Example sentences of "which [vb mod] only [be] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | You should select of the following options which may only be done when the combination of old and new mail is not zero : — |
2 | The Hard Copy system is provided as three stand-alone programs which should only be run when the LIFESPAN process is not running : |
3 | Safeguards would have to be built into the use of post-selection , pre-placement medical examinations , which should only be permitted if all successful applicants are subjected to such a medical examination . |
4 | An employment visa ( munkavallaloi vizum ) , which could only be obtained if the foreigner had a work permit , was also introduced . |
5 | In one case an immigrant who was present in Britain was denied judicial review of a decision not to give him leave to enter the country because of the existence of a right of appeal which could only be exercised if the immigrant left Britain . |
6 | An agony which could only be intensified if she entered into his very practical , very unfeeling arranged marriage . |
7 | However , that property could have defects which could only be identified and reported by a more detailed survey . |
8 | The answer is ‘ yes ’ : a recent article , drawing on Eusebius ' Life of Constantine , seems to show without doubt that it was Constantine who introduced this law : Eusebius describes measures implemented by Constantine which can only be understood as referring to this law . |
9 | During 1987 blitzes by the HSE of over 1,000 prohibition notices , which can only be served where there is a risk of ‘ serious personal injury ’ were issued , but led to only 25 prosecutions . |
10 | There is clearly an element of circularity in the argument in that it presumes that the subject-matter is properly before the tribunal , a presumption which can only be made if subject-matter is defined purely in terms of furnished tenancy itself . |
11 | The bare infinitive in exclamations evokes therefore an incidence of the infinitive 's event to its support which can only be represented as potential since the speaker feels it has little or no chance of being real , of finding a place in real time . |
12 | She considers marriage to be a gamble for any woman , a gamble which can only be justified where the woman examines the character and prospects of the man she is to marry . |
13 | But it may also be an uneasy truce , which can only be sustained as long as certain questions are not asked . |
14 | Spontaneous speech consists of sequences , not just single sentences , and there are some properties of spontaneous speech which can only be appreciated when one examines language production above the sentence level ; hence this is the topic we next discuss . |
15 | They hint that there are secrets which can only be divulged and discussed with those who have also been there … |
16 | Devereux considers that , at root , there is a substratum which can only be described as consciousness , that this is a field effect and that the brain simply processes the consciousness in a similar way to that in which a television set processes a transmitted signal . |
17 | From this stage I proceeded to a more general sense of superiority , which can only be described as moral . |
18 | He had piss-holes as eyes , foul breath , decaying teeth and an attitude towards Mandeville which can only be described as servile . |