Example sentences of "this might [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Children have been subjected to tests and investigations by doctors , psychologists and teachers with the aim of pinpointing the nature of the problem and in the hope that this might lead to specific programmes of teaching and intervention . |
| 2 | On the other hand , our log-power estimates have only approximately a gaussian distribution , and this might lead to incorrect calculation of the likelihood of local peaks . |
| 3 | From April , however , there will be closer cooperation among the various statutory and voluntary services that arrange and provide care and , in the long run , this might lead to more efficient recognition of ill or disabled people who need help with daily life . |
| 4 | Such value judgements must , however , be controlled and at the level of functions : this might lead to precise descriptions of particular skills appropriate to one or the other but would not justify the grandiose claims for ‘ logic ’ , ‘ objectivity ’ and ‘ culture-free neutrality ’ which we have been examining . |
| 5 | This might lead to looking at communications at work in English , distribution problems in Geography , or how a company 's product lines have changed over the years in History . |
| 6 | Perhaps you 're even thinking what this might lead to . |
| 7 | Although it could have been a genuine geographical variation , the fear was that staff were failing to record them because they thought this might lead to unresolvable problems which would jeopardise planning . |
| 8 | This might lead to the assumption that they are less sensitive to others ' misunderstanding than are adults . |
| 9 | I 'm hoping that this might lead to an improvement but I still please ask you all to keep me in touch with where things are going wrong so that they can be put right . |
| 10 | McFarlane , having spelled out with caution the Israeli arguments and the Iranian blandishments , admitted that ‘ the concept raises a number of imponderable questions ’ , including ‘ where this might lead in terms of our being asked to up the ante on more and more arms and where that could conceivably lead … |
| 11 | This might appear on the surface the most neutral formulation — there were unarguably three distinct times of battles in 1642–6 , 1648 , and 1650–1 — but it also elides the establishment of parliamentary authority and later Cromwell 's Protectorate . |
| 12 | This might appear to be the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of the colony , but all the bees in the colony are genetically related . |
| 13 | This might appear to be a criticism of the school in how it undertook its appraisal , but one must question whether it was really in the school 's interests to produce an evaluation in which its weaknesses were openly admitted . |
| 14 | This might vary from a simple assessment to a formal safety case . |
| 15 | Most commonly , this might relate to a right of way across the neighbouring property , and details as to whether or not that right has been interrupted or whether charges have been made for its use will be required . |
| 16 | The only other low-cost option is to take a colour photograph of the screen and whilst this might suffice for business charts it certainly wo n't be accurate enough for a designer or architect . |
| 17 | This might consist of : special in-house courses , attendance at outside professional courses , plus evening college lectures and private study . |
| 18 | This might consist of a few simple rules and procedure to control decision-making and conflict , for example . |
| 19 | The answer is that after mating they produce a tiny mobile larvae totally different to the adult this might drift for miles on ocean current before settling into the fixed adult form Down Norwick power station in North Wales , generates the electricity by pump storage , in off peak hours thousands of gallons of water are pumped from a lower lake to an upper lake , when the demand for electricity is high bowels are opened and water falls back through turbine to the lower lake again , this generates the power To ensure that the lower lake would never flood the was diverted through mile long tunnel in the mountain side , no one knew for certain how the salmon , the trout and even rarer that used to migrate up the old river would cope with the tunnels , pitch darkness and slow flowing water . |
| 20 | What a saving of money and energy this might represent in a person 's life ! |
| 21 | Right : If those were human carcasses hanging there , this might pass as some photograph of Hell . |
| 22 | The one exception to this is teachers , and this might result from the fact that many education authorities ( teachers ' employers ) give all part-time teachers temporary contracts . |
| 23 | In an extreme case , this might result in Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome and even require clinical treatment . |
| 24 | Another policy would be to enter all students — this might result in eight passes — but a percentage pass rate of only 53 per cent . |
| 25 | Initially she welcomed the professionals ' involvement because she believed this might result in help and advice in identifying the reasons for Tom 's deteriorating behaviour . |
| 26 | He looked wary , like Marion ; but then he started to think what this might mean for him . |
| 27 | This might mean for instance rapidity in execution , neatness and correctness , skilful handling of small type and so on . |
| 28 | They were , and are , especially concerned about what this might mean for the rights to be enjoyed in their country by an ever growing number of Germans who have bought property in the south of Denmark . |
| 29 | What this might mean in practice |
| 30 | The concluding paper , by Paula Boddington , returns to the issue of a women 's point of view and what difference this might make to philosophy , leaving the reader with a kind of map of the basic issues to be explored : ‘ an opening up of complexities ’ . |