Example sentences of "which may have been [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new comic tone was radical rather than left-wing , what is more , which may have been salutary to critics who glibly confuse social reform with socialism . |
| 2 | This idea of metempsychosis , or transmigration of souls , has only occasionally appeared in the West , in particular in the school of Pythagoras , which may have been subject to Eastern influences , since he was roughly contemporaneous with Buddha — and also with Zarathustra . |
| 3 | Not only have investors miscalculated the willingness of British people to join organisations — which may have been due to a lack of appreciation of the different cultures on each side of the Atlantic , disguised by a common language — but the benefits on offer through these so-called affinity schemes can be obtained in this country through countless other sources . |
| 4 | Most of the people responsible for Labour 's policies acknowledge that those which may have been relevant in the 1980s were disastrous and should be consigned to the rubbish heap . |
| 5 | Leaders of ambulance crews argue that their industrial action , in protest at a 6.5 per cent pay offer , has exposed the lack of personnel which may have been responsible for the deaths . |
| 6 | When it came , the eruption was of massive proportions and deposited a great thickness of ash which completely buried the town , and it set off great tidal waves which may have been responsible for the termination of the Minoan civilization by ravaging the coastal towns all around Crete . |
| 7 | This may have had an effect on the conversation : first , in respect of the content , which may have been different from what they would otherwise have talked about , and secondly in that the girls may have tried consciously to use " Jamaican " . |
| 8 | This represents a major step forward in unlocking the commercial potential of our inner cities and of breathing new life into areas which may have been derelict for many years . |
| 9 | Another factor which may have been important in this first year of the reforms was the determination of these pioneering fundholders to ensure the success of the scheme . |