Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] one might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a simple response one might expect that the US could try to frustrate this Soviet purpose . |
| 2 | In ordinary parlance one might say that anyone who has been forcibly subjected to this offence has been raped ; the psychological effects are likely to be deep , and even if there is no risk of pregnancy ( as there is not from some rapes , since ejaculation is not part of the definition ) , there may be the risk of disease . |
| 3 | And our customers have said so , not with promises , but with orders substantially in excess of those in any previous period one might care to look at . |
| 4 | A somewhat unusual system one might think : but not according to the papal encyclical Quadragesimo Anno of 1931 . |
| 5 | Though he 'd scarcely taken his eyes off her , and in a strange sort of way appeared to be fascinated by her , she sensed it was the kind of reluctant fascination one might feel for an intriguing , but poisonous snake . |
| 6 | In view of the above assessment one might ask why , therefore , the US situation is regarded as a problem . |
| 7 | This volume provides an admirably full and even coverage of 13 years of these and many other projects , but it scarcely attempts the more critical profile one might have expected from Rizzoli . |
| 8 | The only criticism one might make of the Labour party 's proposal is that it is not large enough . |
| 9 | In the inflationary expansion one might expect that eventually the symmetry between the forces would be broken , just as supercooled water always freezes in the end . |
| 10 | During a very dull match one might hear chants such as ‘ Berinsfield Boys are Wankers ’ or ‘ Gosford Boys , we are here ’ ‘ Doo da ’ ‘ Doo da ’ . |
| 11 | From a rhetorical perspective one might say that the monarchy is not defended in terms of its own monarchical common-places , but in terms of other common-places . |