Example sentences of "which [modal v] have [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In evaluating the Copernican system , for example , mathematical criteria should take precedence over interpretations of Scripture , which may have become normative but only through ignorance . |
| 2 | For down-filled sleeping bags Nikwax can also refill a sleeping bag 's baffles , which may have become short of down . |
| 3 | Unfortunately figures which can be derived as a result of this exercise are not free from influences upon trade which may have arisen irrespective of the process of integration . |
| 4 | Problems may also be encountered in those treated by repeated sclerotherapy , which may have caused severe inflammatory change and thickening around the lower oesophagus and upper stomach . |
| 5 | Confounding variables which may have affected urinary albumin excretion were similar within and between our two groups — that is , glycaemic control , weight , and protein intake ( as reflected by urinary urea excretion ) . |
| 6 | Acknowledge just how much you have learned from those experiences which may have appeared difficult or unpleasant at the time . |
| 7 | This view was qualified by other officers of the company who said in some instances Informix could provide backing for startup firms , such as those which may have developed important technology but were unable to productise it due to lack of funds . |
| 8 | Issues which may have looked problematical in theory can be compared to see whether they are of consequence in practice . |
| 9 | Watkins probably heard mention of these ideas , the seeds from which may have lain dormant in him for over fifty years . |
| 10 | In the face of the dreadful attacks on police officers , the Home Office should have put together an urgent review team which should have incorporated other Departments and put forward a package of measures . |
| 11 | The finger pointed at education could not easily be pushed aside , particularly at a time when the period of education had been extended and the school population , on both sides of the Atlantic , was beginning to diminish factors which should have favoured significant improvement . |
| 12 | And so the mutual help and support which should have typified Christian brothers became a stick which the Western church used in the coming crusade to beat Orthodox and infidel alike . |
| 13 | The new social movements of the 1970s and the 1980s emerged outside the formal party structures precisely because of the way in which the parties of the Left , which should have articulated new emancipatory concerns , were caught up in the compromises of the 1940s . |
| 14 | Before leaving London , Belle had been secretary to an hotel keeper and wine merchant , which should have provided useful experience for the venture . |
| 15 | He owned hundreds of acres of land in Wisconsin , Iowa , Florida and Colorado , and was busy in the horse-raising business , which must have involved substantial time , travel and capital . |
| 16 | Wood has been able to bring several skills to his work — his Ordnance Survey abilities , learnt during his army service , and various mapping techniques — which must have proved invaluable . |
| 17 | Its shallow water formations include grainstones which must have had high primary porosity and permeability , and the sequence is also expected to contain dolomites . |
| 18 | This triple set holds enough gems to keep you interested , the history is fascinating and even the disasters , which must have seemed ridiculous even then , have a certain kitsch value . |
| 19 | More subtle than corruption , but just as damaging to the judicial process , were variations in court procedure which must have seemed arbitrary to many Sri Lankans . |
| 20 | It comes as something of a shock , therefore , to realize that there were other areas , such as South Asia , more developed in technology and the articulation between production and trade , and highly dynamic in mercantile organization , which might have possessed equal potential to have become the centre for an industrial revolution , if these factors were indeed the primary causative variables ( Perlin 1983 ) . |
| 21 | The memory chilled the warmth she could feel gathering inside her , the warmth which might have proved treacherous if she lingered here with this yes — definitely attractive man . |
| 22 | An insight into the way the official terrain is constructed can be gained by noting the exclusion of other categories , which might have yielded different ‘ problems ’ : ‘ Muslims ’ , ‘ Jews ’ , ‘ Catholics ’ , ‘ Protestants ’ , etc . |
| 23 | Sutton , who missed with another header shortly afterwards , went on to squander two more excellent opportunities which could have kept alive Norwich 's hopes of going to the final for the first time in their history . |
| 24 | Government leaders might have welcomed a united report from the Royal Commission , which could have justified real reform of the Poor Law . |
| 25 | Dr Tom McManus of the IIRS defended the Institute against allegations that it had been ‘ bought ’ by industry by claiming the IIRS had turned down 15 major industries which could have caused dangerous pollution : he cited the example of a herbicide factory which could have wiped out much of the marine life in Cork Harbour . |
| 26 | Seconds before the interval , he misdirected a shot which could have had huge psychological value when Fleck crossed invitingly after exploiting Culverhouse 's through ball . |
| 27 | The standard left response to the kind of argument put by Gaitskell was that the party should be ‘ more socialist ’ and would thereby gain more working class support , but it is not clear that the left opposition within the party had a political project which could have commanded mass popular support among the working class in the 1950s . |
| 28 | If his achievement had been consolidated , a new and formidable political and military order might have been established which could have proved resilient to subsequent Mercian attack . |
| 29 | Those three operations then are the measure of modern medical practice : cancers which might have developed from an enlarged prostate , some rogue polyps and a spinal tumour , any one of which could have proved fatal , were all pre-empted by discovery and cure ; and I can not be other than deeply grateful for this additional lease of life . |
| 30 | Conversely had we had the profits last year which would have generated taxable profits then we would n't have needed to have done that , so that 's one reason why it was not disclosed on floatations at the time and floatation was not regarded as an asset . |