Example sentences of "which might [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Disturbingly attractive male though he might be , Dr Penry Vaughan was nevertheless a match for any peril which might threaten in the small hours . |
| 2 | The apples were harvested in autumn by using long poles to shake the branches of the trees , and then reduced to pulp in a cider mill , which might vary from a small hand machine to a large mill driven by horsepower . |
| 3 | Had Pardy , in a nutshell , just been carried away and thoughtless — which might result in a lesser charge — or had he set out to harm Harriet with such deadly results that this might even finish up as a trial for manslaughter ? |
| 4 | Some South Yorkshire policemen have already been served with discipline papers — an early notification of any complaint which might lead to a disciplinary hearing — by West Midlands officers investigating handling of the disaster . |
| 5 | This is an opportunity to strengthen existing partnerships by securing board membership from a linked company , or to begin the process of negotiation which might lead to a productive partnership where none exists thus far . |
| 6 | However to judge by the veteran abolitionist Lushington 's intervention in the 1831 debate the powerful demand for immediatism from abolitionists in the country was still somewhat muffled in parliament ; he approved of it if understood as , measures immediately brought in now and adopted which might lead to the gradual extinction of slavery' ; Buxton had avoided completely talking of immediate emancipation . |
| 7 | They were understandably concerned to steer a middle course between over-confidence which might lead to an excessive number of candidates and realism which might have a restrictive effect . |
| 8 | They like the idea of design shops which might cater for the plentiful supply of individuals with small gardens and several thousand pounds to spend . |
| 9 | Therefore Athens and Sparta must be played against each other , and their troops preferably used , not against each other ( which might end in a definite result ) , but against Macedon 's frontier enemies . |
| 10 | Bob Shorter , the contracts director for Highland Health Board , said the news was encouraging , but stressed that money to cover running costs would be just as important as money which might pay for a new hospital . |
| 11 | Therefore other metabolic abnormalities have been sought in diabetic subjects which might contribute to the increased vascular risk . |
| 12 | By the fragmentation of units inherent in this system , the development of large-scale capitalistic enterprises which might compete with the advanced sectors is discouraged . |
| 13 | Once she kept me hanging around for an hour and a half , which might sound like a backward step , but you have to remember she was sitting in a place of her own choice , and was taking it all in . |
| 14 | The Symon Unconformity has been picked at the base of a thin coal sequence which might correspond to the Phillipsii Chronozone of the upper Westphalian C. Thus a limited gas potential can be attributed to the base of the Barren Measures sequence . |
| 15 | However , with the solitary exception of Sophie Haibel 's mention of ‘ extraordinary grimaces with his mouth , ’ which might qualify for a complex motor tic , Simkin then proceeds to deflate his argument by begging the question when he assigns inappropriately several examples of Mozart 's humorous hyperactivity to the category of motor ‘ Tourettisms . ’ |
| 16 | Up to five stages in the life cycle could be identified , each of which might respond to a different agent . |
| 17 | Any such majority was now thought likely to depend on formal or informal alliances which might emerge from the current intense negotiations . |
| 18 | Subject to obtaining a magistrate 's warrant , police officers may also enter premises forcibly to look for evidence of a serious arrestable offence ( ranging from murder and rape to any act which has led or might lead to public disorder , or , vaguer still , acts which might interfere with the effective administration of justice ) . |
| 19 | A couple of the men who would pull the wagon walked the course , horse-racing style , to note tight corners and overhanging trees which might interfere with the smooth passage of ‘ Heaven ’ on the second deck of the wagon . |
| 20 | Therefore , the only additional benefits which can be identified in Figure 8.5 are those which might accrue from the competitive structure which the government is proposing to create . |
| 21 | The dancing man was standing out in the middle of the road as though unaware of the scarlet double-decker which might trundle down the High Street at any moment to knock him down . |
| 22 | Using existing data sets , it will make initial estimates of the scale of any effect which low incomes might have on the health if the elderly in Britain , and go on to assess the likely role of some intervening variables which might account for the close correlation between income distribution and longevity in developed countries . |