Example sentences of "which [vb mod] [vb infin] [conj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this view , the solution to pauperism lay in ‘ eugenics ’ , defined by its founder , Francis Galton , as ‘ the study of agencies under social control which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations ’ . |
| 2 | The concept of eugenics was defined by its founder , Francis Galton , in the early 1880s as the ‘ study of those agencies under social control , which may improve or impair the racial qualities of future generations . ’ |
| 3 | ( 6 ) You may not do or permit to be done in the premises anything which may invalidate or increase the premium payable for any policy of insurance maintained by our clients and you will comply with all requirements and recommendations of our clients ' insurers . |
| 4 | These conditions are likely to embody the provisions of the law of the country of the company concerned or be the subject of international convention or ‘ special contract ’ with government(s) ; any of which may limit or exclude the liability of the carrier . |
| 5 | It is vital , therefore , to recognise the difficulty many staff experience when faced with an alternative view which may contradict and threaten the very philosophy around which their thoughts and teaching style has developed . |
| 6 | However , section 365(1) empowers the Secretary of State by regulations to ‘ make further provision as to the information to be given in a company 's annual return , which may amend or repeal the provisions of sections 364 and 364A . ’ |
| 7 | Now the holder of speculative balances not only has to consider the yield on close substitutes such as bonds , but he also has to take into account any prospective capital gains or losses which may accrue when buying the bond . |
| 8 | That disc must be a lifting platform which could raise and lower the Governor 's sanctum sanctorum , his travelling tabernacle . |
| 9 | They needed practices of mind and ceremonies of the body which could sustain and calm the spirit . |
| 10 | The Comintern still asserted its belief in " Soviet Power " , and the weakness of parliamentary democracy , but despite this the aim of the United Front was to be the formation of an elected coalition Government , which could not achieve " Soviet Power " , but which could educate and encourage the Left towards this distant goal by virtue of its existence . |
| 11 | Whatever the response , the teacher can add a further reflection , which could support or challenge the pupil , and in some cases move the drama on . |
| 12 | Secondly , if the nearest relative objects an order can only be made by application to the county court , which would complicate and delay the process . |
| 13 | The committee proposed ( i ) an executive comprising a directly elected President , a Prime Minister who would be the leader of the majority party in parliament , and a Security Council consisting of the senior ministers , members of the security forces and three presidential nominees ; ( ii ) a non-partisan Council of State , including leaders of all parliamentary political parties and regional representatives , which would deal with matters of " constitutional or national significance " ; ( iii ) a single directly elected legislature ; and ( iv ) a Special Committee on Human Rights and Administrative Justice which would promote and monitor the enforcement of such rights . |
| 14 | Its mandate would include technology transfers and the encouragement of investment in projects which would enhance or safeguard the environment . |
| 15 | In London they would register and investigate cases of distress , but the administration of relief was to be the work of a central body which would supervise and co-ordinate the work of committees throughout London . |
| 16 | Social Darwinism in Britain , along with ideas coming from France and Germany , had led them to think of people as members of a ‘ race ’ which would degenerate and lose the struggle for survival unless its breeding was controlled by scientific experts . |
| 17 | The better view is that the Whigs were for Reform with various degrees of conviction and for a variety of reasons , ranging from that political expediency which saw in it a cause which would get and keep the Tories out , to that of moral principle . |
| 18 | It has been said that the Court should consider an interim sum ‘ which would alleviate or mitigate the sufferings or hardships of the pursuer as a result of the injuries during the interim period until the case is finally decided ’ but , more recently , some judges have been persuaded that there is no reason why the interim payment should be restricted to the period up to the date of Proof and that if some estimate of the full value of the claim can be made , the pursuer is entitled to receive a significant portion thereof . |
| 19 | ‘ This is not the time to revert to a non-graduate teaching force which would undermine and dilute the profession as a whole , ’ said Mr Woods . |
| 20 | Throughout this period , most of the cells become progressively committed to form the tissues such as the placenta which will surround and nourish the future embryo . |
| 21 | I intend to launch Scottish Natural Heritage , which will combine and enhance the functions of the Nature Conservancy Council for Scotland and the Countryside Commission for Scotland , with a starting budget of £34.6 million , an increase of more than 28 per cent . |
| 22 | In particular , we will introduce a new Sex Equality Act which will combine and strengthen the current equal pay and sex discrimination laws . |
| 23 | Any documentation which will clarify or explain the problem should be described |
| 24 | The emphasis in development plans and other investment aids will be removed from increasing productivity and labour efficiency and reorientated towards practices which will protect and improve the environment ( amongst several others ) . |
| 25 | Do not knit too quickly or you will find that you are racking as you knit , which will break or damage the needles . |
| 26 | But for many participants what is needed is something more definite in the way of a scheme of work of some kind which will direct and maintain the momentum of the course into a continuing programme of monitored activities in the classroom . |
| 27 | It 's as if the name were waiting for the man , and for the novel which will transpersonalize or socialize the murderous concept : ‘ social unsteadiness , as Shatov says ’ and as we read in the Possessed notebooks . |
| 28 | For historians the politics of information involve creating and sustaining attitudes and values in society at large which will support and demand the retention of the information sources which will be the basis of writing history in the future . |
| 29 | While NATO will run the operation , it will be under the strict political control of the UN , which can stop or modify the operation as it likes . |
| 30 | Emma : Publicity 's a tiger which can turn and rend The man who thought it once to be his friend . |