Example sentences of "that might [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can therefore make detailed models of objects that might contain black holes and compare the predictions of the models with observations . |
| 2 | Despite the rhetoric of UNESCO that literacy is an instrument of liberation , most governments have consciously avoided programmes that might promote independent thinking or encourage political action . |
| 3 | It shows how little the FBI really understood about film production that their proposals to improve the situation focused on increasing the quantity of production , rather than stimulating a few high-quality pictures that might promote British prestige abroad . |
| 4 | Information that enters the company at one point ( for example the complaints department ) must be transmitted to all personnel whose decisions might be affected by it ( for example , the design department ) , and there must also be systems for the collection of information from outside the organisation that might affect future profits . |
| 5 | There could 've been something there , someone I 'd met in the past that might open another door . ’ |
| 6 | In a critical discussion of Carol Gilligan 's work in moral development ( Gilligan , 1982 ) , she notes that Gilligan 's methodological principles , in particular the aim of listening responsively with receptiveness and humility , supply an example of the kind of approach that might fulfil this aim . |
| 7 | Translation — with both Sega and Nintendo still locked in combat for the pre-pubescent male dollar , anything that might alienate little boys ( eg girlie games ) is still a definite no-no . |
| 8 | The cost for a single user of a committee feed is a real deterrent , particularly for individual ITV regional companies , and the Committee was anxious to avoid anything that might inhibit regional coverage . |
| 9 | Ernest and Rosie tried to make a start on the repairs , but by then she had discovered that she was pregnant , and Ernest would not let her do any work that might involve strenuous effort . |
| 10 | One of the first rules of house and hall parties had been to scout the building for dark corners that might make useful retiring-places if the evening went well — preference was given to anywhere that had a lock on the inside . |
| 11 | For example , estimates for the implicit marginal social benefit from saving life in the UK range from 20 million in the case of building regulations introduced after the Ronan Point disaster to 50 for a rarely used test in pregnant women that might prevent some still-births . |
| 12 | Moreover , he says , Delta 's haemoglobin is guaranteed to be free of the viruses that could contaminate the blood-derived product , and of any residual matter from the blood cells that might trigger allergic reactions in patients . |
| 13 | Casual encounters on the beat are kept to a minimum by the public , primarily , the police claim , as a result of intimidation , and constables get few opportunities to display the interactive skills that might foster good community relations , although the rare occasions when this happens are seized upon by the men and recalled with pleasure thereafter . |
| 14 | To investigate infant care practices in a small ethnic minority population within Britain that might suggest possible factors contributing to the low incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome in Asian populations . |
| 15 | My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups . |
| 16 | In order to preserve her reputation , a woman was obliged to refrain from most types of work that might bring financial independence . |
| 17 | ( The Times , 13 June 1974 : 25.4 ; in Erdmann 1982 : 104 ) ( " Mr Benn has dared do something he should have known better than to do , given Prime Minister Wilson 's present hostility towards any statement that might upset private industry . " ) |
| 18 | While some Labour politicians have been supportive , others have displayed a small-minded determination to avoid saying anything that might offend Muslim voters , as if that was the highest issue at stake . |
| 19 | We therefore sought clinical and pathological features that might test this concept and help us identify risk factors for the development of RP . |
| 20 | In urban Britain outside the new towns , networks of pedestrianised routes that might connect such shopping areas with housing scarcely exist . |
| 21 | Well , that , that , that reminds me of something that might cast some light on Jake 's dream . |
| 22 | However , as a sociologist , I was interested in observing routine cases over a period of time in order to look for regular and recurring patterns of action and interaction that might allow certain generalisations to be made . |
| 23 | The legal concept of incorporation and the creation of separate legal personality must entail the recognition of interests of that entity that might require legal protection on the international plane . |
| 24 | Give an example of an application that might require multiple-key processing . |
| 25 | Such license had effectively been denied Galileo who , by his friend Ciampoli , had been advised to suppress remarks that might imply extraterrestrial life : Would they not invite awkward questions such as how descendants of Adam and Eve could have reached the moon ? |
| 26 | This is scorched-earth commentary , razing to the ground everything that might provide some cover for his quarry , stripping the plays of all that renders them humanly habitable . |
| 27 | There are several candidates for the toxin that might cause toxic shock syndrome . |
| 28 | The project was a broad review of all electromagnetic geophysical methods for detecting submerged conducting bodies that might have military applications . |
| 29 | The time and place are also factors that might have some bearing on whether or not racial hatred was likely . |
| 30 | The only possible wholesale/retail distinction relating to the type of goods that might have some application would seem to be in the area of packaging for retail as opposed to wholesale sale . |