Example sentences of "might find [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The odours of the sea could be involved , and those birds living close to the coast might find smell particularly useful . |
| 2 | It may be necessary to extend representation more equitably beyond the domination of business interests so that more insights into community need might find expression . |
| 3 | I wo n't deny that might find favour with our Masters . ’ |
| 4 | For the first time it occurred to Katherine as a conscious thought that he might find life with her mother a trial in ways which did n't only concern her . |
| 5 | They stayed close to the Oaks , as if they considered it their duty , and they looked as if they might find life a serious business . |
| 6 | Temple was sincere in his desire to preserve native society from too sudden change : he enjoyed its idiosyncrasies , respected its vitality , and greatly loved it as an unkempt garden in which the product of a more ordered civilization might find repose . |
| 7 | With a little food inside him he felt he might find composition easier . |
| 8 | As I will suggest in chapter eight , the black sportsman sees sport not as a hobby , but as a central life interest , a sphere in which he might find scope for self-expression and a possible avenue out of his mundane , everyday existence . |
| 9 | Similarly , the person who has a great love of music might find blindness less of a handicap in obtaining pleasure than would the person who had a passion for football . |
| 10 | They can give the familiarity and the regular weekly person-to-person payment of the weekly credit caller or the mail order agent , with a measure of flexibility over payment difficulties which even an understanding commercial lender might find taxing . |
| 11 | She smiles apologetically , as though one might find fault , and looks anxious : clearly , she 's dying for her sister to take over the conversation . |
| 12 | ‘ No , but perhaps in this spot I might find wildlife to slay . ’ |
| 13 | But even here a sceptic might find reason to challenge this conclusion . |
| 14 | Hartley Green , the elder , is about to establish an academy at Manchester , and might find employment for his Brother , but he wishes rather to make his own way . |
| 15 | It is true that in some cases it happens that the recipient does not find the punishment painful , or even welcomes it — for example , some offenders might find prison a refuge against the intolerable pressures of the outside world . |
| 16 | she sensed she might find meaning , |