Example sentences of "which might [vb infin] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before leaving the ministry in mid-1861 the sensible Evgraf Kovalevskii came up with a programme for reducing the volatility of the universities which might have been effective if it had been introduced gradually . |
| 2 | The cellars are full of junk , most of which might have been useful once but all of which is now covered in water or mud or fungus . |
| 3 | So far as Pitt was concerned , America came first , but he was as delighted as anyone when the English force protecting Hanover won a distinct success against France at Minden , which might have been decisive if Lord George Sackville had not disobeyed an order to charge in a way that exposed him to conspicuous , though not permanent , disgrace . |
| 4 | Another letter was signed ‘ Uncle Whippity ’ , which might have been sub-titled , but was n't , ‘ The Joys of Syphilis ’ . |
| 5 | Nor would it have been possible to ask , nor even to rely on any information which might have been forthcoming , since Amabel , who always retired to bed for the duration of her own " monthly curse " had said nothing more to the point than , " Darling , I must beg of you never to speak of this to anyone , when Gemma at the age of fourteen had first seen evidence of hers . |
| 6 | It was widely praised , even in Nature , which might have been sceptical . |
| 7 | Where there were departures from the common pattern special circumstances could often be identified which might have been responsible for the deviation . |
| 8 | I could also see that Mala was near to exploding , which might have been disastrous . |
| 9 | The evidence shows that this may well be a case in which failures by the ambulance service to provide an ambulance more quickly to a person who was in extremis was a cause of the death which might have been avoidable if the ambulance had been available earlier . |
| 10 | Other ideas which might appeal are conservation work or playing a more active role in politics by joining your local party association . |