Example sentences of "[Wh det] might [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are whispering groves , wide spreading lawns where coy stone ladies nestle in the green , and miroirs d'eau à la Courances which might reflect a sky of tender blue . |
| 2 | And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a village show you will be warmly welcomed and given the best seats in the house — which might mean a patch of ground under the village banyan tree . |
| 3 | Sir Walter Scott was one of many who wrote to offer sympathy , enclosing a small sum which might stop a leak in a vessel . |
| 4 | There were several motives which might bring a man to commit himself to a fairly long period ( eight years in France from 1762 onwards ) of military service . |
| 5 | I have written elsewhere about the evolutionary pressures which might generate a balance between inbreeding and outbreeding ( Bateson , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | i.e. wearing a blanket which might suggest a toga . |
| 7 | Will we still have that choice under a hard-pressed NHS which might welcome a system of abortion provision that saves cash ? |
| 8 | The construction of two more regularly-shaped ( planned ? ) insulae in the western part of the town , which might represent a separate stage if , as some photographs suggest , their principal axes originally extended beyond the defences . |
| 9 | If they do not , it will be for their auditors to discuss the matter with the Task Force , on a no-names basis , if they have misgivings about the acceptability of a treatment proposed by a client which hovers in the often grey border area between good and bad practice , and which might set a precedent for other companies . |
| 10 | Only when the Government could prove that disclosure would cause " grave and irreparable injury to the public interest " — details , for example , of troop deployment in wartime or information which might trigger a nuclear war — was a court entitled to stop the presses . |
| 11 | Sometimes it is necessary to wait for an incoming aircraft which might cause a slight delay before you proceed to the resort . |
| 12 | It is possible that only a very marked and rapid reduction in interest rates , which might cause a substantial shift in confidence , would be effective . |
| 13 | This figure acts variously as the symbol and chief bearer of the admirably strong , tightly-knit family and culture , as the oppressed subject of traditional Asian patriarchal practices , as a problem because of her failure to learn the language and customs which might allow a smoother integration of her community and children into ‘ the British way of life ’ , and full of sexual charm and allure produced by a demure seductiveness replete with the promise of a mysterious Oriental eroticism . |
| 14 | Bear in mind the age of the house , but note any oddities such as signs of recent building work , alterations to chimneys ( sketch the position of all chimneys ) , or redecoration in patches which might indicate a ‘ cover-up ’ . |
| 15 | At level 8 , this might include some debating activities within a formal structure , opportunities to give talks on a topic of individual interest or expertise , leading a group activity towards a planned outcome or presentation ( which might include a wider audience than the class ) . |
| 16 | The expertise of the adviser in the particular problem which emerges will doubtless influence the proposed course of action ( which might include a referral ) but the preliminary advisory skills may be possessed by a volunteer as by a professional . |
| 17 | They are therefore likely to be more prone to experience adverse events associated with accommodation and employment , events which might precipitate a relapse . |
| 18 | This will certainly give the driver the opportunity to raise any objection he may have to giving blood , either on medical grounds or indeed for any other reason which might afford a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ under section 7(6) . |
| 19 | The duck had instantly spied this tiny speck which might signify a flying predator . |
| 20 | Wherever they went , they would have to go on foot , which might take a long time . |
| 21 | In drug addiction a sufferer may use a regular daily quantity of drug , a single dose of which might kill a non-addicted person . |
| 22 | But she had known that , while she looked back in wonder across a million years , his mind on the minute scrape of putty from the heel of the suspect 's shoe , the trace which might prove a man was a rapist or a murderer . |
| 23 | The husband 's preoccupation with his commercial affairs , which might imply a neglect of his wife 's conjugal and material desires , is repeatedly hinted at . |
| 24 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 25 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 26 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 27 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 28 | Now , if we think about actions which might have a beneficial effect on welfare or on conservation , there are some which benefit both at the same time . |
| 29 | It has many similarities with the old Swedish Mountain cattle ( and indeed two bulls of that type were imported in 1949 ) and it also has an unusually high incidence of a particular chromosomal translocation which might have a very minor effect on fertility . |
| 30 | Alternatively , the present contraction could be simply one phase of a long , slow pulsation which might have a cycle time of hundreds or thousands of years . |