Example sentences of "[Wh det] might [adv] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , the employer can only protect himself from activities by his employee which might reasonably affect the customer connection which has been built up . |
| 2 | On the other hand , it would be wrong to imply any procedure which might improperly fetter the Secretary of State in reaching his decision . |
| 3 | Certainly the social sciences are seen to be the arbiters of revolutionary change which might somehow dismantle the police institution and its processes , and this has led it to negate the reforming social scientists , keeping them as outsiders beyond the system . |
| 4 | So you see that being a MIDI device has massive advantages : first , sound changes which might otherwise require the drastic resetting of several controls can be carried out instantly , by calling up a patch containing the new settings ; and second , when using another MIDI device , such as a multi-effects processor , the two can be linked via the MIDI sockets and a patch change on one can trigger a patch change on the other . |
| 5 | He said that he did n't mind who was present , that he had something to communicate which might slightly affect the convenience of everyone in residence here , and therefore could be stated in everyone 's presence . |
| 6 | De Gaulle hoped to gain two benefits from this relationship : to reduce West German dependence on the US ; and to form the nucleus of a political confederation , which might ultimately control the activities of existing supranational institutions , particularly the EEC Commission , and redirect the movement for European unity , away from supranationalism . |
| 7 | Consequently , while the method chosen to resolve the economic crisis brought political as well as economic benefits , it also involved the risk of setting up other political and economic tensions which might ultimately defeat the object of the exercise : the consolidation and continuation of the Franco regime . |
| 8 | The religion which he espoused was singularly his own , and when in February 1937 he gave a radio talk on " The Church 's Message to the World " he returned to a subject which was close to the centre of his concerns : the failure of Western civilization , and in particular the signal inability of liberal democracy to sustain moral or intellectual values which might effectively confront the ideologies of fascism or communism . |
| 9 | This coincided with an earthquake — for a superstitious Spartan , a sign of divine disapproval , which might well make the helots , who were surely experts in the psychology of their oppressors , hope that Spartan nerve might give . |
| 10 | If one takes everything into account — the shifts in climate which might well remove the United States from its place as the leading ‘ food power ’ and affect the Soviet Union as well , the limited prospects for increased yields , desertification and the steady increase in the global population — it is clear that in the next century large sections of the world 's population will have a very narrow margin between them and starvation . |
| 11 | Black armoured shrimps nuzzling there were cruisers and troopships which might well dwarf the corvette that Lexandro and the other recruits were sailing in . |
| 12 | For this reason he stressed in his recommendations not only measures to improve prison conditions but also reforms of grievance and disciplinary procedures ( see Chapter 5 ) which might both improve the objective standard of justice within prisons and be seen as fairer by prisoners . |
| 13 | ( a ) Examples of additional enquiries ( 1 ) Is the seller aware of any development or proposals for the development or use of property in the neighbourhood which might adversely affect the property or the amenities of persons living in it ? ( 2 ) Has the property to the seller 's knowledge been affected at any time by structural , building or drainage defects , flooding , dry rot , timber infestation or rising damp ? ( 3 ) Please confirm that any damage caused to decorations by the removal of fixtures and fittings will be made good by the seller before completion . |