Example sentences of "which may [vb infin] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is clear that under a system of well-conceived planning the resolution of competing claims and the allocation of land for the various requirements must proceed on the basis of selecting the most suitable land for the particular purpose , irrespective of the existing values which may attach to the individual parcels of land . |
| 2 | But besides unintentional incorrect reporting in newspapers there is also the problem of bias , much of which may emanate from the political stance taken by a newspaper in an uncensored society . |
| 3 | Firstly there is the question of efficiency which may depend on the parsing algorithm , the machine used and the computer language that the system is written in . |
| 4 | We now contemplate the onset of the ‘ third wave ’ which may flood through the main part of the 1990s . |
| 5 | Our study shows that CT imaging was adequate in about one-third of patients at hospitals with limited experience of testicular cancer , which may contribute to the lower survival of patients treated in local hospitals . |
| 6 | We have demonstrated expression of ET-1 in pulmonary endocrine cells , and reported that ET-1 expression is increased in the lung vasculature of patients with pulmonary hypertension , which may contribute to the medial hyperplasia and intimal fibrosis of this disorder . |
| 7 | Other fields for study include the proliferative response in healing gastric ulcers and the changes which may contribute to the clinicopathological diagnosis of Barrett 's oesophagus . |
| 8 | Different arrangements reflect cultural responses to perceptions of environmental constraints and opportunities , perceptions which may alter as the environmental context changes , thereby provoking changes in the cultural system too . |
| 9 | In Japan there are negative correlations with per cent of research and with production involvement in design , which may relate to the tentative hypothesis offered about the negative correlations with technical success . |
| 10 | At this point we 're only bringing in the Cherokee and the Viper , but ultimately we 'll bring in the Grand Cherokee and the minivan [ MPV ] , although we wo n't do those until we have right-hand drive versions , which may come before the next generation models . |
| 11 | Moreover , the reduced plasminogen activator activity of malignant ascites is caused by increased concentrations of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 , which may account for the lower incidence of coagulopathy after insertion of shunts seen in this group of patients . |
| 12 | The analyses are used to look for patterns in the types of information available from stimuli which may account for the previous risk and recognition results and the relationships between risk and recognition . |
| 13 | As it must be swallowed , the layer is not too thick , which may account for the common occurrence of relatively thin layers of nutritious material over a single seed or a few seeds in a fruit . |
| 14 | The hiding strategies themselves produce additional effects that are unwanted and unpleasant , and which may add to the net level of discomfort rather than reducing it . |
| 15 | Rather there are a variety of perspectives which do share the common emphasis of viewing social behaviour as the product of social arrangements , social forces and conditions , etc. , but which may differ in the relative emphasis which they assign to certain specific factors or variables for explaining that behaviour . |
| 16 | Thus , there are policies which may lie within the present powers of an existing local authority , although these form part of the proper subject of Chapter 10 rather than a discussion of strategy . |