Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] what we might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since many associates who were not blood relations often assumed the surname but between them could muster only a limited number of Christian names , confusion was avoided by the bestowal of what we might call a nickname , or what has been more justly described as a ‘ toname ’ . |
| 2 | He , too , is constrained in his interpretation by past similar experience , by interpreting in the light of what we might call the principle of analogy . |
| 3 | Whereas in many cases this is only one dimension , albeit an important one , in the case of what we might call theoretical ideology it constitutes the main organizing principle . |
| 4 | But during our holiday visit we found exactly what we wanted , helped by the way Jonathan used his imagination about what we might like , even though we had n't specified it . ’ |
| 5 | Ironically enough , Rameau was among the most resourceful and imaginative composers of his time in his treatment of the orchestra , and the least in need of what we might call d'Indification . |
| 6 | Finally , it is worth pointing out that , if my account of neoteny in man is correct , even the relatively ego-less citizen of the totalitarian state is the possessor of what we might term the neurophysiological substrate of the ego and the superego , which almost certainly comprises some of the most recently acquired elements of the human brain . |
| 7 | This former schoolmaster and magistrate of 18 years has sat with 50 mediums 130 times to further his quest for knowledge about what we might call ‘ the other side ’ . |
| 8 | This is in direct contrast to what we might expect to follow according to the inductivist view , namely , that in order to establish the truth of some problematic observation statement we appeal to more secure observation statements , and perhaps laws derived inductively from them , but not to theory . |
| 9 | It must also be remembered that the working life of what we might regard as identical batteries tends to vary . |
| 10 | The problem is that although the beliefs and feelings are " always concerned with matters at the heart and root of existence " — which does suggest or give opportunity for something which is not just subjective in interpretation — it tends to subsume the religious view of life under what we might call a humanist umbrella . |
| 11 | B : Say , what 're you doing [ implication ; " I 've got a suggestion about what we might do together " ] A : Well , we 're going out . |
| 12 | Originally 254cm ( 100in ) and since made at 3/4 size 198cm ( 78in ) , the Spinoff also contributed to the arrival of what we might call third generation stunters by its eventual introduction of stand-off struts . |