Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover the assay requires immunoprecipitation that might be detrimental for detection of proteins ( other than bZIP proteins ) that only weakly associate with CREB or that might prevent recognition of CREB by the CREB antobody . |
| 2 | Among some people who have been involved in negotiations at Geneva on laws-of-war matters there is a genuine concern that any neat set of rules limiting the use of nuclear weapons in one way or another might have the unfortunate effects either of weakening deterrence ; or else , contrariwise , of seeming to legitimise such uses of nuclear weapons as are not covered in any agreement ; or else of being nothing more than a paper accord , which would be of little real value in a conflict . |
| 3 | Extra time may be spent learning the basics of editing , or more advanced camera work etc. , or this might be left to develop at a later workshop . |
| 4 | We want to examine possible ways of making litigation affordable , perhaps by diverting the cost from the parties ( at least initially ) so that those who would otherwise find payment difficult , impossible or off-putting might be enabled to bring or defend an action . |
| 5 | Therefore , we reasoned that patients who had been stone free for two years or more might represent a ‘ protected ’ subgroup at low risk for recurrence . |
| 6 | He hedged a bit , saying that the shift might take up to 15 years and that a ministry or two might stay behind . |
| 7 | The Department of science and Technology had a substantial number of submissions before the Cabinet , hoping that one or two might be funded . |
| 8 | That one or two might make enough money to pass as legitimately successful , but that most would go on hoping for and talking about the ‘ up for none touch ’ that was just around the corner if only this and that fell into place until they became little more than saloon-bar bores . |
| 9 | When a general election took place , the limited amount of disposable patronage was stretched very thinly , and in Scotland most of what was available would be swallowed by the burgh politicians , where a crucial vote or two might carry the election of a delegate without alienating others . |
| 10 | He would never expressly suggest that one or two might go down , but would rather point to an accumulation of profits as deriving from several shares and not just one . |
| 11 | In writing an auto-biography or the story of my life , or the intimate journals or diary of myself , it would be well perhaps to give a few details concerning my birth ; a date or two might add a little dignity also . |
| 12 | One or two might even have tried to find out what it was , without getting far . |
| 13 | My prototype reminds me too much of a kingsize white plastic bucket , and I suspect that a combination of this summer 's largely ozone layer-free sun and a winter frost or two might render it brittle . |
| 14 | He gestured towards the door , where Hilary Frome was standing , flaunting his fair hair and profile , and looking still more like an illustration of one of Baden Powell 's scouting manuals ; a fine specimen of British boyhood , who in only a matter of a year or two might be imagined assuming the burden of Empire , and administering imperial justice with rod and gun to one or other of the lesser breeds without the law . |
| 15 | If the training schedule of the Hearts players is not too strenuous then one or two might put in an surprise appearance ? |
| 16 | That and I appreciate one or two might want to go and work on other divisions but I if generally they were kept on the division that they are now then it could be a very gradual process of going back into uniform . |
| 17 | Treatment of the tooth with fluoride , plastic sealants or both might instead be advisable at some stage to slow or halt any progression that does take place . |
| 18 | The only possible risk is that one or both might change while the deal was being made . |
| 19 | Everywhere , transistors give off the Reggae beat , making the place a party that never stops , and that might catch fire . |
| 20 | The door would have to be left ajar for air and that might alert passers-by . |
| 21 | ‘ After the Kentucky Derby , we will make a decision on where he goes , but I 'm a Yankee and that might give you a fair indication of where I 'd like to see him run , ’ he added . |
| 22 | And that might affect her milk , which would be a nuisance , to put it mildly . |
| 23 | And that might be my only , you know , substantive interaction with him on that day . |
| 24 | ‘ Not till the next time you come , anyway , and that might not be for ages . ’ |
| 25 | The course records is held by Leicester 's Helen Titterington , 33:39 in 1989 ; and that might well fall . |
| 26 | ‘ I suppose I might have ended up bowling up the hill into the wind at Headingley , and that might not have done much for my prospects , but generally the policy change was inevitable , and I am glad it happened . ’ |
| 27 | Their indignation looked justified but it was Newcastle 's third penalty appeal of the game and that might have been what swayed the decision . |
| 28 | But no Election was due until 1940 — and that might well be too late . |
| 29 | ‘ But they love to push up and that might leave them vulnerable to the ball over the top . |
| 30 | Philip the Fair 's adviser , Guillaume de Nogaret , saw the regnum as the total area of Capetian jurisdiction — and that might not correspond to its territorial extent at a given time . |