Example sentences of "[n mass] who might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And no doubt other dangerous folk who might have been known to me . |
| 2 | Most importantly , there have been fluctuations over time in the actual existence of kin who might provide such support for each other . |
| 3 | A little bit I think that he was just concerned that perhaps there might 've been other people who might 've wanted to come and if people had rung up and you had had a waiting list something could 've been done about it |
| 4 | What about other people who might change the world , or had done ? |
| 5 | She had been phoning people who might go to Greece with her or drive her there or , failing that , pay her air-fare , and eventually she succeeded in getting a loan from an aunt and an offer of a place in a minibus from an old schoolfellow and her boyfriend . |
| 6 | Now obviously you can translate the idea of something being a preventative about illness or sickness , but it 's very difficult to suggest in idiomatic modern English that roses can be a protection against evils , because you really , we really do n't have that kind of concept , normally now , although there are many uses of erm , groups of people who might retain such a concept , and if something like that arises , you obviously ca n't make it idiomatic , because there 's just no way it 's going to work idiomatically in English . |
| 7 | One-sided relationships , however , can be not only hurtful but can spoil our chances of building up friendships with people who might care for us much more . |
| 8 | There were some people who might show sympathy towards the Jacobites even though they were not Jacobites themselves . |
| 9 | If services were to be provided on purely egalitarian terms , all people who might benefit from any given treatment would be able to do so . |
| 10 | Nursing staff , on the other hand , began to participate in out-patient team discussions and contributed at an early stage to identifying children and young people who might benefit from hospital admission . |
| 11 | For he will realize that if this technique became popular , people who might benefit from new , forward-looking rules would lose their incentive to bring to court novel cases in which these new rules might be announced for the future . |
| 12 | There is a variety of decisions which might be made and different people who might make them . |
| 13 | John Hancock , executive design engineer for the Engines Group division of Cosworth , said the engine received a lot of attention at the show in Detroit : ‘ We 've talked to a wide range of people who might want to use it , or derivatives of it , ’ he said . |
| 14 | ‘ I can think of two other people who might want Hereward dead . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The empty seats are reserved for people who might want to join in . |
| 16 | What reassurance does it give to people who might suffer damage due to a change in groundwater level when the Bill permits the Secretary of State to weaken the groundwater provisions ? |
| 17 | But the list might give some idea of the maximum proportions of people who might think of some other form of credit as a potential alternative , when actually offered any particular type of credit . |
| 18 | That is to say , people who had said that they might consider taking out a loan of up to £400 but not more were given a set of credit terms for a £100 loan ; people who might consider taking out a loan of over £400 , but not less , were given a set of credit options for a £1,000 loan . |
| 19 | This means that there are more people who might need support in old age , including sharing a home with relatives . |
| 20 | We should not overlook the possibility of attracting professional musicians into church music , and the teaching profession in particular contains people who might need only a little persuasion to help , at least on an occasional basis . |
| 21 | He said : ‘ There are people who might try to take the law into their own hands if they find that the police and community leaders are not achieving results . |
| 22 | They run courses especially for people who might find it difficult to do a course at their local college because of things like language difficulties and the fact that you might have children to look after . |
| 23 | However , when you live alone and you are inviting comparative strangers to your party , it is wise to enlist the help of a friend beforehand to help you cope , particularly if you do not feel you could deal with evicting people who might become drunk or who overstay their welcome . |
| 24 | Mr Dale said it would also provide Jaguar with a unique opportunity to reach people who might buy one of its cars . |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , ’ Sven Hjerson went on , ‘ it is in fact , I am thinking , that all those people who might have given that not very well balanced car the one push needed have also possible reasons for wishing the death of Lord Woodleigh . |
| 26 | It will mean that a very substantial number of people who might have left Hong Kong will stay . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Yes , I can think of one or two people who might have wanted to harm her , as you suggest . |
| 28 | Meanwhile many intelligent deaf people who might have gone into education , but now finding these opportunities non-existent because of the Education Act of 1893 which had implemented the Royal Commission for the Education of the Blind and the Deaf and Dumb 's recommendations , were now turning to missioner positions in deaf societies and institutes for a living . |
| 29 | In the 1990s there were many more at hand to help them escape , people who might have been more profitably employed than in these negative exercises if there had been fewer who needed their services . |
| 30 | The reports we commissioned on group discussions and depth interviews with people who might have been particularly vulnerable to the risk of serious credit problems ( Appendix II ) , and on the experience of clients of the Birmingham Money Advice Centre ( Appendix III ) , were designed to throw some light on such problems . |