Example sentences of "[noun] which [pers pn] [modal v] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But having weighed up the two options , at the end of the article , he concluded : ' … in every language it turns out that almost all the results lie within a relatively short stretch which we may call the sentence … |
| 2 | Obviously you can have photocopies or laser prints copied on to this material , but I have here some pens and a box of blank acetates which you will have the opportunity later to use if you so wish . |
| 3 | However , in England the principle has been inflated into a much more extreme dogma which we may call the ‘ extravagant version ’ of the doctrine . |
| 4 | One or two of the items of growth particularly have been er identified as illustrative which may mean that you can choose er almost any amount you like er to be spent on those particular items just identify er a figure which you may consider the starting point . |
| 5 | She thought even of a proposal which she could have the pleasure of turning down . |
| 6 | This may be also a question which you will say the districts are in a better position to answer and maybe they should be forewarned that if you say that , they will be asked that question . |
| 7 | The plaintiffs then had a new point which I may call the waiver argument , the basic principle of which is stated in Wigmore on Evidence , 8th ed. ( 1961 ) , pp. 453–455 , para. 2275 : |
| 8 | Another piece of equipment I use is my boots , my shoes , my trousers , my clever truncheon pocket , it 's a long thin pocket which I can put the truncheon in and it hides away . |
| 9 | The time that this occupies may be influenced by a property which I shall call the ‘ stickiness ’ of the old mould . |
| 10 | It has given rise to two different approaches which I shall call the ‘ individual ’ and the ‘ whole curriculum ’ approach . |
| 11 | The romance of ardent feeling and eager endeavour never becomes cloying or sentimental because it is sustained by , included in , that movement in space and time which we can call the action of a story . |
| 12 | ‘ The threat ’ has become , in Soviet parlance , ‘ well known ’ , and well stereotyped : on their side , an economy locked into a scale and a tempo of war production which we may lack the will or wherewithal to match ; on our side , a technological edge eroding under pressure of rising capital costs and determined Soviet effort ; and finally , the forfeiture of strategic and nuclear superiorities which historically have served as NATO 's trumps against traditional Soviet strengths . |
| 13 | Entities , being elements of a specifically linguistic domain which we shall call the intensional level , may or may not have a referent in some real or imaginary external world ; we can certainly talk about an entity while uncertain of the existence of any related " thing " in the world about which we are speaking , or even while explicitly rejecting such an existence . |