Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The teacher with a prepared lesson and a captive audience which may not interrupt has a much greater opportunity to actively edit the signing she is producing . |
| 2 | This is not an unreasonable request , unless of course there have been ‘ true ’ representations — eg an information memorandum about the Business — which may well have induced the Purchaser to start negotiations . |
| 3 | In Devon and Cornwall indeed there seems to have been a long tradition of piratical and privateering activity in addition to legitimate trade , which may well have laid the foundation for the activities of seamen from this part of the country in the Elizabethan age ( 63 , pp.159–60 ) . |
| 4 | Significantly fewer patients in rural areas were receiving insulin , which may also have influenced the development of advanced retinopathy , even though insulin treatment does not necessarily reflect better diabetic control . |
| 5 | In addition , the economies of Holland and the Scandinavian countries are especially sensitive to international trade influences , which may also have encouraged a broad approach to wage determination . |
| 6 | Still less could it have been foreseen that Palestinians and Israelis would find themselves facing one another across a Madrid conference table in the 1991 encounter which provided most of the disappointments predicted by numerous observers at the time , but which may still prove to contain the seeds of a more fruitful sequel in the future . |
| 7 | So does his use of omens and prophecies — a feature of The Lord of the Rings which may furthermore seem to deny the idea of free will being left intact by the forces of providence . |
| 8 | There are a number of models which seek to explain the components and implications of different approaches to leadership which may actually serve to compound the problem : |
| 9 | We shall remember Jack Nicklaus shedding the years in 1986 , and spiriting the ball into the hole with a long-bladed putter which must surely have made a fortune for its inventor . |
| 10 | Having expected a casual Italian place , Belinda was a little perturbed to realise that this was L'Epoque , Brisbane 's newest and most talked-about French restaurant , which must surely have required a booking in advance . |
| 11 | Scraps of sedge and meadow rue still cling to its margins , the last remnants of a marsh which must once have inundated the whole valley floor . |
| 12 | A British viceroy of India spoke of them as ‘ those countries which must inevitably have attracted the attention of Europe , partly from increasing infirmity , but still more from the opportunities suggested by their latent though neglected sources of strength ’ . |
| 13 | Royalists were often heavily fined or , like John Ashburnham , had their entire estates sequestered , but the concern of the gentry for its own solidarity modified much of the bitterness which might otherwise have damaged the county further . |
| 14 | More importantly , however , the remains overlay burnt material , while the make-up levels on Site 2 contained Antonine pottery , thus demonstrating that the building(s) were part of an overall design reshaping the town centre , which might also have included the first phase of the defences . |
| 15 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 16 | This worked as a part of the discourse he was involved in ( the interview ) even if he did use a grammatical construction which might well have got a red line through it if he had written it as part of a school essay . |
| 17 | Craigbarnet had been supported , at considerable inconvenience , by the Montrose interest , mainly in order to please the head of the Stirling family , Stirling of Keir , who was a relative of the Duke of Montrose , but no sooner was Craigbarnet out of the running than another potentially explosive dispute arose which might well have set the Duke of Montrose at variance with Lord Elphinstone or another valuable ally , Dundas of Lethem . |
| 18 | We also have to take account of capital investment in the necessary equipment and extra staff , and of the commercial interests of Ordnance Survey , which might well wish to have a say in regulating the way in which the material is used in our reading rooms . |
| 19 | The defendants knew that the actress was aged 34 and was of normal weight and appearance : the article had heaped upon her the kind of reckless insults which could not have reflected an honest opinion . |
| 20 | It was in 1936 that the first American edition of Lionello Venturi 's History of Art Criticism was published , containing material which could equally have found a place in a book about art history . |
| 21 | However , Lagan and Cooper DH ( both Alliance ) were the source of 1,700 non-transferable votes which could conceivably have affected the issue either way if they has been transferable . |
| 22 | Through the generosity of sponsors buses are available to LEAs and to schools ( which would normally combine to form a group of two or three ) and are delivered free of charge . |
| 23 | WISE vehicles are available to LEAs and to schools ( which would normally combine to form a group of two or more ) and are delivered free of charge . |
| 24 | However , minor changes which would not have altered the views of a reasonable shareholder may be disregarded by the court ( see Re Minster Assets plc [ 1985 ] BCLC 200 ) . |
| 25 | They were free to raise funds elsewhere if they could , and one at least got a substantial sum from a local authority which would not have supported a project of that nature if it had not come to them from their own school children . |
| 26 | The sentence should have read it : ‘ It proved possible to maintain a limited number of local foster placements which would not have met the central standards of a specialist fostering team , but which met the temporary needs of certain local children more appropriately . ’ |
| 27 | When , a few minutes later , madam 's pancakes were brought , she ate her way through a plateful of stodge with brisk fortitude which would not have disgraced a squad of Irish navvies . |
| 28 | Then he had steered her to a chair , rather than the sofa , which would probably have provoked a new attack of ‘ imagination ’ . |
| 29 | Which would probably have cheered an angry Oz reader , who signed himself ‘ J.F. ’ in a letter to the magazine that year . |
| 30 | Secondly , the fiction/concession theory could have supplied an image of the company as separate and distinct from its shareholders which would also have supported the institution of limited liability , but there were strong reasons for preferring the natural-entity model of the company . |