Example sentences of "which [vb mod] be [verb] " in BNC.

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31 In modern times , people have looked to many different aspects of human activity as sources of conflict , not all of which may be seen as appropriate to medieval societies .
32 An interesting type of instruction is the search or scan instruction , which may be seen as an iterated compare .
33 Problems which may arise in any family are those which may be seen as related to the Oedipal situation — the sexual attachment which arises between parent and child and which is not always worked through adequately .
34 Almost certainly linked with this reasoning , however , is the desire to preserve the field man 's credibility in the eyes of the discharger by demonstrably not tolerating a degree of pollution which may be seen as ‘ getting away with it ’ .
35 One of the distinctions between these two works is that Veblen 's goal is more limited ; he is not concerned with consumption in general so much as a specific type of consumption which was of particular importance in the period during which he was writing , a period which may be seen as marking the transition to the age of mass consumption .
36 The Palace is still in regular use as a Royal residence and contains many treasures , including some of the personal belongings of Mary Queen of Scots , which may be seen throughout most of the year .
37 Since the 1960s , when a number of new social movements — among them the student movement , various national and ethnic movements , and the women 's movement — became extremely active in political life , a great deal more attention has been given by sociologists to such forms of political action , which may be seen not only as constituting a basis or context for the development of more highly organized political activities , but also as political forces in their own right , existing alongside and sometimes in conflict with , established parties and pressure groups .
38 for example , a production manager may be stuck about ideas on how to improve factory efficiency but looking at a potted plant on the desk might suggest an improved working environment or employees being given more wages ( which may be seen as the equivalent of plant food ) .
39 Later insulae , considerable remains of which may be seen at Ostia , were built of concrete and brick and could rise to four or five storeys .
40 Exx.1-3 show the three different textures that appear in the scores for this ballet : ex.1 solo voice and bass line ( this is the opening vocal air of the ballet , the full text of which may be seen in illus.l ) ; ex.2 an instrumental trio , with two treble instruments and bass ( the ritournelle that follows the vocal air ) ; ex.3 a five-part instrumental texture , each line notated in a different clef ( the first entrée ) .
41 The main food reserve of preparasitic nematode larvae , whether inside the egg shell or free-living , is lipid which may be seen as droplets in the lumen of the intestine ; the infectivity of these stages is often related to the amount present , in that larvae which have depleted their reserves are not as infective as those which still retain quantities of lipid .
42 The argument that would draw a sharp line between quantification of litigation costs which may be done by taxation , on the one hand , and quantification of non-litigation costs , which must be done by the Chancery master taking the account without the assistance of a taxing master , on the other hand , is , in our judgment , misconceived .
43 Common to them all is the fact that they are acted and are therefore simulations of reality , which may be done with varying degrees of realism or fantasy .
44 Employees should understand the various forms of relocation assistance which may be given and what terms are available under the redundancy clause should moving remain an unattractive prospect .
45 A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution .
46 ‘ A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution .
47 It is also acknowledged and agreed that I will perform my functions hereunder solely for the said parties and neither correspondence relating to the dispute nor any finding or award made by me as expert shall give rise to any right in favour of any person not a party hereto and any such correspondence and finding [ or award ] will be confidential to the said parties and will not be disclosed without my prior written consent , which I will not unreasonably withhold but which may be given subject to conditions .
48 These commands are used to define geometric entities , that is points , lines and surfaces which may be given symbolic names .
49 Such a profit element may include not only a straightforward management fee but also a hidden profit , such as a discount , which may be given to the headtenant under a block policy of insurance .
50 Nevertheless , it has been held that the initial approval of the company is required to the proposed scheme and that the court has no jurisdiction to sanction a scheme without that approval , which may be given either by the board of directors or by the company by an ordinary resolution in general meeting ( Re Savoy Hotel Limited [ 1981 ] 3 All ER 646 ) .
51 Variety offers opportunity for comparisons and the discovery of new and different properties , which may be generalised later ; experience of many rounded things will suggest that ‘ rounded things roll ’ .
52 There are three basic books which may be studied to good effect : A Complete Guide to Heraldry by A.C. Fox-Davies , revised in 1969 by John Brooke-Little , the present Norroy and Ulster King of Arms ; Boutell 's Heraldry , also revised by Brook-Little ( 1983 ) ; and A New Dictionary of Heraldry ( 1987 ) edited by Stephen Friar .
53 In fact what is usually observed are negative casts around the original structure which may be studied by scanning electron microscopy ( Janaway 1985 ) .
54 Full-time provision includes courses of one to three and four years ' duration , some of which may be studied as separate ‘ end-on ’ courses and many of which provide opportunities for transfer of suitable students to degree courses .
55 The question of the exclusivity of Community competence is of particular difficulty with regard to two concepts derived from the case law of the European Court : the concept that the existence of Community legislation on a matter excludes national legislation on the same matter , which may be illustrated in the context of the free movement of goods , and the concept that the duty of the Community to act in a particular matter from a particular date may exclude the possibility of Member States acting in that area from that date , which may particularly be illustrated in the context of external competence .
56 Is there something different about your immediate environment which may be causing you to feel unsettled ?
57 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 .
58 Erm , are they actually in particular areas , grouped and , and particular age groups which may be causing these incidents ?
59 Much of the rhetoric surrounding motivation is based upon a number of misapprehensions , each of which may be answered :
60 Each point made must be supported by fact and in turn generates more questions which may be answered in that paragraph .
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