Example sentences of "it might [vb infin] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | IF EVEREST were a person — and Tibetans call it the Goddess Mother of the World — it might feel a bit put upon . |
| 2 | Suchocka , whose Democratic Union ( UD ) favoured a referendum , was concerned that it might destabilize the government coalition , which included the Christian National Union ( ZChN ) , the main force behind the draft anti-abortion law . |
| 3 | We hoped it might form the basis of a small ‘ colony ’ providing a change for all concerned . |
| 4 | Why , it might contain the essence of life itself . |
| 5 | ‘ It might matter a lot to me in my job , ’ Horowitz informed him . |
| 6 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |
| 7 | If companies had to say how many died and were injured in their service each year , it might give the life and death of workers a higher priority . |
| 8 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 9 | That would probably do little to bring so-called advances on royalties back to a more sensible level , but it might give the publisher some added stability , and therefore a greater incentive to put sustained effort into an author 's career . |
| 10 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 11 | To the unpractised eye it might appear a hotch-potch thrown together at random . |
| 12 | I therefore offered the book in the hope that it might embody a healing and unitize perspective on this most exciting and disturbing movement of our times . |
| 13 | Tod : ‘ It might start a panic . ’ |
| 14 | I think it might aid the thought processes , old boy . |
| 15 | In a perceptive question , one of our committee members , Russell Mulford , asked whether the scheme was a bad thing for Shropshire — because it might attract the funding that could otherwise be used to electrify the Wolverhampton — Shrewsbury line — or a good thing — because of the boost it will give to rail travel generally . |
| 16 | The antihistamine would have little value , but it might slow the reaction marginally until her medical kit or the allergy kit arrived . |
| 17 | and you , it might open the way for peaceful land reform |
| 18 | It might carry a myriad of different messages . |
| 19 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 20 | If the density of animals in an area increases to the point of overcrowding , there will be insufficient food to go round , and it might pay an animal to move away . |
| 21 | It is a diver 's paradise , and while it might cost a lot of pennies to get there , good value for money can be waiting — if you know what to watch out for . |
| 22 | It might set the hay alight — and … ’ |
| 23 | This again met with a cool reception from the other five , first because it might foreclose the question of EEC enlargement , and second because it seemed to seek to push the EEC more in an intergovernmental direction . |
| 24 | It might make a cover for Private Eye . |
| 25 | In the meantime , despite my reservations , I found myself reflecting on headvoice 's idea : I had to admit , it might make a story . |
| 26 | It might make a thief think twice . |
| 27 | Then prominently display a ‘ coded cycle ’ sticker — it might make a thief think again . |
| 28 | Erm it might make a lot of difference to your sort of er |
| 29 | Claims to leadership of national antislavery opinion also involved hopes of influencing British government policy where it might make a difference — for example , in negotiations over the continuing problem of slave trade suppression and on particular issues such as American fugitive slaves in British territories or terms for British recognition of the independence of Texas . |
| 30 | When we were shown into the chargé 's office , I studiously avoided shaking hands or having any eye contact , determined to alert him to the fact that I understood and respected their religious customs , in the hope that it might make a difference . |