| 30 | More difficult to identify are the basic factors which are common to all human beings , but it is in these that the international marketer will be most interested , since they provide a basis upon which to market goods in a way which should have broad appeal . |