Example sentences of "might [adv] have " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some effects of the historical struggle against the domination of the abbey might arguably have persisted — the town was not incorporated until 1553 — though its evident prosperity shows that this no longer constituted a serious handicap . |
| 2 | In Masterson v. Holden it was held that the conduct was insulting because the magistrates might properly have taken the view that such objectionable conduct in a public street may well be regarded as insulting in that it suggests to a witness that he or she is somebody who would find such conduct in public acceptable himself or herself . |
| 3 | There he ‘ distinguished himself for Hebrew & Mathematics ’ , and might eventually have obtained a fellowship had he still been single . |
| 4 | Perhaps therefore Edward 's claim was not as strong in principle as has sometimes been suggested , and if accepted in 1328 it might eventually have been subject to challenge by sons born to other Capetian females . |
| 5 | Goldschmidt might rather have said : " Can we really assume that the birds , etc. are such poor observers ( or that some very stupid ones among them are ) ? " |
| 6 | Nevertheless , while the government might successfully have enacted and implemented its rate-capping proposals , this was not achieved without considerable political cost . |
| 7 | For as long as they continue they are the issue , rather than a grievance for which many people might instinctively have some sympathy . |
| 8 | Quantity is easier to consider than quality , of course , and I have found that a promotions committee can be thrown into bemusement and mild disarray by suggesting that many of the publications on a candidate 's CV might better have not been published . |
| 9 | Tocqueville 's Democracy in America is , as has been noted , essentially a study of American society , and one commentator has even suggested that it might better have been called Equality in America . |
| 10 | I thought we might perhaps have lunch . ’ |
| 11 | At this stage , David Stirling might perhaps have allowed himself a moment or two of self-congratulation . |
| 12 | Although he might perhaps have done better to observe Wittgenstein 's adage , ‘ Whereof one can not speak , thereon one must be silent ’ , one can not help regretting that he has not tried to be less vague about the nature of personal growth . |
| 13 | She peered out of the window again , hoping that she might perhaps have imagined the scene below , but Miss Hardbroom had not moved and was now almost hidden from view by the smoke . |
| 14 | It might perhaps have done so had Franco not delayed his assault in order to make a detour eastwards to Toledo . |
| 15 | I wonder if deep down that peppery gentleman 's irritation might perhaps have been due to fear that once the gaff about whisky not being suitable for the kitchen was blown the master 's bottle would no longer be quite sacrosanct . |
| 16 | To a person more interested in the advance of science he might perhaps have tried to explain what he was after , but with Lucy he perceived that this would not be a success . |
| 17 | Nothing turns on the procedure adopted in this case and it suffices to say that when , on 8 April 1992 , the matter came before Mr. Simon Goldblatt Q.C. , sitting as a deputy High Court judge , the application for an order under the Act of 1975 was made by those who are the defendants in the United States action and it was opposed by the Treasury Solicitor , although purists might perhaps have expected that any opposition would have been made by or on behalf of the Attorney-General , the objection being one taken on behalf of the Crown . |
| 18 | One might perhaps have expected that it would have been impossible to discharge him from hospital , but the local authority , which shares parental responsibility for him , has been able to place him with devoted foster parents whose dedication and skill are of the highest possible order . |
| 19 | Johnson , never under an obligation to generate social ease , dismissed that by saying ‘ The intimacy is such as one of the professors here may have with one of the carpenters who is repairing the college , ’ Johnson 's point being that the printer , having printed some of Warburton 's works , might perhaps have bought the copyright in one or two of them . |
| 20 | If you had kept your mouth shut , Friar , we might perhaps have gained the truth . |
| 21 | Of the letters I wrote to Eliot and kept copies I reproduce one , which might perhaps have some more permanent interest than the ephemera . |
| 22 | Having ignored her for forty minutes whilst they failed to answer questions about Amy to which she might know the answer , Theodora might perhaps have been forgiven for telling them nothing . |
| 23 | The result might perhaps have been different if the money was in a collecting box . |
| 24 | If perhaps the Government were to fund victim support properly , Erm , Mr who was burgled and has never got over it might perhaps have had a visit and some counselling from a victim support worker , and that would be a very good thing . |
| 25 | Thus , the byrnies of 1008 might alone have been worth £50,000 — £60,000 , a greater sum than any hitherto paid to the raiders . |
| 26 | Taking a simple example , you might suddenly have an intimation that it is time to change direction and find a new job . |
| 27 | Before a BBC Radio Cleveland debate yesterday , he was obliged to explain off air that because of an undemocratic stomach bug he might suddenly have to leave in the middle of the proceedings . |
| 28 | What Eileen had done , of course , when she reached the stage in her life when she might naturally have been considering starting a family , was subconsciously to ‘ invent ’ her illness in order that she might be spared the horrors of it all . |
| 29 | For wee might justly have done it our selves without you , if we had thought it convenient ; … " |
| 30 | What was needed however was a concrete demonstration of support by the British government , and this was most unlikely to be forthcoming , no matter how much the Queen might personally have hoped for it . |