Example sentences of "which might [vb infin] [verb] the " in BNC.
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1 | In particular , they pointed to two barriers which might exist to prevent the full employment equilibrium from being reached : lock of investment and the liquidity trap . |
2 | The stress on competition has led the competition Directorate of the European Commission ( DGIV ) to place a particular emphasis on attacking any behaviour which might appear to segment the European market into national markets . |
3 | Of course people need places to stay when on holiday and I 'm all for economical breaks such as caravanning , but I have a few suggestions which might help to improve the look of unsightly caravan parks . |
4 | If the whole class is involved in researching a topic — which might include using the computer , browsing through the library , watching a video programme — it becomes easier to supervise the work of one small group ( that might , for example , be preparing an interview ) . |
5 | BOMB-PROOF litter bins , which might have limited the Warrington IRA bomb horror , are being developed by the Royal Ordnance factories . |
6 | The radar signals were sent out in necessarily very powerful pulses , which might have damaged the highly sensitive aerials ( American " antennas ' ) waiting for the faint returning echoes . |
7 | Whether Terence O'Neill was committed to promoting the sorts of reforms which might have satisfied the Catholic minority is unknown . |
8 | They are questions about the procedural advantages which could be derived from the extraordinary procedure , and which might have influenced the use of trusts instead of the parallel institutions of the civil law . |
9 | Although the port prospered in part , particularly as a base for privateering depredations on foreign ships , the dues which might have increased the town 's wealth were hard to collect , and attempts to extend port rights over much of the coastal plain met with little success . |
10 | erm now if they , I mean they did n't even consider that how other options which might have increased the living standards because land reform |
11 | NB Any alleged failure by the doctor to disclose risks about the treatment , which might have enabled the patient to give an informed consent , does not invalidate the consent . |
12 | Avoiding a black/white categorization which might have revealed the impact of racism , this oversimplified ethnic categorization results in an association between black educational underachievement and a notion of ‘ West Indianness ’ . |
13 | Paul thus neatly avoided a vote expressly on this issue , which might have revealed the Council fathers to have been more or less evenly divided . |
14 | And , with Tim Kelaher missing two penalty chances which might have brought the Aussies back into the game , victory was sealed two minutes from time when Williams , in his finest hour for the All Whites , fired over a superb drop goal . |
15 | Thus we have the permitting conditions : the lack of parental control which might have brought the youth into more conventional alignments rather than setting him free to explore the more extravagant possibilities of a sporting career . |
16 | Hotels , restaurants and other local businesses are known to have been deeply disappointed that the city failed to make a suitable offer which might have persuaded the Baron to forestall or reconsider his new arrangements in Madrid . |
17 | Middlesbrough had tested Norman 's reflexes just before half-time when he managed to get his knees in the way of a hard , low shot from Jon Gittens , which might have levelled the scores . |
18 | To Pelham can go the credit for preventing the Royalists from achieving a major conquest at the very commencement of the civil war , which might have won the war for the king . |
19 | Mahmoud had been unable to uncover anything of a personal nature which might have prompted the attack . |
20 | The scenery which might have relieved the monotony , kept her alert , was non-existent . |
21 | Trafalgar eventually gave in when the Panel threatened to take up its option to apply to the courts for an order under the 1985 Companies Act , which might have forced the company directors to pay for the production of revised accounts themselves . |
22 | Only now , for instance , is LA getting an underground railway which might have avoided the need for all those smog-producing cars . |
23 | There is virtual unanimity of preference for oral teaching which might seem to overbear the possibility of opposition . |