Example sentences of "might [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might cover secret processes and trade secrets . |
| 2 | Companies which make first-use plastic might prefer recycled plastic to be used in opening up new markets , rather than competing with their products - for example , by substituting for timber . |
| 3 | Authority might prefer single nurses , but every student nurse I ever met preferred to work under a married senior . |
| 4 | Try as she might to sound polite but distant , she could n't help but hear the ice in her own normally warm voice , and that annoyed her . |
| 5 | Tight fashionable clothes , the pill , ovulation and hormonal change ( e.g. after pregnancy ) are just a few of the reasons today 's women might experience light vaginal discharge . |
| 6 | Though a particular district might remain untouched for years at a time , there was always disease somewhere on the island . |
| 7 | He could leave her if there was a child ; and he knew , as all his friends agreed that night , that if England went to war with Germany , Ireland might remain neutral , but they could not . |
| 8 | Donna feared they might remain unanswered forever . |
| 9 | Why big might remain beautiful |
| 10 | It has been suggested that a considerable number of healthy people previously infected with H pylori might remain seropositive despite the spontaneous elimination of the organisms . |
| 11 | A more critical colleague might remain sceptical and even become convinced that ‘ x ’ is sheer quackery . |
| 12 | Horvath 's re-graphing of some of Labov 's data in terms of ‘ natural ’ linguistic groupings even suggests that sex should take precedence over class as the major speaker variable ; she remarks that ‘ if social class is seen to take precedence , then these other social dimensions might remain hidden or only dimly perceived ’ ( Horvath 1985 : 64 ) . |
| 13 | On the other hand , we realise that professional clinicians coming to the book might remain unconvinced about some of our chosen examples , as indeed might those readers who only feel comfortable with terms like ‘ schizophrenia ’ when they are used in a sense that has been given medical approval . |
| 14 | Together with his other writings , its profound influence on the Romantic poets illustrates the depth to which scientific ideas , which today might remain obscure , could swiftly penetrate literary and artistic thinking . |
| 15 | Their insecurities were doubtless increased through reading theological works such as William Perkins ' Whether a Man , published in 1589 , which argued that a reprobate might attain temporary faith and ‘ seem both unto himself and to the Church of God to be a true professor of the Gospel , and yet indeed be none ’ . |
| 16 | One suggestion is that pre-exposure to the context , by preventing the subsequent formation of context-target associations , might enhance latent inhibition because it ensures that particularly strong associations will be formed among the elements of the target itself . |
| 17 | Moreover , he says , Delta 's haemoglobin is guaranteed to be free of the viruses that could contaminate the blood-derived product , and of any residual matter from the blood cells that might trigger allergic reactions in patients . |
| 18 | for example a survey of hospital staff would not usually be carried out by selecting names at random from the total staff list , it might concentrate on doctors , nurses or cleaners only , or might sample medical , paramedical , administrative and support staff in proportions of their total numbers depending on the purpose of the survey . |
| 19 | Other criteria for exclusion were inflammatory bowel disease , pernicious anaemia , evidence of hepatic or renal dysfunction ( any biochemical parameter for hepatic function exceeding twice the normal range or plasma creatinine >0.12 mmol/l , or both ) , anda constant requirement for medication ( such as anticholinergics , anti depressants , or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ) which might influence gastrointestinal motility , or otherwise interfere with the evaluation of the test drug . |
| 20 | There , surely , is one small example of how rational global thinking to frame intravenous drug use as a public health and not a moral issue might influence local strategy . |
| 21 | Prematurity itself might influence subsequent health and so the effects of prematurity and birth weight ( adjusted for gestational age ) need to be clearly separated . |
| 22 | This report offered a useful opportunity to discuss the extent to which the age factor might influence clinical decision making . |
| 23 | Japanese nationals were cut off from personal contacts with Europeans and the import of foreign artefacts , books and anything which might convey Western knowledge was banned . |
| 24 | Sir Leon was defending the compromise proposal that emerged at a meeting of the Community 's industry ministers this week , whereby the Commission might grant temporary exemptions to countries facing problems in opening their markets . |
| 25 | ( ‘ Athens ’ is a plural noun in Greek ; one might compare other such synoikised places , like Philippi . ) |
| 26 | Many sheltered central and south-eastern areas might stay dry with perhaps some sunny intervals . |
| 27 | However , the extreme south-east might stay dry until after dark . |
| 28 | The Government wanted the figures on core contracts included in the white paper to underpin the credibility of its assumptions on the fate of pits which might stay open . |
| 29 | We once bought underwear at Marks & Spencer , too , but it shrunk quite a bit , which might explain certain aspects of Mrs Thatcher 's personality . |
| 30 | Was it fair to anybody to delay action which might hurt innocent investors ? |