Example sentences of "as might [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The UK , for its part , proposed the conclusion of an agreement regulating any mineral exploitation as might eventually occur . |
| 2 | Who must now be disciplined ; who must now be deterred from killing each other , as might otherwise be their natural inclination . |
| 3 | Or in Goffmann 's own example of the man who trips in the street , to his own and no one else 's inconvenience , who then feels it necessary to retrace his steps and conscientiously examine the sidewalk — as if to establish the impression that the fault lies in the pavement and not , as might otherwise be suspected , in the nervous system of the person concerned . |
| 4 | The shell only needed to hit one of the skaters — though it did indeed need to strike a target and not be wasted , as might easily be the case when fired seemingly without aiming . |
| 5 | The immigration of African slaves may have been a factor , as might also a degree of interaction with the aborigines that was missing further north . |
| 6 | There is always a closed circle of suspects ( so there can be no question of someone unconnected with the setting coming in from outside and doing the deed , as might well happen in " real life " ) and each of these suspects has to have a credible motive as well as reasonable opportunity of committing the crime and reasonable access to the means with which it was committed . |
| 7 | ‘ The tenants will paint in a proper and workmanlike manner all the outside wood , iron and stucco or cementwork of the said subjects and all other exterior parts as might properly require to be so painted with three coats at least of good oil and white lead paint … . ’ |
| 8 | So laying its hands on that 8+ per cent may not be as straightforward as might once have been thought for W&M . |
| 9 | Frequently , unmarried brothers of the husband or wife may share the house , as might more distant relatives , or people from the same village in Pakistan may come as lodgers . |