Example sentences of "[conj] might [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It must be able to run full-tilt down any of its tracks , anticipating every hazard on the surface that might trip it up and leaning into familiar bends like an experienced racing driver going round a well-practised circuit . |
2 | Easton 's section police tour the district in their vehicles awaiting such calls , although this meander does have another purpose in that ‘ You just never know what you could come across : maybe someone in a car that might containammunition , perhaps a stolen car , or perhaps your wife in a car with a best mate ’ ( FN 7/3/87 , p. 3 ) . |
3 | The Bank is looking at other options : a variable-rate gilt that might interest banks , or more index-linked gilts . |
4 | Well now that , that 's the thing we did appreciate , because er in those days no , no house had got its own bath it was a case of a tin bath on the hearth , but when I joined the club when I was working in the , when I was thirteen I , I left school cos me being having no father I was able to l leave school when I made me attendances , oh that 's something that might interest you I was thinking about . |
5 | But despite Rumens 's wit and some good supporting acting , this gets to be little more than one of those stories that might grace Woman Now 's problems page . |
6 | But might duty also disrupts family life , appetite , and sleeping patterns , and policewomen particularly complain of its effect on their roles as mother and housewife , although some policemen also talk sadly of how they miss seeing their children when on nights . |
7 | Where cast-iron columns support timber beams , the exposed surfaces of the beams may char , but they do not expand and generate lateral movements on columns as might steel beams or iron beams . |
8 | This approach to managing anxiety was devised by Meichenbaum ( 1975 ) and is based upon the idea that self-speech , the way we talk to ourselves , exerts control over our behaviour in much the same way as might speech coming from another person . |
9 | Arranging for the employees to eat in the staff restaurant ( if any ) at the client 's premises might work , as might arrangements to supply lunches to staff all , however , somewhat cumbersome and complicated . |
10 | Whilst BAe will not be drawn on likely candidates , rival Dassault ( which made an unsuccessful bid for Cessna ) is expected to show interest , as might Bombardier , which already owns business jet manufacturers Canadair and Learjet . |