Example sentences of "that might [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Bearing these caveats in mind , however , we may speculate from the evidence of this study on the changes that might improve the glycaemic control in patients with diabetes . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | His meaning was clear , and she knew the choice before her was a momentous one , one that might change the whole course of her life . |
| 8 | The ‘ balance of Nature ’ was a shifting affair at the mercy of geographical factors that might change the physical environment or allow the invasion of rival species . |
| 9 | Richard was the King 's brother ; according to Henry 's mood and caprice that might make the young man either indispensable or unthinkable , but even for de Burgh it made it difficult to disparage his stewardship openly . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Apparently , too , Mrs Noble was becoming dubious about the friendship with Edward and the consequences that might follow the hasty pell-mell nature of her second daughter . |
| 12 | The argument also ignores the type of considerations that might determine the present non-use of these sophisticated weapons , such as the fear of complete destruction and total annihilation , rather than a greater degree of ahi sā , or love and concern for others . |
| 13 | It outlawed the closed shop ; forbade " unfair " labour practices ; provided for a 90-day " cooling off " period before strike action started ; authorized the President to issue an injunction to prevent strikes that might harm the national interest ; and banned Communists from union office . |
| 14 | The thought made his jaw tighten and his hands curl and harden into fists that might smash the unknown male faces of those who had dared so far ! |
| 15 | So practices that might strengthen the inner ear are to be commended . |
| 16 | Multiple regression analysis computer programs can be used to introduce other independent variables that might increase the statistical reliability of the regression equation ( increasing the value of Rs towards 1.0 ) — in our example , perhaps , the cost of cars , the cost of petrol , the total length of roadway in the country , and so on . |
| 17 | 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 . |