Example sentences of "[Wh det] might have [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The one factor which might have altered this made little difference . |
| 2 | The North American economist , John Kenneth Galbraith , took a distinctly positive view , claiming that the crisis had shown both the revival of industrial technology and the reimposition of civic discipline as demonstrated by the pay pause , in the face of difficulties which might have led feebler nations to buckle under , or even lapse into military or other dictatorships . |
| 3 | Stephen Glover could have taken either of two ‘ angles ’ : a bitchy , scandal-strewn insider 's account , which might have appealed to a small audience of fellow scribblers and media junkies ; or a description of what it takes to launch a high-profile business in the teeth of fierce competition , which might have interested those thousands of readers who do not drink at London 's Groucho Club . |
| 4 | It comes as something of a shock , therefore , to realize that there were other areas , such as South Asia , more developed in technology and the articulation between production and trade , and highly dynamic in mercantile organization , which might have possessed equal potential to have become the centre for an industrial revolution , if these factors were indeed the primary causative variables ( Perlin 1983 ) . |
| 5 | It was once thought that the Chardonnay vine was brought to Champagne from Cyprus by knights returning from the Crusades , which might have provided some sort of answer , but this theory has since been discredited . |
| 6 | Destined to take over his father 's cattle station , he quickly defected and headed for Point Cook — the RAAF " Cranwell " — but not before several obstacles , which might have deterred many a lesser lad , had been overcome . |
| 7 | Officials from all US exchanges have thwarted further derivatives industry regulation which might have entailed higher costs and lost business to overseas exchanges . |
| 8 | The memory chilled the warmth she could feel gathering inside her , the warmth which might have proved treacherous if she lingered here with this yes — definitely attractive man . |
| 9 | An insight into the way the official terrain is constructed can be gained by noting the exclusion of other categories , which might have yielded different ‘ problems ’ : ‘ Muslims ’ , ‘ Jews ’ , ‘ Catholics ’ , ‘ Protestants ’ , etc . |
| 10 | What might have caused that ? |