Example sentences of "[prep] which we might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nor does he consider that animal behaviour might provide us with prototypes of human understanding on the basis of which we might consider something akin to different language-games , reflecting both the similarities and the differences implicit in the respective cases . |
| 2 | One was a range of curious vases shaped like birds and animals , amongst which we might include the Myrtos Goddess vase . |
| 3 | However , although he says this , partly to emphasise that the truth of the matter is quite independent of the question whether we know it , it would seem reasonable to expect that , if there is a real truth here into which we might have rational insight , careful attention to just what is at issue will bring about convergence . |
| 4 | It considers the way in which we might make a reality of the observation ( by Keith Joseph ) that ‘ the curriculum should be relevant to the real world and pupils ’ experience of it' by considering the range of challenges and opportunities which people face in , say , the domestic environment , often regarded as too trivial for ‘ academic ’ education , but where arguably most important economic , technical and social decisions are made and acted upon : in the community where a host of issues require an informed public to exercise judgment and active commitment to ensure that the quality of the social and physical environment is constantly improved , and so on in other contexts which will require people to make an active and hopefully informed response , underlain by conceptual understanding of general issues to which , if taught effectively , geography , history , physical sciences and design , indeed all academic disciplines , can make a powerful contribution . |
| 5 | " Power " , for example , is an ordinal attribute in which we might want to talk about individuals having " more " or " less " power than others and to reflect this in using the power of numbers to reflect " more " or " less " of some attribute in the same way that a higher number score on a test signifies a greater ability to do the test than a lower number . |
| 6 | In the case of hearing and touch this is clear ; strictly speaking , what we hear is not a coach in which we might travel , but rather its noise . |
| 7 | We 'd be very grateful if you 'd let us know what you think of the magazine and the ways in which we might improve it . |
| 8 | For instance , if we happen to witness the fall from the cliff-top proposed above , there are many other ways in which we might think of the action apart from using the word acrobatic ; we might describe it as athletic , agile , amazing , swift , cat-like , or we might employ any of an indefinitely large number of similes along the lines of with the speed of a gibbon . |
| 9 | That night over a pretentious dinner ( ‘ delicate strips of milk-fed veal on a bed of herbs and accompanied by a tangy aromatic sauce specially prepared by our chefs ’ ) in a pretentious modern hotel and fortified by a bottle of local plonk , my Producer John Reynolds and I resolved to telephone the Palace Chamberlain in the morning , say that owing to a technical fault the film was not usable , and did the king have a spare hour in which we might shoot the interview again ? |
| 10 | In this essay , I have attempted to suggest some ways in which we might look beyond the conceptual dichotomy between ‘ us ’ and ‘ them ’ , villagers and bureaucrats , to ask how the dynamic of interaction across the boundary is played out . |
| 11 | Naturalists shower us with intriguing accounts , both anecdotal and experimental , and their range tends to put in perspective the sense , if any , in which we might wish to claim that some were consciously purposive and others not . |
| 12 | It is therefore necessary to use some sort of classification to sort out the various ways in which we might approach the problems of observation . |
| 13 | Another angle from which we might attempt conceptual clarification of the issues is to ask : what are the goals of a pragmatic theory ? |
| 14 | To which we might add the question whether the book he read is still there . |
| 15 | The next possible commemorative year on which we might hang an Open Day and other celebrations would appear to be 1999 , marking 300 years since the Royal Charter was granted to James Sutherland ( 12 January , 1699 ) . |
| 16 | There are three points at which we might invoke questions relevant to portraiture as a genre by way of establishing parameters for a discussion of Auerbach 's JYM series . |
| 17 | However , a few such are heavily elaborated culturally , and I propose that an examination of these is one means by which we might achieve an understanding of Chewong ‘ peacefulness ’ . |