Example sentences of "which [modal v] [adv] be [vb pp] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tenant may wish to avoid responsibility for structural or inherent defects , ie the rectification of faults in the design or construction of a building which may otherwise be passed on to the tenant by virtue of the general effect of a tenant 's covenant to repair . |
| 2 | One should not forget other commonly used substances , such as bleach and hair dye or nail polish and perfumes , which may well be left out in the bathroom or bedroom . |
| 3 | There are also certain transactions , such as the alteration of the company 's articles of association , which may only be carried out by resolution of the shareholders . |
| 4 | While stabilisation of the production and price of essential commodities can be seen as legitimate functions of an international organisation , they inevitably involve purely commercial dealings which should not be carried out without the objective protection of an applicable legal system and the availability of a judicial or arbitral forum for the resolution of commercial disputes . |
| 5 | In all cases , before initiating a sale it is wise to obtain an independent valuation , which should also be backed up by your own observations of current prices for similar items . |
| 6 | We know of many violations of the Labour Code , women employed in hard physical labour which should legally be carried out by men . |
| 7 | Now it has been decided that men , with all their brow-mopping and weeping , are simply invading the seminal female experience , which should really be carried out in a darkened sweat lodge with only women as company . |
| 8 | The instigation of action , indeed of action research , is a matter which must mainly be taken up by in-service provision . |
| 9 | There was a gulph [ sic ] between slavery and freedom which could neither be filled up nor closed over and across which the slave must leap ere he alighted on the other side and found himself a free man . |
| 10 | There was also a tendency not to record incidents which could not be cleared up . |
| 11 | There were other cases of deaths in the streets which could not be cleared up , except as ‘ accidents ’ , and reluctance to give evidence must be counted as an important aspect of popular hostility towards the law . |
| 12 | Our piloting suggests that there is very little information here which could not be filled in out of the heads of appropriate teachers on these courses , so filling in the questionnaire should not cost a great deal of time for each person . |
| 13 | Indeed , the colonial system of the nineteenth century was a sort of polity which was particularly vulnerable to an illegal activity like cattle stealing which could not be carried out without the connivance or at least tolerance of a large segment of the population . |
| 14 | Whichever way the conversation turned , Theodora reflected , it seemed Miss Dersingham was determined to bring them up against topics which could not be elaborated on . |
| 15 | In his sermons , broadcast over the radio , the Archbishop condemned the paramilitary groups as part of the institutionalized violence which could not be rooted out without reforms to create more just economic and social structures . |
| 16 | It would deal with wasteful prescribing and wide variations in performance to be found between one hospital and another , which could not be put down simply to lack of resources , he said . |
| 17 | But first there was the other thing , which we seemed to be glossing over and which could n't be glossed over . |
| 18 | Yet , it has been consistently used as a straw model which could easily be knocked down to deny the existence of centralized power centres in Japan . |
| 19 | There may be a practical problem of access , which could perhaps be sorted out . |
| 20 | In theory , parties were free to frame their own transactions , which could then be carried out without legal impediment ; in the event that a bargain fell through , or if one party balked or proved unable to perform , the law of contract made freely available the regular judicial processes of the court system , in which economic damages would be awarded to the party aggrieved . |
| 21 | He proved that all 17,000 verses could be minutely inscribed on a piece of parchment 10.8 in by 8.4 in , which could then be folded up and placed in a walnut shell . |
| 22 | There would need to be a reorganisation of share capital , so that management 's shares entitle them exclusively to receive an in specie distribution of the shares in Target , following which their shares in the holding company would become worthless deferred shares ( which could then be bought in by the holding company for a nominal price ) . |
| 23 | Similar variations of chopping behaviour with rotor position occur at other current levels , so instead of monitoring chopping in an excited phase it can be convenient to excite , at a very low current level , a phase which would normally be switched off at any particular time . |
| 24 | When recordings were made using DC amplifiers it became apparent that during REM sleep the eyes were almost constantly in motion , making slow , roving movements which would not be picked up by the standard ( AC ) amplifying equipment . |
| 25 | Bernheim 's results suggested that he had found some substances which were good for tubercle bacilli , and , by applying the principle of competitive antagonism , he sought closely related compounds which would also be taken up by them but would block the pathway of the stimulants . |
| 26 | This is useful for , say , sustaining the effect of a quiet reverb which would otherwise be cut out if the gate started to release immediately . |
| 27 | The elderly people may have a range of social connections which would understandably be given up with reluctance and they often do not at that stage need to give up their home . |
| 28 | Once he had returned the white card , a client 's name , address and phone number were Processed into a lead , which would then be given out to a dealer . |
| 29 | By its membership , the central committee was the coming together of regional committees to discuss common strategies , which would then be taken back to the regional committees for further discussion . |
| 30 | I was his assistant and when he wanted flowers he would send me to the Old Covent Garden at 4.30am to buy hundreds of pots of chrysanthemums which would then be sold off at the end of the day , thus serving a dual purpose as decoration and a means of recouping some of our costs . |