Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [adv] [vb infin] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 : |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ’ . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | He was out for a good time , which might well involve finishing the evening with a fight . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ) . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Then one could argue for stable long-term subsidies to be granted to offset the higher transport costs , recognising that the higher resource cost of delivering the commodities to their consumers should be borne by the state which would otherwise have to bear the cost of unemployment ( and which is also in a position to take account of the ‘ social cost ’ to the community involved ) . |
| 18 | More realistic was the US Air Technical Intelligence Unit evaluation of 466mph , which would still have given the Shinden the edge over most US fighters . |
| 19 | But there 's something in even the very best of us which would really prefer to take the easy way out , if that 's at all possible . |
| 20 | However , the Younger Committee argued that such a topic as privacy , which can be subject to rapid changes in social convention , was probably best not regulated on the basis of the slow build-up of case law , which would always tend to reflect the values of an earlier period rather than of contemporary society . |
| 21 | ‘ Marco Polo insisted that the mountain was made in the shape of a cube , which would certainly have explained the matter . |
| 22 | An interesting discovery which would certainly have brought the Hunters running was unearthed at Danbury , Essex , in October 1779 . |
| 23 | I used a PC which would periodically refuse to recognise the hard disk following a period of perfectly normal operation , and crash with a ‘ General System Failure ’ report . |
| 24 | It would be wrong for me to anticipate what the final conclusions of CAJEC , and the Councils of the Institutes ( which will ultimately have to make the decision on the current ‘ hot ’ topics ) will be . |
| 25 | That is , let us assume that this is the price the expectation of which will just suffice to maintain the existing aggregate amount of production ; some firms meanwhile rising and increasing their output and others falling and diminishing theirs ; but the aggregate production remaining unchanged . |
| 26 | However , it 's best to keep water pipes as short as possible , which will probably mean having the loo and bath either against an outside wall , or near the main soil pipe if this is run inside . |
| 27 | The Council feel that SARU should concentrate on raising money for the development of rugby in the townships rather than spend it on overseas tours to countries which can not afford to finance the visits . |
| 28 | These applications will be covered fully in Chapters 3 and 4 and can be seen as widening the range and scope of the school librarian 's tasks and in providing an up to date technological approach to school library management which can only serve to improve the status of the school librarian and further teacher/librarian cooperation . |