Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] might [adv] [vb infin] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given that cases involving the exercise of public functions might also raise issues of private law , it should be made clear that the court hearing an application under public law procedure is to decide all issues raised by the case , whether of public law or private law . |
| 2 | So a self-conscious pragmatist might well decide cases in ways , and even in words , that are familiar to us . |
| 3 | In contrast to the commonly held belief that sex spoils athletic performance , Dr Craig Sharp , who used to act as medical adviser to British Olympic competitors , suggested that sexual activity might actually improve things . |
| 4 | ( The fear looms that the all-important reference might then contain sentences like ‘ However Miss Smith is prone to emotional displays , and to occasional lapses of judgement ’ — as if there were people who were n't . ) |
| 5 | The extent to which such rights might justifiably embrace ideas unrelated to government or public affairs , ideas of no value at all , or cloaked in images of a sexual or violent nature , has long exercised the finest minds not only in American jurisprudence , but in Europe and the Commonwealth as well . |
| 6 | For instance , any such book might meaningfully have sections on ‘ Principles ’ and ‘ Systems ’ and the ‘ Principles ’ section might be decomposed into subsections on ‘ Computer Principles ’ and on ‘ Human Principles ’ . |
| 7 | Such employees might well have claims for compensation against the UK government for defective implementation of the Directive , if they can show that , had the restriction not been included in the Regulations , their claim would have succeeded . |
| 8 | The wider scope of the EEC and its larger membership might well impose strains long before the end of the interim period . |
| 9 | An eminent nonconformist might well have reservations about a now Anglo-Catholic son seeking holy orders in the Church of England . |
| 10 | The Anglo-American axis might also face problems from the Soviet Union , despite Gorbachev 's massive domestic difficulties . |
| 11 | Less severely , the overseas government might unexpectedly introduce factors that render an overseas investment less attractive , e.g. the imposition of capital controls , additional taxes or transaction costs . |
| 12 | But the second proposal seems to contemplate an expanded role for judicial review as a way of controlling government activity ; and increasing the sources of information available to the courts in the way contemplated by the first proposal might so change perceptions of the judicial role that it , too , would lead to an expanded conception of the role of judicial review . |
| 13 | A long-sighted contrarian might now dump equities for buildings . |
| 14 | Other recent flotations might just represent companies ' taking advantage of windows through which to de-gear , rather than waiting for the exits that offer the optimum long-term return . |