Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] might [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect the Planning Department preferred the ‘ permanent ’ use offered by conversion to rented housing to a transitory use , such as might result from re-use of the building as , say , a carpet sales warehouse . |
| 2 | Further , because the public interest is the root of corporate legitimacy demands for responsibility need not be confined to the avoidance of obvious forms of social harm , such as might result from pollution , dangerous products , or false advertising , but potentially embrace all exercises of social decision-making power by companies , the manifestations of which were considered earlier . |
| 3 | The Court of Appeal detected " underlying transactions of a solicitorial nature " and determined that on the expert evidence ( inter alia from a former President of the Law Society ) which had been presented the undertakings given were such as might come within the usual course of a solicitor 's business . |
| 4 | Free chlorine in small amount ( 0.1–0.2 p.p.m. ) , such as might come from water sterilization , is not likely to be troublesome , but , if in excess of this , it could be objectionable . |
| 5 | Putt tried to reply but the result was a sound such as might escape from the lips of a choking man . |
| 6 | An entirely polyphonic passage ( such as might occur in an orchestral fugue , for instance ) . |