Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps , for instance , a case could be made for discouraging risks that might lead to a person 's loss of employment , if their chances of gaining another job were remote . |
| 2 | However , ‘ selective rationalization ’ was sufficiently widespread for Townsend and Peck ( 1985c ) and Watts and Stafford ( 1986 , 216 ) to draw up typologies of plants ' locational and other characteristics that might affect the probabilities of closure . |
| 3 | We do not distinguish experiences from non-experiences as we might distinguish oranges from apples , viz. by indicating certain characteristics that might enable anyone , including those who have never tasted either fruit , to tell one from the other . |
| 4 | Pearson uses the concept of uncertainty to offer a matrix which directs attention to characteristics that might reduce the risks of innovation . |
| 5 | Dr Piperno studies phytoliths — small pieces of silica that plants lay down in their tissues to discourage animals that might want to eat them . |
| 6 | A short fence prevented the escape of animals that might attempt to swim the river . |
| 7 | And where the members genuinely have control over the board it is legitimate to regard them as partly responsible for any losses that might result , and hence to view it as inappropriate for the court to come to their aid . |
| 8 | This includes a £13m provision ‘ against the potential losses that might arise ’ from its one-fifth holding in Drayton , whose shares have slumped from 409p a year ago to 176p . |
| 9 | ‘ PF4 may also be too toxic for use in humans , ’ says Folkman , ‘ but it will give us a scientific lead to other compounds that might stop tumour growth . ’ |
| 10 | He had a lean face and dark eyes that might have come from either his Gaelic or Jewish ancestry . |
| 11 | But more compelling were her dark expressive eyes , eyes that had widened with shock on seeing Tyler there , eyes that might have spoken to him of anger but instead had betrayed something much deeper , and far more dangerous . |
| 12 | His frowning gaze swept over her and there was a glint in the blue eyes that might have been intimidating if she were n't so angry . |
| 13 | It will be of immense help to people who need to discover who owns a particular property or piece of land and to solve any disputes that might occur over ownership . |
| 14 | The argument also ignores the type of considerations that might determine the present non-use of these sophisticated weapons , such as the fear of complete destruction and total annihilation , rather than a greater degree of ahi sā , or love and concern for others . |
| 15 | The employees then went on to David , who tested heart and lungs and talked to each of them to ascertain whether there were any personal anxieties that might affect their role in management . |
| 16 | For the supporters that might signal the end . |
| 17 | Can you suggest any other method of allocation of records to addresses that might reduce both wasted space and numbers of synonyms ? |
| 18 | This is not , perhaps , the best year for Britain to act as host to open the series , for the entry tomorrow is clearly affected by Commonwealth Games training schedules as well as the fact that the English Cross Country Union has not found a sponsor who can provide the money for trust funds that might have enticed more prominent athletes . |
| 19 | Concern that this uncontrolled expansion of the private sector had been siphoning off funds that might have been more cost effectively used in home based community care led to the government commissioning reviews of resource management and quality of care . |
| 20 | Could you advise me and recommend any books that might help me . |
| 21 | Are there any disasters you see in your books that might take place in this country that we 're not taking any notice of , in terms of planning at all ? |
| 22 | She felt totally in charge , totally confident , able to cope not only with herself but with any emergencies that might crop up . |
| 23 | Some researchers suggest that hazards ( and emergencies that might result ) can be regarded as either natural or technological . |
| 24 | They are also prepared to contemplate discussing possible relationships that might exist between an individual 's language and his or her cognitive functioning . |
| 25 | Let us pray today that we may be gentle with ourselves , guarding ourselves from relationships that might exploit us or be hurtful . |
| 26 | My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups . |
| 27 | In , in column one we may think er bewildered , fearful hiding , weak , afraid , are words that might describe Peter 's state of mind , his emotions . |
| 28 | It shows how little the FBI really understood about film production that their proposals to improve the situation focused on increasing the quantity of production , rather than stimulating a few high-quality pictures that might promote British prestige abroad . |
| 29 | The authors note that no corrections could be made for other confounding variables that might lead to miscarriage in women who smoke and they caution against overinsterpretation of the apparent effect of one single variable in IVF-ET . |
| 30 | Multiple regression analysis computer programs can be used to introduce other independent variables that might increase the statistical reliability of the regression equation ( increasing the value of Rs towards 1.0 ) — in our example , perhaps , the cost of cars , the cost of petrol , the total length of roadway in the country , and so on . |