Example sentences of "which might [vb infin] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are whispering groves , wide spreading lawns where coy stone ladies nestle in the green , and miroirs d'eau à la Courances which might reflect a sky of tender blue . |
| 2 | And if you are lucky enough to stumble upon a village show you will be warmly welcomed and given the best seats in the house — which might mean a patch of ground under the village banyan tree . |
| 3 | Sir Walter Scott was one of many who wrote to offer sympathy , enclosing a small sum which might stop a leak in a vessel . |
| 4 | There were several motives which might bring a man to commit himself to a fairly long period ( eight years in France from 1762 onwards ) of military service . |
| 5 | I have written elsewhere about the evolutionary pressures which might generate a balance between inbreeding and outbreeding ( Bateson , 1983 ) . |
| 6 | i.e. wearing a blanket which might suggest a toga . |
| 7 | Will we still have that choice under a hard-pressed NHS which might welcome a system of abortion provision that saves cash ? |
| 8 | If they do not , it will be for their auditors to discuss the matter with the Task Force , on a no-names basis , if they have misgivings about the acceptability of a treatment proposed by a client which hovers in the often grey border area between good and bad practice , and which might set a precedent for other companies . |
| 9 | The expertise of the adviser in the particular problem which emerges will doubtless influence the proposed course of action ( which might include a referral ) but the preliminary advisory skills may be possessed by a volunteer as by a professional . |
| 10 | They are therefore likely to be more prone to experience adverse events associated with accommodation and employment , events which might precipitate a relapse . |
| 11 | But she had known that , while she looked back in wonder across a million years , his mind on the minute scrape of putty from the heel of the suspect 's shoe , the trace which might prove a man was a rapist or a murderer . |
| 12 | The husband 's preoccupation with his commercial affairs , which might imply a neglect of his wife 's conjugal and material desires , is repeatedly hinted at . |
| 13 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 14 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 15 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 16 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 17 | The judge in instructing the jury sought to direct its attention to certain factors which might have a bearing on whether or not the defendant 's actions were against the complainant 's will . |
| 18 | In trying to determine the effect of , say , a new teaching style on academic attainment , factors extraneous to this relationship but which might have a bearing on attainment , need to be excluded or controlled in some fashion in order to assess the effect of teaching style . |
| 19 | I could not hope to set out details of all the Caribbean varieties which might have a role in shaping the linguistic behaviour of young Caribbeans in London . |
| 20 | But they have n't got it quantified to such a point where they can actually distinguish a tonsillectomy which might have a lot of procedures but actually takes about half a minute with er other things that are , you know , much much more complicated and the cost of tonsillectomies is unreasonably high compared with erm , you know , with |
| 21 | Alternatively , the present contraction could be simply one phase of a long , slow pulsation which might have a cycle time of hundreds or thousands of years . |
| 22 | The position now seems to be that the two offences have the same legal definition , and that the prosecution should prefer the charge of manslaughter when the case is a bad one which might merit a sentence in excess of the five-year maximum for causing death by reckless driving . |
| 23 | Planned tutorials or lectures can be programmed for material which might provide a basis for development . |
| 24 | Its report suggested some principles which might provide a basis for action . |
| 25 | Ties which might provide a basis for group cohesion included regional origins ( reinforced by the domain system ) , shared caste , family relationships or occupation . |
| 26 | Detecting water movements helps many insects of fast-flowing streams to maintain their position , and it alerts aquatic leeches to the approach of animals which might provide a meal of blood . |
| 27 | Girarrosto , at No. 31 Corso Venezia ( Palazzo Castiglioni is at No. 47 ) is Tuscan , which might seem a bit unreasonable in this , the capital of Lombardy . |
| 28 | But they would not have dreamed of creating a new system of belief which might become a rival of Judaism — and , worse still , its persecutor . |