Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] which [pers pn] might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Make sure the abbreviation used is not a proper word which you might use elsewhere in the document . |
| 2 | Studies of cognition which seek to elucidate the nature or that cultural order which we might impose upon or recognize in the world may well be concerned with the classification of objects , but they generally fail to acknowledge , let alone address , the difference between artefacts such as cutlery which already incorporate categorization in their manufac-turer , and objects such as trees which do not ( e.g. Rosch 1978 : 30–5 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | The remaining appendices provide additional information which you might find useful . |
| 6 | In the interbank market , banks offer surplus deposits which they might have to other banks . |
| 7 | It could have resisted payment , and the revenue had no means other than the taking of legal proceedings which it might have used to enforce payment . |
| 8 | Finding out about Kettering was , she thought , a private game which she might set herself to play on this holiday . |
| 9 | There are seldom any references to co-curricular activities and the important part which they might play in the whole curriculum of a school . |
| 10 | I could n't possibly compete in those stakes , so I racked my brain to think of small things which they might like . |
| 11 | They learn who the residents are , where they sleep and any particular problems which they might meet straight away . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ A mahogany dining table will last a lifetime , not like a car or a three-piece suite which you might throw away after five or six years , ’ he added . |
| 13 | First , there are things which might or would have happened as consequences of some other action which he might have done instead . |
| 14 | When Rodrigo heard this it pleased him well , and he said to the King that he would do his bidding in this , and in all other things which he might command ; and the King thanked him much . |
| 15 | On the basis of experience then , we recognise types of communicative events which take place against the background of a mass of below-conscious expectations also based on past experience which we might summarise , following van Dijk ( 1977 : 99 ) , as ‘ the ASSUMED NORMALITY of the world . |
| 16 | ( 1 ) Choose one literary text which you might work on which is representative , plus one which is well-known , plus one which is neglected ( see 2.1 ) . |
| 17 | Mm , you see , a lot of the er the English scriptures talk about the , the paradise in , in its right context , you can just examine the , the , the Christian script which you might get confused because there 's a lot of er things that can take them both ways |
| 18 | Students should be made aware of the above criteria and should be encouraged to carry out their own evaluation of any potential investigation which they might use for summative assessment purposes . |