Example sentences of "[Wh det] might [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were viewed by analysts as an expressions of the common concern of member states that growing pro-Iraqi sentiment across the region could foster anti-Western feeling and promote Islamic fundamentalism , which might threaten continued AMU integration and jeopardize future economic links with the West , especially with the European Communities ( EC ) which provided the market for two-thirds of the exports from AMU member countries ( with the exception of Libya , with which the EC had suspended relations ) . |
| 2 | The leaflet shows a straight-sided bottle , which might hold more fish and be more accommodating to equipment than the teardrop option , which is probably best suited to just a couple of goldfish . |
| 3 | They assessed that the BCP leadership was interested in opposition participation in government only in order to demonstrate Bulgaria 's commitment to democratic reform to Western bodies which might offer financial support , and to burden the opposition with some of the responsibility for tackling the current economic crisis , but that the BCP in practice would still retain control of all the levers of power . |
| 4 | Schools ' responses to some options which might promote healthy practices are shown in Figure 3 . |
| 5 | Japanese nationals were cut off from personal contacts with Europeans and the import of foreign artefacts , books and anything which might convey Western knowledge was banned . |
| 6 | Are there any circumstances which might change this state of affairs ? |
| 7 | Engineering is not a glamorous pursuit , nor does Swindon produce the final glossy motor car which might lure potential workers . |
| 8 | Emissions are measured on an open area test site which is free of objects which might reflect emitted signals . |
| 9 | But by the time that they were completed the largest space of all was the nave , which might serve various purposes — as a shelter for great processions , as a substantial public hall and meeting place ; but above all provided space for visitors and lay worshippers . |
| 10 | Was it fair to anybody to delay action which might hurt innocent investors ? |
| 11 | Derek Davies , editor-in-chief of the Far Eastern Economic Review , fears that this is the fate which might befall Thatcherite Hong Kong . |
| 12 | In the Habsburg Empire in 1848 , as in Russia in 1861 , it was not so much the unpopularity of serfdom among the peasantry which determined emancipation , undoubted though this was , as the fear of a non-peasant revolution which might acquire decisive force by mobilising peasant discontent . |
| 13 | It is consistently found that the impact of being without a job varies between groups of people , and research attention is particularly directed to the identification of variables which might moderate this impact : for example , age , socio-economic status , sex , length of unemployment , personal employment commitment , and psychological vulnerability . |
| 14 | Mr David Howell ( C. Guildford ) , the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Select Committee , who opened the debate , said it had been a choice between the lesser evil of repatriation and the greater evil of doing nothing , which might inflict more cruelty , suffering and inhumane conditions on the people in the camps . |
| 15 | Our earlier discussion of unanimity and of majority rule was based , at least in part , on the assumption of direct personal participation by each citizen in decision-making ; and although many examples have been used from the practice of existing states which claim to be democracies , we have not as yet considered the principles of representation , or any of the procedures and processes which might bring indirect democracy more closely into line with the original ideal of rule by the people . |
| 16 | Remove rude jokes and deliberate sexual innuendos , and also watch out for unintended double entendres which might make inebriated members of the audience laugh when you are being serious and sincere . |
| 17 | Its bulk , however , was a problem , which might make vertical ironing a little impractical . |
| 18 | This discovery , of proactive or retroactive interference in memory formation , has led to the hunt , strongly backed by a number of pharmaceutical companies , for drugs which might improve human learning or memory , especially in elderly people with conditions like Alzheimer 's — the so-called smart drugs . |
| 19 | If that is so , then the common odour would be an olfactory badge which might denote common membership of the club . |
| 20 | However , the chapter specifically rejects the imposition of legal , financial or bureaucratic constraints which might hamper small businesses and states that it ‘ shall not apply to pay , the right of association , the right to strike or the right to impose lock-outs ’ . |
| 21 | He possessed just enough self-control to continue his gentle stroking of her , but both his arms now held her , and almost without her willing it McAllister 's crept around his neck , and unconsciously they sank , from their sitting position , on to the bed , to lie with McAllister 's head on the pillow , Dr Neil 's by her , he careful to lie still , to do nothing which might suggest any kind of bodily union . |
| 22 | Winter buds , containing the vulnerable growing points , are seldom covered by protective bud scales , which might impede early spring growth . |
| 23 | for legal services to defend anyone we insure , if proceedings are taken for manslaughter or causing death by reckless driving in connection with any incident which might involve legal liability under this policy . |
| 24 | Among these safeguards were prior Diet approval for each contribution to a UN peacekeeping mission , a temporary freeze on SDF participation in peacekeeping operations which might involve military action , and a review of the legislation after three years . |
| 25 | Space does not permit citation of the examples which might give some idea of the useful quality of the book . |
| 26 | The school may also produce a newsletter for parents and governors which might contain short accounts of Compact activities . |
| 27 | Stretching our imaginations , we can surely create a story which might contain this sequence , just as we could , in fact , create fanciful circumstances in which knights kill teaspoons , and girls ride houses . |
| 28 | Linguistics can help teachers to analyse those kinds of speech situations which might exclude some children from the learning process e.g. because the children are not familiar with the variety of language which is used . |
| 29 | Other criteria for exclusion were inflammatory bowel disease , pernicious anaemia , evidence of hepatic or renal dysfunction ( any biochemical parameter for hepatic function exceeding twice the normal range or plasma creatinine >0.12 mmol/l , or both ) , anda constant requirement for medication ( such as anticholinergics , anti depressants , or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ) which might influence gastrointestinal motility , or otherwise interfere with the evaluation of the test drug . |
| 30 | A research team from Edinburgh has discovered a previously undetected substance in young babies and is launching a three-year study which might prevent future deaths . |