Example sentences of "which might [verb] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nursery furniture which might get chewed should be painted in lead-free , non-toxic paint . |
| 2 | BOMB-PROOF litter bins , which might have limited the Warrington IRA bomb horror , are being developed by the Royal Ordnance factories . |
| 3 | The existence of any secrecy which might have existed will have been destroyed by the indifference of the employer ( see for example Sun Printers Ltd v Westminster Press Ltd [ 1982 ] IRLR 292 ) . |
| 4 | The radar signals were sent out in necessarily very powerful pulses , which might have damaged the highly sensitive aerials ( American " antennas ' ) waiting for the faint returning echoes . |
| 5 | ‘ All right , ’ he replied flatly , unresponsive to her invitation to some facetious joking about bottoms , which might have jolted him out of his philosophical mood . |
| 6 | To the south , across a wasteland which might have become a park , is the House of Science . |
| 7 | Whether Terence O'Neill was committed to promoting the sorts of reforms which might have satisfied the Catholic minority is unknown . |
| 8 | high-profile job and the leadership of a professional association , which might have proven too much for a lesser , or older , man . |
| 9 | In the abbey church of St Seurin at Bordeaux , for example , he could see Roland 's horn , the sound of which might have summoned reinforcements to Roncesvalles but which Roland , more careful of his reputation than of his life , had refused to blow until it was too late . |
| 10 | They are questions about the procedural advantages which could be derived from the extraordinary procedure , and which might have influenced the use of trusts instead of the parallel institutions of the civil law . |
| 11 | Those three operations then are the measure of modern medical practice : cancers which might have developed from an enlarged prostate , some rogue polyps and a spinal tumour , any one of which could have proved fatal , were all pre-empted by discovery and cure ; and I can not be other than deeply grateful for this additional lease of life . |
| 12 | This means that the high rate of schizophrenia among close relatives of an affected person can not be explained away in terms of the effects of living with someone with schizophrenia , and any unusual relationship which might have developed between them . |
| 13 | A humourous man with a face which might have developed in later age into the kind described as craggy , he threw jokes at many questions , answered others with disarming bluntness . |
| 14 | While the village unit remained small there was less chance of a decision 's being imposed by the community 's more influential members , and in any case the imposition of status and ranking tended to reduce the passive acceptance of inferiority which might have attended its acquisition through achievement or wealth . |
| 15 | After all that , she 'd been just ‘ Madam ’ for a while , which might have indicated that she was getting older or grander , except that she always looked just the same , never any older . |
| 16 | Finally it was Alexei who made a noise , which might have indicated either disgust or anger , then brushed past . |
| 17 | Although the port prospered in part , particularly as a base for privateering depredations on foreign ships , the dues which might have increased the town 's wealth were hard to collect , and attempts to extend port rights over much of the coastal plain met with little success . |
| 18 | erm now if they , I mean they did n't even consider that how other options which might have increased the living standards because land reform |
| 19 | But he 'd sat there listening , with that sneering smile of his , drinking Ban 's claret as if he was doing the Braithwaites a great favour , while Ben , who 'd had his share of claret too , lamented the fall of the Whig government , which might have done something for the manufacturing classes , and the election of the land-owning Tories , that bunch of country squires like the Larks , who would not . |
| 20 | Repairs to the existing masonry were carried out in matching brickwork and the purpose-made joinery of new windows and external doors has been retained in its natural colour under a clear sealant , rather than being painted , which might have detracted from the mellow textures of the renovated building ( Plate 51 ) . |
| 21 | Furthermore , although there was no shortage of surgical complications which might have formed a focus for psychological discontent , the researchers noted that ‘ even those who had experienced complications tended to underrate their seriousness and to express satisfaction . ’ |
| 22 | We do not know how far these findings are generalisable at a national level , but we are reasonably confident that the study practices were representative of the totality of fundholding practices in the Oxford region and that the fundholding and control practices were fairly well matched on those variables , such as distance from provider units , which might have affected referral patterns . |
| 23 | Thus in the process of passing the 1833 Act , ‘ a tide which might have run much more strongly in the direction of the ‘ criminalization ’ of the offending employer was effectively stemmed' ( p.138 ) . |
| 24 | The miracle , which might have saved her life and converted the heathen , was not granted . |
| 25 | A moment later she fell down them , unable to find the rope against the wall which might have saved her . |
| 26 | The one factor which might have altered this made little difference . |
| 27 | NB Any alleged failure by the doctor to disclose risks about the treatment , which might have enabled the patient to give an informed consent , does not invalidate the consent . |
| 28 | Cost ruled out adopting this idea , which might have presented problems as Cusick tackled how to steer and motivate the casing . |
| 29 | In addition to regulating the lives of the Christian subjects of the Merovingian kings — and also to circumscribing the activities of the Jews , the one recognized religious minority in the kingdom — the bishops at least tried to monopolize the local centres and objects of devotion , which might have presented a focus of religious power outside their control . |
| 30 | Avoiding a black/white categorization which might have revealed the impact of racism , this oversimplified ethnic categorization results in an association between black educational underachievement and a notion of ‘ West Indianness ’ . |