Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [Wh det] [pron] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | Writing the software was somewhat tedious , but having to work at this level did help the designers to get away from preconceptions about interaction which they might have had if they had been working within the input/output facilities provided by a conventional mini or mainframe operating system ( for example , that it needs a RETURN to terminate user input or that the operating system can properly handle the echoing of characters to the terminal ) . |
| 2 | It will cover any expenses reasonably incurred and any loss of benefit which you might reasonably be expected to have had but for the dismissal . |
| 3 | This is exactly the kind of picture which we might want to save from a screen paintbrush job ; lovely blends of colour , subtle shades and shapes , and not a straight line anywhere . |
| 4 | The question of homage , on the contrary , was another matter : its significance lay not in the amount of service which it might subsequently furnish to the kings of France , but in the principle which it enshrined . |
| 5 | Here are some words which are commonly used in essay and exam questions , grouped according to the basic types of writing which they might be asking you to do . |
| 6 | be making them changing their way of operation which they might find unattractive for reasons |
| 7 | This picture also says forcibly some other pieces of information which we might perhaps not have guessed : that Portugal and Haiti are very poor countries , and that Trinidad is a very wealthy country , in relative terms . |
| 8 | My new project led me into unexplored realms of psychology which I might otherwise have ignored . |
| 9 | Apart from any sense of injustice which it might create between one plaintiff and another , it would make it even more difficult for counsel to advise on the correct figure for settlement . |
| 10 | Being unexpectedly faced by samples of one or the other could convert some to forms of expression which they might have ignored for the rest of their lives . |
| 11 | That there have occurred changes which may be described as permissive is not doubted : ‘ We have experienced a change in standards of conduct which one might also describe by reversing Caxton 's quotation . |
| 12 | If you 're going to have to find a much larger area you have to spread your net wider to find more and more sites for development which you might otherwise have been able to save from development , and there will an environmental cost , a cost to the quality of life of people living nearby because sites you might not wish to have developed must be included to find the target figure of industrial development . |
| 13 | In the same period , kin links were an important mechanism for recruiting labour , and so living in the parental household would have given young people increased chances of finding work , as well as providing them with accommodation which they might not have been able to afford on their own . |
| 14 | A programme of speakers for a general election was also ready by 1913 , with both constituencies and politicians told in advance what they might expect . |
| 15 | Do they also feature in cartoons in print which you might use along with the video programme ? |
| 16 | VAN MORRISON The sombre balladeer , currently on form which you might almost describe as chirpy . |