Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] and might [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Men maintained some contact with their place of origin and might remember it in their wills .
2 On that Sunday night there should have been a film show for the camp , but the projector was broken and the prisoner who knew the trade of projectionist and might have repaired it was serving his second consecutive fifteen day spell in a SHIzo isolation cell .
3 Now , if , if a child sends a distress call to a certain level of intensity , it may get a certain amount back , but it may have a sibling who sends the distress call a slightly higher level of intensity and might get some more back .
4 If your inadequacy is so serious that , to use one phrase from the case law , there is an ‘ irredeemable incapability ’ , so that being given a warning and an opportunity to mend your ways would simply be a waste of time and might put the business at risk , it may be just to dismiss you as soon as the full extent of your failings comes to light .
5 The dead king was identified with Osiris , but each individual who hoped for eternal resurrection was henceforth identified with Osiris and might place the title " the Osiris " in front of his or her name in funerary inscriptions .
6 Although the former heads of the two securities houses added little to their previous statements , Tabuchi admitted on Aug. 29 that Nomura 's links with Japan 's organized crime syndicates , which had been revealed in July [ see p. 38342 ] , were currently under investigation and might prove to have been more extensive than had been initially suggested .
7 His real mother complained to social services that he had disappeared from home and might have been glue sniffing or taking drugs , it was alleged at Mold Crown Court .
8 If there is something of real interest to us , but we are n't ready to do a deal , we keep in touch and might fund a demo tape or some rehearsal time . ’
9 Chicago is still in design and might get an object-oriented base which NT lacks .
10 In Daly v General Steam Navigation Co Ltd [ 1981 ] 1 WLR 120 the plaintiff housewife was awarded damages for the cost of future help as a measure of damages for her crippled arm even though she had no help up to trial and might have struggled on without it .
11 However , it was withdrawn after several speakers said that such a call would have little impact on Parliament and might have an adverse affect on the reputation of the federation .
12 The dates and stages by which communism was to be reached disappeared entirely ; the 1986 Programme , on the contrary , noted that the party did ‘ not attempt to foresee in detail the features of full communism ’ and warned that any attempt to advance too rapidly was ‘ doomed to failure and might cause both political and economic damage ’ .
13 That is , what must be done in certain circumstances can not be said to be good without qualification and might involve evil and suffering .
14 If he had to be shifted to Ireland , why could n't it have been Dublin where he 'd at least have been nearer to Elizabeth and might have managed to hop over to England more often .
15 A longer pile carpet would flatten over time and might become slippery with wear .
16 One teacher in a cluster group could take special responsibility for history and might carry out liaison , sharing the fruits with other teachers .
17 He said she had ruined her chances by obstinacy and might count herself lucky to live on Benedict 's charity . ’
18 Those would be defined by ministers and might include welfare and housing advice and representation of students within the university or college .
19 Those would be defined by ministers and might include welfare and housing advice and representation of students within the university or college .
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