Example sentences of "one might [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | However , departures from this occur at lower values of z/L than one might guess on the basis of eqn ( 21.29 ) ; they are detectable for z/L above about 0·01 and very substantial when . |
| 2 | Possibly the coal trade , which exported only a small proportion of its production , may have been more active than one might guess from the customs figures . |
| 3 | That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . " |
| 4 | In general , one notable but not fully comprehensive style ( or two or more styles which do not correspond ) is in evidence : another , " indefinite " style accompanies the individual — such as one might expect with the work of a mosaicist and a number of helpers . |
| 5 | There was a peculiar hissing sound in the room , a radiophonic kind of vibration , a noise one might expect on the sound-track of a science fiction film as the visiting card for the presence or arrival of aliens with long , bent , furry legs and eyes as scorching as red-hot coals . |
| 6 | And the sporting Volcane version , while hot , is not the scorcher one might expect at the top of so accomplished a line-up . |
| 7 | How many of the 200 knights should be counted as members of Lisiard of Amboise 's household can not be determined ; the number is rather more what one might expect of the household of a great prince . |
| 8 | All spoke here of man 's work — his enterprise , his pleasure ; stately hotels vied with one another , handsome shops displayed in their windows all the luxuries one might expect in the great cities of the realm . |
| 9 | He is described as playing tricks on Jewish moneylenders in order to finance his soldiery , and generally behaving in a manner very far from what one might expect from the deeds of similar heroes such as Roland , Ogier or Lancelot . |
| 10 | Fuel burn at around 11 gallons per hour was what one might expect from the power plant , and the aircraft would undoubtedly benefit from turbo-charging although as always the trade-off in this is going to be increased maintenance costs . |
| 11 | As one might expect from the rise in the divorce rate , the proportion of single-parent families has been increasing . |
| 12 | Clearly the bigger the settlement , the more the greater the significance one might expect from the rail network in this context . |
| 13 | As one might expect from the discussion elsewhere in this chapter , there are a variety of reasons why adjustment to monetary union is not likely to be spread evenly across space . |
| 14 | Whatever sympathy one might feel for the restaurateur in the present case ( or for any other defendant who might suffer economic loss , social ostracism , shame or intimidation as a result of publication of details pending charges which may or may not result in his conviction ) nothing in the present case comes close to satisfying Lord Diplock 's test . |
| 15 | The only criticism one might make of the Labour party 's proposal is that it is not large enough . |
| 16 | In the modern world , for instance , one might look at the development of the personification of Britannia as an index of the growing imperialism of Britain ( fig. 20 ) . |
| 17 | In a topic on industrialisation one might look at the effect of industrialisation on a rural community without work . |
| 18 | Or one might look to the content of specific rules and judicial pro-nouncements to see whether they conform to certain moral standards for family behaviour laid down by community or authority . |
| 19 | In the meantime , one might look for the first appearance of a new journal in March Educational Action Research . |
| 20 | Cos I mean , that again is something that that one might put into the into the tent or something . |
| 21 | The pool-liners which fall into the next category are what one might call in the medium-price range and represent good value for the average newcomer to water gardening . |
| 22 | Elaine Moss 's daughter , Alison , fell in love with a little picture-book that one might find among the painting-books and the ‘ join-the-dots ’ books in a newsagents , but not in a ‘ proper ’ bookshop . |
| 23 | There may well be a modest marble tombstone for Mr Dowd somewhere in Saratoga Springs ; but each time the television continuity announcer advertises a forthcoming programme as showing at ‘ 9 pm Eastern , 8 Central and Mountain ’ then one might say of the late Professor , si monumentum requiris , circumspice . |
| 24 | We are in the age of the monopolies , one might say of the empires . |
| 25 | Beethoven is unthinkable without the tradition of western music , indeed one might say without the very specific background of late eighteenth-century music in Vienna . |
| 26 | This is rather like an attitude one might take to the philosophical discussions about whether we have free will or not . |
| 27 | As evidence , one might point to the staff appraisal procedures being introduced across the system ; or to the units for staff development , which many institutions ( especially in the public sector ) have organized ; or to the ‘ teaching week ’ run successfully by some polytechnics , where staff are encouraged to experiment with teaching styles as a means of enhancing the student experience . |
| 28 | As one might predict from the history of interpreting in the USA and Scandinavia , it is within the field of education that the basis of an interpreting service is laid . |
| 29 | Wickham ( in press ) , in a study of teachers and children in the UK , shows the same problem of the ‘ drop-out ’ of information in teachers ' use of simultaneous communication , Maxwell ( 1983 ) , in a direct attempt to examine the effect of simultaneous communication using MCE on deaf children 's writing , produces the results one might predict from the above and from our preceding discussion of BSL . |