Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [verb] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oral explanations and discussion may convey a meaning and a depth lacking in written explanation which may tend to be accepted at an uncritical and somewhat superficial level . |
| 2 | Clomipramine , which may seem to be indicated because of the patient 's obsessional symptomatology , sometimes causes severe nausea or intractable constipation . |
| 3 | You will also have to be prepared to overlook sudden flashes of anger or periods of irritability which may seem to be aimed at you but which are much more likely to be an expression of her natural resentment of the disaster that has befallen her . |
| 4 | The responsibility for the use of the firearm is an individual decision , which may have to be justified in legal proceedings . |
| 5 | There are also resealing or ‘ antisiphon ’ traps which may have to be fitted on extra-long waste pipes connected to a single-stack drainage system . |
| 6 | The change in string tension when changing brands will probably be more noticeable if your guitar is fitted with a tremolo system , which may have to be readjusted slightly . |
| 7 | It makes some sense to argue that an animal needs less computing power to find leaves , which are abundant all around , than to find fruit , which may have to be searched for , or to catch insects , which take active steps to get away . |
| 8 | No longer can investigative stories be stopped merely because they might " prejudge " a matter which may have to be decided in litigation at some future time . |
| 9 | Only when these avenues have been exhausted should the manager discuss the possibility of sanctions which may have to be imposed if attendance does not improve . |
| 10 | It means that vital decisions have to be made quickly at an extremely difficult time for the mother , decisions which may have to be made from an ill-informed base . |
| 11 | Many families have only one car which may have to be reserved for the use of the nurse 's spouse and others have no car at all . |
| 12 | Sandison finds that the probability of citation will be halved by the transfer of library material to the Reserve Stock shelves , which may be at some distance from the main library shelving , or which may have to be fetched from remote stores . |
| 13 | Unless I have missed it earlier in this debate , I think there may be a point of clarification which may need to be made er with the result of yesterday 's decision , and that is that section two , which we 're now discussing , speaks of the position of parents who are not communicant members . |
| 14 | If , however you are going to help her to seek a grant for home improvements , a visit to the local authority environmental health department can be useful , as you and she can receive there an explanation of all the different forms which may need to be completed , and your queries can be answered . |
| 15 | There are difficulties which may need to be overcome . |
| 16 | 17.18 All pupils should be expected to keep a file containing work in progress , as well as completed pieces , which may need to be selected and filed separately for the purposes of moderation and final assessment . |
| 17 | 10% of house-buyers opt for a full structural survey ; this is a more detailed report based on a more exhaustive investigation and technical examination of the property — it lists the defects and includes an assessment of any remedial works which may need to be undertaken immediately and in the foreseeable future . |
| 18 | This is particularly significant with regard to some areas of sexual law which may need to be taken into account by social workers . |
| 19 | However , it may also involve the firm indicating having given advice to its client in public documents the content and form of which may need to be agreed with the Stock Exchange . |
| 20 | Cuthred is said to have fought bravely against Aethelbald ( ASC A , s.a. 741 ) and in his twelfth year , which the Chronicle gives as 752 ( ASC A , s.a 752 ) but which may need to be corrected to 751 , to have defeated and put the Mercian king to flight at the battle of Beorhford . |
| 21 | Unlike a bank loan or an overdraft , which may need to be renegotiated if business volumes grow , a factoring facility grows in line with turnover . |
| 22 | It may therefore be possible to reconcile the views of the opposing schools of thought by regarding global standardisation as the ultimate objective when substantial economies of scale are available but which may need to be modified in the context of the product concerned . |
| 23 | Other features of an auction process which may need to be set out in the transmittal letter are : |
| 24 | On the other hand the path has been from empirical field investigations towards continental or global patterns and this may be one important direction which must continue to be followed because large-scale soil erosion as in China , large-scale deforestation as in the Amazon , atmospheric pollution or global climatic change inspired by changes of carbon dioxide are all contemporary environmental processes on a scale which has not attracted sufficient physical geographers . |
| 25 | A letter was received from the chairman of the Edinburgh Federation of Community Centre Management Committees detailing the options which might require to be made to meet the Secretary of State ‘ s intention to ‘ cap ’ Lothian Regional Council ‘ s level of ‘ Poll Tax ’ for the current year by some £25 million . |
| 26 | Had this been successful it would have been possible for managers of education and training at every level within a locality to identify major employment issues , to assess likely large-scale change in employment patterns and to identify educational links which might have to be developed or changed . |
| 27 | Women mourn the loss of a breast — ‘ which at 50 has no function other than a psychological one ’ — unlike almost any other part of their body which might have to be removed for health reasons . |
| 28 | Other British manufacturing industries which could expect to be hit by the changes include car tyres , paper goods , ceramics , glassware , pipes , and CDs and audio tapes . |
| 29 | The fact remains that we as a council if we wish to , can meet a proper prudent budget and the alternative proposals tonight , which is really the the er unfortunate ones which would appear to be going through , are really not recognisable , that this is not the time to impose additional council tax or anything else on the people of this city when generally speaking their personal finances are not at their best . |
| 30 | The Palestinian negotiating team , the PLO , and Arab governments involved in the peace process , like Baker [ see below ] , rejected the distinction made by Rabin between " political " settlements , which would no longer receive official subsidies , and " security " settlements , which would continue to be funded . |