Example sentences of "might [coord] [vb mod] [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | The historical ruler , who might or might not have made disastrous political mistakes , gave way to the woman who might or might not have written the Casket Letters ; and scholars plunged into the absorbing task of deciding whether letters whose originals had not been seen since 1584 , and whose texts had been translated from French into Scots and then back into French , were forgeries or not . |
| 2 | The historical ruler , who might or might not have made disastrous political mistakes , gave way to the woman who might or might not have written the Casket Letters ; and scholars plunged into the absorbing task of deciding whether letters whose originals had not been seen since 1584 , and whose texts had been translated from French into Scots and then back into French , were forgeries or not . |
| 3 | Proving ignorance of facts that one might or might not have known is impossible , unless one has been in a well-documented coma . |
| 4 | Any body found within the boundaries of the City is mine , regardless of where they might or might not have been killed . |
| 5 | The aim was to confine attention to people who had frequent contact with the dementia sufferer , rather than interviewing all nearest relatives , who might or might not have contact with him or her . |
| 6 | These alliances were similar to the games of dice much favoured at the time : the marriages might or might not be successful ; they might or might not have political consequences . |
| 7 | The story might or might not have been apocryphal . |
| 8 | The row over Digital Equipment Corp 's decision to end manufacturing in Galway and try to find a new tenant to take over the manufacturing plant — which DEC owns , will not die down , and now the European Commission is to investigate Irish allegations that the UK government lured DEC into keeping its Ayr plant open at the expense of Galway : Commerce & Technology Minister Seamus Brennan , in Brussels for a meeting of European Community industry ministers , said Dublin had asked Competition Commissioner Karel van Miert to probe media reports that DEC had been offered inducements to keep the Ayr plant open — but no-one seems to have said just what these alleged inducements are ; the UK government on Friday denied the allegations , saying any assistance it might or might not have given would have been fully in accordance with Community rules , and invited Community auditors to ‘ come and look at the books any time ’ . |
| 9 | The point was , he might or might not have sent , or taken " it " ; but so what ? |
| 10 | For my experience would have been this way no matter how other experiences might or might not have been . |
| 11 | The situation might or might not have been different had other ports come out resolutely in favour of the London men . |
| 12 | I thought you were supposed to be finding out what he was working on , not going on about what he might or might not have done with Suzanne Regan . ’ |
| 13 | The executive transporter bay was a chaos of foam and whirling shapes which might or might not have been armed troopers . |
| 14 | ‘ Whatever Sara might or might not have done , I think I 'll go for a walk . ’ |
| 15 | Men and women were busy under his supervision investigating and reporting on the lives of people who might or might not have been concerned in the death of this man . |
| 16 | The characteristics chosen for this analysis were selected to illustrate any visual correspondences that the instruments might or might not have with the Mercier portrait . |
| 17 | But there is a little something I can detect in the atmosphere between those two that might or might not have something to do with the murder of Egan by Place . ’ |
| 18 | Anyway — apart from any chivalrous instincts I might or might not have , I 've never done anything so decisive in my life . |
| 19 | He acknowledged the plate she set within his reach with an incomprehensible grunt , which might or might not have been one of thanks . |
| 20 | It was rather like working out the details of one of her plots : circumstances capable of more than one interpretation ; actions which might or might not be innocent ; individuals who might or might not have a genuine motive , the means and opportunity to commit the crime . |
| 21 | Similarly , the plundering of Wales by the Foreigners ( i.e. Scandinavians ) of Dublin and the English , recorded by the Irish Annals of Tigernach under 1030 , may have been a joint expedition , and there is a faint possibility that Dublin 's first bishop was consecrated by Archbishop Æthelnoth of Canterbury in Cnut 's time , with whatever implications that might or might not have . |
| 22 | Here she was , imagining that the last half-hour had been a sort of truce — telling Marc all those things about her life on the stage , all those silly , funny , self-mocking stories of disaster and mayhem that were part of the business , and he 'd been sitting there in judgement all that time , working out how much Peter might or might not have paid her for playing the part of his fiancée … |
| 23 | Instead his lips twitched slightly in what might or might not have been a smile . |
| 24 | Lord Weir told McCormack : ‘ It is only due to the fact a young boy saw what you did and , with some little risk to himself , removed the trolleys that an accident which might or might not have been serious , was avoided . ’ |