Example sentences of "[prep] which [pron] may [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But although he could not be said to have reached any hard-and-fast conclusions to this question , so fearful were the prospects of this supposed evolutionary degeneration that Karl Pearson took refuge ( and a certain amount of comfort ) in the fact that its results were far away : ‘ Happily , what the distant future of the world may be is a matter that does not much concern us , and about which we may rejoice to know nothing . ’ |
| 2 | This means that , before you begin to think about colours and the names of varieties , you have to be clear about what you would like to do and what it is possible to do , perhaps planting kinds and types about which you may have heard but are not familiar with and which would add variation and interest to your garden . |
| 3 | This is also tied up with the new contract bidding system , about which you may have read in the press . |
| 4 | Wait to hear re Bank ( ie if any i/view ) , and ditto Health Education Board for Scotland , Common Purpose ( a fascinating organisation about which you may have read in the papers ) , the Scottish Rugby Union ( ! ) and some others . |
| 5 | Suddenly , the division bells ring and the room empties , milords making their way to vote in a debate of which they may have heard not a word . |
| 6 | Because of what has gone before , young people coming into residential care need security and a sense of belonging , neither of which they may have experienced in great measure before . |
| 7 | The tour is designed to give pupils an opportunity to experience a variety of activities , some of which they may wish to develop in the future . |
| 8 | Now I am not entirely sure these were the exact names , but the point was they reminded Mr Smith and Mr Jones of the music hall act , Murphy , Saltman and Brigid the Cat , of which you may have heard . |
| 9 | The Secretary of State may receive representations in the light of which he may decide to require a particular application to be referred to him for decision . |
| 10 | ‘ Even those who make money out of it — not just the pushers and dealers — are destroying the society in which they may wish to appear affluent . ’ |
| 11 | When she has , through the process of grieving , faced the reality of her loss , you will need to be very patient with her through the period of depression that will follow , in which she may feel slowed up and extremely lethargic because , for a while , life will appear to her to have no further meaning or purpose . |
| 12 | Whether that is done erm well I I I I I do n't have an immediate solution as to what what the way in which you may wish to advise the the County Council on how to do that . |
| 13 | This is a series of sentences or utterances in the student 's own words about any experiences in which he may have engaged ; useful for reading for beginners ( Finocchiaro 1968 ) . |
| 14 | She heard readings from Hilton 's Scale of perfection , from which she may have absorbed her preoccupation with virginity . |
| 15 | It also may have answered a few queries over which he may have pondered in his youth and then discarded to the rear of his mind for later consideration . |
| 16 | The main problem , however , is a methodological one , for in human development specific events to which one may wish to attribute some formative influence hardly ever occur on their own but are usually embedded in a continuing context , a whole network of associated influences . |
| 17 | There are a number of other practical points to which you may wish to pay attention . |
| 18 | Many would regularly ‘ pop their ticker ’ — pawn the watch they may have bought for five pounds , on which they may have raised forty pounds or more in loans , as Melanie Tebbutt showed in Making Ends Meet ( 1983 ) . |
| 19 | Our calendar below lists some of the more important events and public holidays around which you may wish to plan your trip . |
| 20 | Men may , for example , both see themselves as ‘ stronger ’ than women and tend to see women as more weak and passive , but also see women as having a power over them that can seem to engulf the man in forms of emotional dependence by which he may feel threatened . |