Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Due to the high resistance and small current involved in this circuit , and to preserve battery life , it is now beneficial to clean the copper side of the circuit board with a rag soaked in meths to remove finger grease which may otherwise cause leakage currents to flow .
2 Bacterial meningitis can present with acute disturbance of behaviour which may closely mimic substance abuse .
3 The builder , however , is committed to pay in accordance with the principles laid down in/CT 80 , which may well cause cash flow problems .
4 Finally , we may note the effect of the variance in Β , which may again reflect policy measures .
5 FOREIGN a module pointing to a set of files which should not contain module headers .
6 This is a developing service which should also develop software standards in the future .
7 However , it is of interest , for instance , that cost increases in mass market paperbacks during the period 1981–6 were almost double those of general hardback publications — a fact which should certainly influence selection choices between hard and paperback editions of the same work .
8 These include proposals to codify in detail the criteria for applying the rule of reason , to reduce antitrust penalties for ventures that include cooperating in the production and marketing of the fruits of R&D , to establish a ‘ safe harbour ’ for collaborating firms that lack market power , and to establish an administrative review process that would clear proposals which might otherwise risk antitrust penalties ( for further details , see Brodley , 1990 ; Shapiro and Willig , 1990 ; Jorde and Teece , 1990 ; and others ) .
9 Representation was most frequently by a friend or relative , or by a social worker , though there was a large unhelpful category labelled ‘ other ’ , which might well include welfare rights advisers .
10 A former Justice Department prosecutor , Lawrence Barcella , said that the policy risked offending otherwise friendly countries , which might even bring kidnapping charges against the FBI .
11 The number of companies which could not meet payment orders for lack of sufficient funds rose by 60 per cent .
12 With Manchester United due at White Hart Lane on Saturday , Tottenham 's problems are made worse by a lengthening injury list which could soon reach crisis proportions .
13 This change arises from the differences in size between the components which would normally mean mole fractions close to unity for the solvent especially when dilute solutions are being studied .
14 To ease the changeover , the Membership Working Party had recommended that the September Medau News feature an article about Membership which would particularly thank group secretaries , who we would like to call class secretaries in future , for all their past efforts and seek their co-operation with the new system .
15 In the same issue of the Lancet , Astra replied that Glaxo 's new test was scientifically unsound because it did not account for normal cell division ( which would also stimulate DNA synthesis ) .
16 Highlander was a linkpin in the whole operation , bringing together many people who had been involved in land issues over a large geographical area , schools , community groups , local politicians , academics , and interested individuals Workshops at Highlander laid the foundations for articulation of the problems and a research methodology for establishing the relative facts and presenting them in a manner which would best suit community requirements .
17 The Association found that for the first time the municipal government was taking its demands seriously and was prepared to make concessions which would effectively improve working conditions .
18 Lawyers acting for the 14 nuns are due to see a judge in chambers today to ask for a judicial review which would effectively prevent ministry officials carrying out the slaughter at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery near Daventry .
19 These provided for cuts which would nevertheless increase price support spending by 30 per cent to ECU32,500 million .
20 Insulin prevents the rise in blood sugar which would adversely affect brain function and cause sugar to be wasted by spilling over into the urine .
21 Moreover , in the humanities and much professional and social science literature , titles are by no means the precise description of the subject matter that one usually expects in Nature ; in a notorious example , an article on information retrieval appeared in the Library Association Record entitled " How golden is your retriever ? " — an article which would greatly puzzle dog fanciers who had turned to the computer for search along these simple lines .
22 Will he remind any business man foolish enough to think that a Labour Government would be better for business of the myriad proposals which would prove the truth to be quite the opposite , which would make life far more difficult and which would especially energise union militancy which is at the bottom of some of the proposals ?
23 The marketeers and production people were planning dramatic growth in car sales in the next 20 years , but the corporate planners were pointing to a problem which would severely limit car sales — a worldwide shortage of trained chauffeurs !
24 But he must do more to suppress the air of lawlessness that now abounds ( which would incidentally take the wind out of the Congress 's sails ) and persuade people that paying taxes is a social virtue ( which would then help balance Russia 's books ) .
25 ‘ People come on to the show with IQs which ca n't reach room temperature .
26 Up to 1,600 jobs will go in the take-over which will also halt charter operations and cut the number of Dan-Air scheduled routes from 28 to 12 .
27 Coleman tell us that an unleaded version of the stove is on its way — a move which will greatly reduce running costs .
28 Furthermore , once the profitable state enterprises have been sold , the state will be left with unprofitable ‘ rump ’ , which will still require state funding , no longer offset by the profits made by other state enterprises .
29 However , the law does not normally allow for any order to be made which will directly affect pension entitlements ( see Cretney and Masson , 1990 , pp. 405–7 ) .
30 Spurious indicators of difficult concepts such as ‘ dependency ’ can result ( see for an example Booth ( 1985 ) ) , which can both alter service provision and lead to new forms of labelling .
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