Example sentences of "that might [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | The African elephant shrew , a highly-strung insect-eating mammal the size of a mouse with a nose drawn out into a mobile trunk , depends for its safety on knowing its trails better than any hunter that might chase it . |
| 2 | Few meetings would dare to vote down a pay rise , but the threat of such a vote — and the awkward , embarrassing questions that might accompany it — would be a valuable restraint . |
| 3 | Still , it is difficult to believe that either linguistics or psychology has achieved a level of theoretical understanding that might enable it to support a ‘ technology ’ of language teaching . |
| 4 | Any piece of rotten meat that could still be found in the enclave was slipped over an improvised fish hook , attached to a rope and hurled over the parapet in the vain hope of catching a jackal or a pariah dog that might swallow it . |
| 5 | so the most-talked-about terrace-player gets another half-page over here — if Frank play well in the US that might make it easier for him to get a new club . |
| 6 | The advice now promotes the delaying of your body clock and guards against those factors that might advance it . |
| 7 | At a time when product design has lost its way , the gallery fails to provide a proper historical context that might give it some sense of direction . |
| 8 | ‘ Do n't make any noise that might attract it . ’ |
| 9 | Conceivably , the shipping company could be sold off as a going concern that might bring it up to about 1Op in the Pound . " |
| 10 | We began our laborious task without once reflecting on the many dangers that might attend it . |
| 11 | ( 1989 ) acknowledge the reality of these problems for their theory and present additional features of the connectionist model that might allow it to accommodate the findings . |
| 12 | This research influences the way volunteers work with victims but it is also passed on by Victim Support to other organisations that might find it useful : it provides an input into every police training course in Britain , and that has led to a potential new area of work . |
| 13 | There are some men that might let it but I 'm not one . |