Example sentences of "which might [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The leaflet shows a straight-sided bottle , which might hold more fish and be more accommodating to equipment than the teardrop option , which is probably best suited to just a couple of goldfish . |
2 | Are there any circumstances which might change this state of affairs ? |
3 | It is consistently found that the impact of being without a job varies between groups of people , and research attention is particularly directed to the identification of variables which might moderate this impact : for example , age , socio-economic status , sex , length of unemployment , personal employment commitment , and psychological vulnerability . |
4 | Mr David Howell ( C. Guildford ) , the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , who opened the debate , said it had been a choice between the lesser evil of repatriation and the greater evil of doing nothing , which might inflict more cruelty , suffering and inhumane conditions on the people in the camps . |
5 | He possessed just enough self-control to continue his gentle stroking of her , but both his arms now held her , and almost without her willing it McAllister 's crept around his neck , and unconsciously they sank , from their sitting position , on to the bed , to lie with McAllister 's head on the pillow , Dr Neil 's by her , he careful to lie still , to do nothing which might suggest any kind of bodily union . |
6 | Space does not permit citation of the examples which might give some idea of the useful quality of the book . |
7 | Stretching our imaginations , we can surely create a story which might contain this sequence , just as we could , in fact , create fanciful circumstances in which knights kill teaspoons , and girls ride houses . |
8 | Linguistics can help teachers to analyse those kinds of speech situations which might exclude some children from the learning process e.g. because the children are not familiar with the variety of language which is used . |
9 | 7.7.6 to give notice to the Landlord immediately upon the happening of any event which might affect any insurance policy on or relating to the Premises or upon the happening of any event against which the Landlord may have insured under this Lease The following amendment should be considered : … immediately upon becoming aware of the happening of any event … 7.7.7 immediately to inform the Landlord in writing of any conviction judgment or finding of any court or tribunal relating to the Tenant ( or any director other officer or major shareholder of the Tenant ) of such a nature as to be likely to affect the decision of any insurer or underwriter to grant or to continue any such insurance The requirement to notify the landlord in respect of convictions should be deleted for the reason stated above . |
10 | Finally , the test items selected are weighted accordingly and used in research contexts to discriminate groups of different degrees of authoritarianism and search for any correlates which might explain such differences . |
11 | One alternative explanation was put forward in terms of attention focusing which might explain both effects in terms of feelings of risk . |
12 | Ministers would be angry , too — which might explain any reluctance on Mr MacGregor 's part to push for morning sittings . |
13 | There are many factors which might explain this immobility , of which one certainly is the regional variation of house prices considered above . |
14 | Regarding the use of different tunings , problems would only occur if the tunings are extreme in nature , which might require some sort of compromise truss rod setting to minimise fret buzz . |
15 | More and more gliders were being produced all the time and it was quite impracticable to house them all in hangars , so they stood endlessly around the edges of airfields in the rain , waiting for an invasion which might come this year or might come next . |
16 | that there are no non-Green Belt or no prospect of non-Green Belt sites which might address that shortfall ; and |