Example sentences of "which may [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He must not only master their content but be prepared to haggle away those items he finds unacceptable in acrimonious negotiations which may last many hours and in which ignorance is ruthlessly exposed . |
| 2 | It is here that we do see examples of apparently selfless giving , where the carer 's independent life effectively is suspended for the duration of the caring relationship , which may last many years . |
| 3 | Or survivals at the level of colour : liking for flat and intense colours , local earth and vegetable dyes , which may go all the way back to the ancient textile traditions such as that of the Paracas culture in Peru . |
| 4 | In Nuuk are all the comforts of civilisation , but also much boredom and drinking , which may go some way to explain why so many young Greenland men are destroying themselves . |
| 5 | It comes with its own good reviews in the form of sleevenotes which make amusingly extravagant claims , including that it is a record about ‘ how you sometimes feel like the sky will peel away like a mask and reveal something more brilliant behind ’ , which may tell some of you not just a little of how this record sounds , but how it got to sound that way too . |
| 6 | For it is not uncommon for each individual client to have a number of complex interrelated problems which may necessitate several bureau visits , thus adding to the ever-expanding workload of the CABx . |
| 7 | In many cases they are actually simpler since a complete instruction is executed in a single machine cycle unlike a microprocessor which may make several memory access when executing a single instruction . |
| 8 | ‘ Which may arrive any old time . |
| 9 | Our Management Consultancy firm , which may undertake some of the work , is regulated by the ICAEW as an associate and , as such , is also subject to the same ICAEW regulations for any regulated work . |
| 10 | There are a few accents of English which may do this , so that , for example , ‘ cattle ’ is pronounced , but this is not the case in RP . |
| 11 | Artefacts are frequently reconstructed before they are put on display , which may involve little more than repair work , such as sticking pieces of pot together and filling any remaining gaps . |
| 12 | The NCC has the power either to acquire land or to enter into agreements with its owners which may involve some financial assistance from the Council . |
| 13 | URANUS and Neptune have been trundling through this part of your chart for some time which may explain all the false starts , not to mention the general instability . |
| 14 | It seems to have been a religion that was in transition , which may explain some startling contradictions or apparent contradictions . |
| 15 | Several attempts to carry out such studies , however , have shown the great logistic difficulties entailed , which may prevent such a study in the future . |
| 16 | Because of their beauty such villages are also more subject to draconian planning policies which may prevent any new development at all or restrict it to only the limited in-filling of low-density private housing . |
| 17 | We need to adopt something like the German distinction between Wissenschaft — that is , knowledge or scholarship , which may cover all subjects including chemistry , history , literature , or physics — and Technik — the ability to make and use things , whether machine-tools , architectural drawings , or stage-scenery . |
| 18 | ‘ Despite the variation in language of the various judges , the principle of Donoghue v. Stevenson [ [ 1932 ] A.C. 562 ] as appears from the examination of these authorities imposes tortious liability on a person who performs some careless act which may injure any person whom he should reasonably have had in contemplation as being likely to be injured in consequence of his carelessness and who in fact is injured by his careless act . |
| 19 | Some composers use series which may contain more or fewer notes than the twelve contained in the total-chromatic , but this is uncommon , and the usage can be ignored . |
| 20 | Newspapers no longer serve the historian mainly as a chronicle of reported fact , but also provide material which may illuminate that culture of the majority previously so hard to observe . |
| 21 | When you are assessing a patient who is being admitted to your ward , make a list of potential risks which may affect this particular individual . |
| 22 | Other sources of fungi which may affect some people |
| 23 | Subjects will have been infected for varying lengths of time , which may affect these findings . |
| 24 | The only clues in the biographical sources which may give some positive result relative to the death date of Fahreddin Acemi arise from the statement in Taskopruzade 's article on him that Molla Ali Tins , visited him on his death-bed and heard his last wishes . |
| 25 | By deflecting Oakeshott 's arguments into a critique of constructivist rationalism Hayek seeks to maintain a rationalist approach which may avoid many of Oakeshott 's criticisms . |
| 26 | That 's rather like having a King Lear spiritually emoting with an insight which may transcend any previous realisation , whilst unfortunately playing havoc with the syntax , changing and/or forgetting words , and mumbling so that certain words inaudible to the unaware onlooker can be understood only by the expert who knows the text ! |
| 27 | In addition , it is likely that morphometric analysis in the transjugular biopsies is subject to some degree of sampling error , which may obscure this relationship . |
| 28 | The media may well be anti anyway , which may kill any hopes of further progress . |
| 29 | In 1913 , Mrs. Pember Reeves commented that it came as a shock to realise that working class wives in Lambeth who looked as it they were ‘ in the dull middle of middle age ’ in the 1950s , Viola Klein remarked that women generally looked old at 40 , which may indicate some improvement . |
| 30 | The tiny perfections of detail in these deceptions have puzzled some animal-watchers , who argue that no predator could be that clever — so why should there be these amazing refinements which may include such things as small patches of fake leaf-mould , or tiny pieces of leaf damage' ? |