Example sentences of "which [modal v] [adv] [be] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , mundane objects such as clam-shell axes and fish hooks may be used to objectify a concept of self-development and self-created change which may potentially be a powerful force in the rise of post-colonial states ( Miller 1980 ) . |
| 2 | For example , fear exists that growing computerization of personal records might enable a potential employer ( particularly the Health Service ) to have access to private medical information and , for this kind of reason , the National Insurance Number , which might otherwise be a useful patient identifier , is never used as such . |
| 3 | CECIL therefore provides an objective way of determining the pitched of words and phrases , which could clearly be a great help , both for analysis and for language learning , but the information it provides is only raw data and must still be analysed . |
| 4 | What they did not do is cohabit in advance of the wedding , which could well be a good thing if we choose to take seriously a recent report which says cohabitees who subsequently marry are 60% more likely to divorce than those who marry without first living together . |
| 5 | Four main conclusions were drawn : first , war was a senseless act , which could never be a rational tool of state policy ; secondly , the 1914–18 war had been the result of leaders becoming caught up in a set of processes that no one could control ; thirdly , the causes of the war lay in misunderstandings between leaders and in the lack of democratic accountability within the states involved ; and fourthly , the underlying tensions which had provided the rationale for the conflict could be removed by the spread of statehood and democracy . |
| 6 | A warm draught blew across the platform , one which could only be a Mediterranean breeze or synthetically produced , the latter being more likely as we were standing under a dull winter 's day in London . |
| 7 | which is made by an individual , 2. on or after 18 March 1986 , 3. which would otherwise be a chargeable transfer , and 4. comprises a gift made to : ( a ) another individual , or ( b ) an accumulation and maintenance trust , or ( c ) a disabled persons trust ( IHTA 1984 , s3A ) . |
| 8 | ‘ Attendance at external courses must be justified against training objectives or be seen to acquire for the county library some new or up-date skill/ knowledge/experience which would otherwise be a noticeable gap ’ . |
| 9 | The picture which emerges from research , from that of Dorothy Wedderburn in the 1960s to that of Sara Arber and her colleagues in the 1980s , on the relationship between pensioners and younger relatives , friends and neighbours , is not one of simple dependency of the old upon the young , but of an exchange relationship to which both sides contribute which shifts only gradually over time towards the younger participants being the predominant givers ( Cole and Utting , 1962 ; Gilbert et al. , 1989 ; Evandrou et al. , 1986 ) providing a significant volume of services which would otherwise be a costly burden on the state . |
| 10 | Which would obviously be a necessary change to make if it was going to relieve the western bypass . |
| 11 | Usually it is the weak , undersized and malformed beasts that are weeded out , not the finest , which would obviously be a selfdefeating exercise . |
| 12 | Add to this the Great Australian Bight and the Bass Strait — for if we did not , it would be difficult to regard Australia as a Pacific nation , which would indeed be a foolish error — and we have arrived at what seems the most appropriate and comprehensive definition of our goal : one oceanic bloc , twenty-four marginal Seas ( of which one is designated Inland ) , five Gulfs , four Straits , one Canadian Confusion and one Australian Bight . |
| 13 | The question surely is whether land is open country , not whether that open country is bisected by a boundary , a good hedge or a good line of trees , which would undoubtedly be a suitable greenbelt boundary . |
| 14 | But in Toby 's experience friendship between a boy in his fourth year and one in his second was a rare occurrence , and one which would usually be a particular sort of friendship . |
| 15 | Currently he 's absorbed in a piece of work on a theme he calls Love Story , which will also be a sequential piece , though in different form to The Cricketer . |
| 16 | He conceived of mind and matter as two substances , the relation between which can only be a causal one . |
| 17 | The subject is one which needs to be brought to the attention of the Environment Committee and is something which the Council 's Environment Officer , once appointed , may wish to tackle on a corporate basis although one which can only be a token gesture since neither the use of peat or the peat land resource in Lothian are major issues . |
| 18 | ‘ After all , ’ he said , ‘ we came for the rainfall , which can hardly be a prime attraction on holiday . ’ |