Example sentences of "which they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As a result of central government policies , Islington social services suffered 8 per cent cuts in 1987/8 and all departments were asked to produce proposals for cuts of up to a further 25 per cent which they might have to achieve over the next two years . |
| 32 | Being unexpectedly faced by samples of one or the other could convert some to forms of expression which they might have ignored for the rest of their lives . |
| 33 | Crown lands had been so much reduced in size that the most efficient management could not have increased their yield to the point at which they might have made any significant impact on royal finances . |
| 34 | The shuttle had no on-board weaponry : not a single missile , not even a laser with which they might have tried to cut a way in . |
| 35 | Furthermore , when dates are suggested for changes in these forms , they are usually given , without comment , as the dates at which the changes took place in this standard variety or its unilinear precursor , and not the dates at which they might have taken place in some other variety . |
| 36 | Alix , who had no idea of what the gossip was to be about , but who could sense its ominous crackling in the distance , wanted to go home , but tiresomely Brian , the party-hater , had managed to find his old friend Otto Werner and was deep in conversation about English social class , European intellectuals , the German education system , public schools , and the appointing of JPs and magistrates , a rich vein which they might have been able to explore for another hour at least , had Alix not been at their elbow , murmuring of departure . |
| 37 | However , it is by no means certain that either of the established parties would agree to change since they would be bidding away long-term electoral advantage in return for a short-term in office in a coalition government in which they might have only limited power . |
| 38 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 39 | These are firms which arrange deals between the marketmakers themselves and allow them to unwind positions which they might have otherwise found difficult . |
| 40 | In the interbank market , banks offer surplus deposits which they might have to other banks . |
| 41 | Each of them might have engaged a separate average adjuster to advise him : had these not agreed , a dispute could have arisen between the parties which they might have submitted to arbitrationa somewhat unusual course in business of this kind . |
| 42 | Can you with any of these characters , see stages at which they might have been rescued , and by what means . |
| 43 | When Ludens tried to ask him about his ‘ thoughts ’ , he replied that he had ‘ difficulties ’ which they might discuss ‘ later on ’ . |
| 44 | Other objectives include " promotion of correct library behaviour " , coordinating the library 's work with that of county providers and ensuring " that staff are helped to relate Dewey Decimal Classification Numbers to those subject areas which they might require pupils to research or refer to " ( Proposal document ) . |
| 45 | In 1341 England and France found both a cause and a theatre of war in which they might meddle further . |
| 46 | As a basis for this calculation it is perhaps appropriate to assume that a single sprinkler system should be capable of dealing with three fires simultaneously involving the operation of all sprinkler heads in any vertically-related sections in which they might occur . |
| 47 | I argued that there was a lack of clarity ( or clear research evidence ) concerning what these appropriate qualities might be , an unfortunate tendency to abstract approved-of skills from consideration of the contextual circumstances in which they might need to be employed , and an inclination to present a one-sided interpretation of the implications of specialist subject expertise for teaching quality . |
| 48 | First , internecine rivalries ensured that his opponents would never join forces to oust him ; for that reason alone , they would be allowed to continue , though never to reach a point at which they might get out of hand and overwhelm him . |
| 49 | The political feasibility of dangling before Indians a prize at which they might gaze but which they would never grasp was assured , Irwin told Salisbury , by the fact that Indians in their heart of hearts knew they would always need British administrators to guide them . |
| 50 | There are seldom any references to co-curricular activities and the important part which they might play in the whole curriculum of a school . |
| 51 | There are a number of ways in which they might become interested in the subject . |
| 52 | be making them changing their way of operation which they might find unattractive for reasons |
| 53 | Léonie lifted up the wooden flap and peered into what always seemed to her like a bird-house in which they might find golden eggs . |
| 54 | The commendable objectives were ( i ) to present private investors with a document which they might find more helpful to them than the full statutory accounts , ( ii ) to reduce an appalling waste of paper , since undoubtedly a great many such investors consign the glossy brochures containing the accounts ( ii ) to their waste-paper baskets after only the most cursory of glances ( if any ) and , perhaps , ( iii ) to reduce the company 's postage — though it is unlikely that any saving on that could be commensurate with the cost of preparing an additional document and , in effect , having it audited . |
| 55 | users need to learn a scheme which may be unusual or unique and which they might find difficult . |
| 56 | Groups of college staff led by experienced chairmen considered a series of case studies designed to highlight the problems which they might encounter when preparing their own course submissions . |
| 57 | Town Halls need to develop electronic gateways through which all sections of the community can pass , and in which they may stand and talk to their neighbours and do business if they so wish . |
| 58 | The Arbitrators shall have power by their award to annul and/or amend the decision of the Disciplinary Committee or to do so subject to the performance of any conditions which they may think fit to impose . |
| 59 | Major banks and building societies have found that establishing offshore branches gives them far greater scope to offer accounts that pay interest gross ; within the UK the circumstances in which they may do this are very limited . |
| 60 | Insider dealing provides a route by which they may do so . |