Example sentences of "it might [vb infin] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er are you saying that it is any part of the Council 's case that this land th it it 's it is er a possibility that having this land as a strategic reserve er can er is of assistance , or are you saying that it is simply er having included it in , it might form part of a strategic reserve ? |
| 2 | The Duke insisted that ‘ its fitt it be understood … for it might give umbrage to Achinbowie and Balfunning ’ , and he was very clear that the gentleman in question , the son of Glengyle , should not , under any circumstances , join Lord George 's ship . |
| 3 | The variation might help your reader understand you and your writing , or it might hinder understanding of what you write . |
| 4 | There seemed to be the prospect of such a conference in the late summer and autumn and the chance that it might make progress . |
| 5 | It might make sense to the financial director faced with a demand which far outweighs supply ; after all , this recycling of other houses ' wines is perfectly legal , but it is at the same time deliberately hoodwinking the public . |
| 6 | So it might make sense to pay off part of her mortgage . |
| 7 | It might make sense to argue that no bona fide university could exist which did not also conduct research . |
| 8 | Sometimes , too , it might make sense to turn most of a ground or basement floor into an open-plan kitchen/living/family room/study . |
| 9 | Its alarming feature to the orthodox was that it might make Christianity seem simply one faith among others , rather than simply truth . |
| 10 | Its application could — I think I can say it might revolutionize life by the end of this century . |
| 11 | It might involve survey and dating of a length of hedge , by identifying and counting the shrub species it contains , a graveyard survey , or detailed survey work on an archaeological site or in a settlement . |
| 12 | However , at an ITTO seminar in Cambridge , chaired by the UK and attended by 10 of the organization 's members , it was decided to suppress the report on the grounds that it might damage trade . |
| 13 | If it might benefit Kirsty for him to know what had really happened between herself and Ryan , would she be justified in breaking her promise ? |
| 14 | Um I think that um y'know it 's often quite intimidating to be confronted with y'know sort of say eighty odd questions , if you were to use that many , erm so if you if you kind of break it up a bit in some way and have different headed sections with slightly different format questions it might y'know kind of help people through it as it were . |
| 15 | We can examine individual finds or groups of them in different ways , depending on how the find was made , the area in which it occurred or the problem on which it might throw light . |
| 16 | It is not certain how important this is but it might influence mood , hormone function , and resistance to infection . |
| 17 | It had n't been much of a job after all ; he had thought at first from the sound of it that it might mean travel , but it did n't . |
| 18 | so that 's good , because it might mean money , it means of having |
| 19 | It might bear comparison with Normandy in some respects — there , a separate ducal administration continued to function even after its so-called integration into France in 1204 . |
| 20 | And , of course , it might signify compassion as opposed to stern authority . |
| 21 | Or it might say hand wash only and the customer puts it in a washing machine . |
| 22 | I can only suppose that my name had respectable associations , and he thought it might allay criticism in what might be called Athenaeum circles . |
| 23 | With airlines such as Hispania , British Island Airways and Paramount going belly-up , and others such as Dan-Air and Monarch reducing capacity , Airtours was concerned that it might have difficulty securing flights for its holidaymakers . |
| 24 | I mean in som In some ways in the word my it might have part of that symbol you write with a J in it . |
| 25 | Ian and Libby and Joshua will be travelling by bus or car ; it might suit Avocado Gerry , though . |
| 26 | But while it is true that an economic or financial crisis will generally have a clear effect on a state 's coinage , the converse is not necessarily true : a debasement of the coinage does not in itself indicate a financial crisis , since it might take place for some other reason . |
| 27 | The durability of jade alone encouraged the idea that it might prolong life or at least , by protecting the body from decay after death , ensure the possibility of resurrection . |
| 28 | One approach was to attempt to revise the idea of a liberal education so that it might provide guidance as to the proper application of science within society . |
| 29 | Glaxo 's scientists say omeprazole should be used sparingly because it might cause cancer ; Astra believes its drug is no more dangerous than ranitidine and has worked hard to prove it . |
| 30 | Last November he refused to chair a conference on AIDS for fear it might cause panic . |