Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb mod] be [v-ing] " in BNC.

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1 Limited by United Nations rules , the ship 's crew of 280 officers and men have been able to simply monitor merchant shipping which may be breaking the UN arms embargo to Serbia .
2 It is also expected that the existence of such a database will help the researcher to identify policy-relevant research and those areas which may be receiving insufficient attention .
3 Is there something different about your immediate environment which may be causing you to feel unsettled ?
4 Take a careful look at your fish to see if there are any external parasites , such as flukes , which may be causing the fish to rub themselves constantly .
5 Erm , are they actually in particular areas , grouped and , and particular age groups which may be causing these incidents ?
6 Ask him to ‘ throw out ’ anything harmful which may be affecting you .
7 Sometimes we may be able to identify a particular stress or problem which may be affecting us in our inability to sleep .
8 Differences in research funding , project selection , resources and their allocation and management , intake standards , supervision , training and assessment standards , and emphasis on publication , are factors which may be affecting productivity .
9 Staff may seek a confidential interview with Colin Will ( ext 267 ) or Sheila Geddes ( ext 263 ) concerning personal problems which may be affecting their work .
10 They can also assist when staff are referred by line managers in the event of known or suspected personal problems which may be affecting work performance , time-keeping , attendance , and morale issues .
11 Differences in research funding , project selection , resources and their allocation and management , intake standards , supervision , training and assessment standards , and emphasis on publication , are factors which may be affecting productivity .
12 These are probably in the region of half a million pounds at the moment , which does not bode well for the company which may be trying to raise half a million pounds of equity .
13 In this way we are able to specify those antecedent events which may be encouraging the problem behaviour and those consequences which may be reinforcing it .
14 The stigmas fall , the stamens moving into their place , dehiscing and powdering the beetles , which may be copulating ; then the stamens fall as do the petals , one at a time , releasing the insects .
15 But R-134a has one drawback compared to propane and butane — it adds to the so-called greenhouse effect of pollution which may be heating up the earth 's climate .
16 But in our rushed , modern lifestyle we often rely on convenience foods and snacks which may be lacking in proper nutrition .
17 The other major story this month concerns the surveying of Loch Ness which titillatingly talks about the discovery of ‘ new species ’ Not necessarily Nessie however , but various small invertebrate worms which may be living in the extraordinarily deep loch .
18 At least it can be said that these educational programmes may diminish the occasional experimental use ( which may be damaging in itself ) by those who do not have addictive disease .
19 There are a number of reasons for tutors ' apparent retreat to the classroom , among which may be increasing administrative demands on their time and/or lack of opportunities for recent clinical experience .
20 But an information gap is not necessarily the same as the operation of different schemata , which may be working at a deeper and less accessible level .
21 Has Mr Pasta any possible defence to a claim by Manuel for either wages which may be owing to him or unfair dismissal ?
22 No debt of the Business which may be owing at Completion is overdue by more than eight weeks and the amount of such debts ( less the amount of any provision or reserve calculated on the same basis as that applied in the Accounts and disclosed in the Disclosure Letter ) will be recoverable in full in the ordinary course of business and in any event not later than eight weeks after Completion and none of the said debts is subject to any counter-claim or set-off except to the extent of any such provision or reserve .
23 There are two distal oral papillae on each side of the jaw ; a conspicuous spine-like one on the oral plate and a smaller scale-like one on the adoral plate which may be missing in some specimens ( see Madsen , 1970 : 179–181 for a discussion of this character ) .
24 ( 10 ) Entries in the Land Charges Register ( not local land charges ) being matters of title ( although certificates of search are not " documents of title " ) that should be abstracted , note these , too , on your notes ; when considering these comprehensively ( see ( 11 ) ) , note for requisitions ( see ( 6 ) ) any which may be missing : if necessary make a search yourself before completion when searching against your seller .
25 But there are other factors which may be contributing to the lack of small fish in the upper layers of the sea — which is where the main problem seems to lie .
26 ( 2 ) The High Court , or a judge thereof , or a county court , may , on the application by summons of any judgment creditor of a partner , make an order charging that partner 's interest in the partnership property and profits with payment of the amount of the judgment debt and interest thereon , and may by the same or a subsequent order appoint a receiver of that partner 's share of profits ( whether already declared or accruing ) , and of any other money which may be coming to him in respect of the partnership , and direct all accounts and inquiries , and give all other orders and directions which might have been directed or given if the charge had been made in favour of the judgment creditor by the partner , or which the circumstances of the case may require .
27 Bohannen ( 1971 ) describes six stations of divorce which may be happening simultaneously or in succession and which continue until some resolution is found .
28 No , they wo n't be moving away faster than light is travelling because the theory of relativity says that nothing can move faster than light , but there are certainly things which may be happening now which we shall not learn about for thousands of millions of years because they are so far away .
29 A. As a first stage , having a total cholesterol test will pick up those who have a problem which may be putting their health at risk .
30 I have aimed to answer all the questions usually asked ( and a few more besides ) , but do remember that , whichever hypnotherapist you consult , he or she should be quite willing to do precisely the same for you and to put your mind at rest about anything else which may be troubling you with regard to regression therapy as well as to hypnosis itself .
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