Example sentences of "[prep] which [noun sg] [pron] may [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , for example , forms reserved for certain speakers , in which case we may talk ( after Fillmore , 1975 ) of authorized speakers . |
| 2 | The character can meet the change head on , in which case we may feel gratified — or sidestep the new knowledge , try to behave as though everything is the same as before . |
| 3 | In which case we may predict that this craft activity was on a small scale producing no concentrated evidence . |
| 4 | In other cases the hearer is rewarded by an array of weak implicatures , in which case we may say the reformulation achieves poetic effects comparable with those achieved through repetition . |
| 5 | Widows who remarry , or live with a man as his wife , cease to receive widows ' pension unless , that is , they are aged 60 or over in which case they may continue to receive their pension . |
| 6 | The Bridge of Ice may be used to move friendly troops into hand-to-hand combat , in which case they may fight from the following combat round and count as charging in the first round . |
| 7 | If and when you find a suitable mate , then a divider will be an absolute must — probably for some months , unless she ripens and appears to be ready to spawn , in which case she may welcome the attentions of a male — but do n't bank on it ; any divider-out time should be strictly supervised . |
| 8 | Your duty tonight is not to wash up , but to allow the Master to slaughter you on the black and white field — unless you play a game as wicked as Papa 's — in which case you may finish off what the Africans began on me ! ’ |
| 9 | You may have to commit yourself to buying a new home before you have sold your existing one , in which case you may need to take out a bridging loan to tide you over until you sell . |
| 10 | In practice it is difficult to locate these points , as the foot of the old cliff ( O on Fig. 9.18 ) may be obscured by talus or , more often , modified by erosion , in which case it may have been at A and the former cliff be represented by AH . |
| 11 | Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun . |