Example sentences of "[noun sg] that might [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As I have already observed , feminists are concerned both to draw out the implications of sexist language and to consider changes in linguistic practice that might mitigate the effects of this particular form of sexism . |
| 2 | Now add a filter starter solution as the chlorine that might kill the filter bacteria is gone — there are several on the market . |
| 3 | She took the men 's cheers as somehow directed at herself , at her person , not at the food alone , but unlike the chorus that might greet the appearance of some women of the town , they did not place her in danger , and she allowed herself a small smile in acknowledgement , and came forward to set the dish down . |
| 4 | When the product or service being exchanged is complex ( as is the case with health care ) , it is either impossible or extremely costly to specify in advance in a written contract every contingency that might affect the transaction . |
| 5 | The more we look at the behaviour of insects , birds , mammals , and man , the more we see a continuum of complexity rather than any difference in kind that might separate the intellectual Valhalla of our species from the apparently mindless computations of insects . |
| 6 | This study will continue the analysis of data on aspects of Unit infants ' experience that might explain the developmental strengths and weaknesses demonstrated in the main study . |
| 7 | But on the long , split bench of the chapel , the floppy red book of hymns in my hands , I used to imagine every possible circumstance that might deflect the loving attention of the angel . |
| 8 | It is this expanded war that might complete the process of American decline . |
| 9 | He urged them to back the Brady plan , pointing to the socio-political unrest that might follow the failure to provide economic support for strategically important developing countries . |
| 10 | Armed with this hypothesis , they set out to find a convenient way of reducing carbon monoxide that might avoid the expensive catalysts and energy intensive conditions of Fischer-Tropsch chemistry — an industrial process that converts carbon monoxide and hydrogen synthesis gas to mixtures of organic compounds . |
| 11 | A flow chart , compared with a calendar , will also tell you if your event clashes with a race meeting in the area on that day or another big event that might clog the roads , take the public attention and jeopardise the success of yours . |
| 12 | But , when there is a development that might improve the quality of teaching and learning in classrooms — and one , moreover , on which unions and employers are agreed — ministers suddenly recognise that schools are overloaded . |
| 13 | Throughout his book , Anger patiently exhumes the sordid remains of dead film stars , robbing their graves for any evidence that might undermine the official stories that the Hollywood studio system revealed to an adoring public . |
| 14 | About these matters it seems to me that he writes really well , in a manner that might suggest the intent translation of a Latin author anxious to tell the truth . |
| 15 | For many of those people it is probably a godsend when someone hands them a piece of paper that might unlock the door to access to a benefit that they would otherwise not receive . |
| 16 | There is evidence that Protestant millenarianism , enjoying a resurgence during the civil war period in England , could provide a framework within which Bacon 's program for the empirical sciences gained an extra impetus — despite the fact that Bacon himself had been hostile to any religious movement that might threaten the fragile monarchy to which he had constantly vowed allegiance . |
| 17 | Then , very slowly , fearful of making the slightest movement that might start the surface on an avalanche course and himself down the incline , he stretched out his arm towards Sheila . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , evidence for lactose intolerance , excessive caffeine intake , use of sorbitol-containing gum , or other drug or dietary habit that might affect the gut should be sought . |
| 19 | ‘ Of course we 'll give you a lift , ’ said Melissa hastily , noting the contemptuous curl of Iris 's lip and anxious to forestall any blunt comment that might sour the atmosphere still further . |
| 20 | The development of the Blue Streak ballistic missile that might replace the V-bomber had started , and was greatly helped by the 1950 Anglo-American agreement to collaborate in missile technology ; and the development of the British hydrogen bomb was well under way . |
| 21 | On the contrary , a wide range of dispersal agents would allow a larger number of individuals to strip the tree of fruit at its prime and it would then be distributed to a wider range of habitats and be buffered against any disaster that might overcome the dispersal agent of a species relying on just one such agent . |
| 22 | There was one thing that might save the mare , and that was only a 10,000 to I chance . |
| 23 | They teemed with wonders : individuals blessed with attributes that would have made them , in this , the Fifth Dominion , fit for sainthood , or burning , or both ; cults possessed of secrets that would overturn in a moment the dogmas of faith and physics alike ; beauty that might blind the sun , or set the moon dreaming of fertility . |
| 24 | Such a program could be designed not only with the aim of increasing visual acuity but could be related to the production of verbal constructs in a way that might enhance the ability to communicate about what was seen and felt . |
| 25 | However , economy being of prime importance , he included , he said , nothing inessential to the art of gardening that might increase the size and price ( eighteen shillings ) , but neither had he omitted any advice which might be deemed useful to the profession , ‘ so that upon the whole the work is rendered as complete a system of practical gardening as present knowledge of vegetation can supply ’ . |
| 26 | But Mr Reynolds declared : ‘ Our first priority is to get all parties around the table , and we would not want to do anything at this stage that might hinder the process . |
| 27 | In Spain , the party that might hold the balance of power after the general election on June 6th , the Communist-dominated United Left , has reservations about the treaty , though it has dressed them up as criticism of the government for refusing to call a referendum on it . |
| 28 | The leaders of the party that might win the election , the People 's Party , are also doubtful , at least in private . |