Example sentences of "might [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general terms , a paragraph should have several sentences , and might cover about half a page of A4 ( about 100 to 150 words ) . |
| 2 | You might prefer simply to sit alone in a separate room and listen to music or read a book . |
| 3 | If you feel you might prefer more modern accommodation we recommend you consider the other style of properties we offer . |
| 4 | It would have been expecting too much to imagine that the once-mighty ‘ Hitler myth ’ might disappear overnight in 1945 , disintegrating along with the mortal remains of the Führer himself and being scattered with the ashes of the Third Reich . |
| 5 | With memories of the student ‘ unrest ’ of the late sixties still part of the living past , Sir Keith Joseph was able to impose a stern monetary discipline upon British higher education with the prospect , many feared , that some universities and polytechnics might disappear entirely . |
| 6 | A problem might arise here because the phenomena discussed in this paper — vacuity , upwards inference and so on — could only be established for entities capable of some degree of linguistic performance . |
| 7 | Moreover , it might be possible to resolve some of the difficulties that might arise before , say , eviction or redundancy became real possibilities . |
| 8 | This might happen because he chooses to listen to the recording of the regression , or it might arise spontaneously . |
| 9 | DEC 's input into the product will be in the fields of usability , multi-media and document management , but the company is also considering how X.desktop might relate more closely to its other desktop platform , Microsoft Windows and NT . |
| 10 | Some might joke unkindly that road deaths in the region are not limited to traffic accidents . |
| 11 | ‘ A mahogany dining table will last a lifetime , not like a car or a three-piece suite which you might throw away after five or six years , ’ he added . |
| 12 | Even if the signal were transcribed into a perfect description of the sound , the utterance might remain partially ambiguous without the application of further sources of information . |
| 13 | Some foreign observers , including Philip II of Spain , thought that England might remain doctrinally and liturgically Catholic , even if the royal supremacy were restored . |
| 14 | The possible solutions will depend on the severity of the handicap , but parents should be encouraged to consider ways in which their children might remain creatively active , thus continuing the process of education rather than allowing the person to retrogress . |
| 15 | That stupid man — But if only she could explain before the policeman took official note of what had happened , the situation might remain relatively simple … |
| 16 | One day they might slow right down and start to fall back again — like a stone thrown into the air — it slows down , pauses for a moment , and then falls back again . |
| 17 | For instance , a car manufacturer who wished to find out about UK attitudes towards diesel engines might research only those strata from which it already knows that it derives ( say ) 80% of its sales . |
| 18 | But it might mutate again . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ No , ’ she said , ‘ I might eat later . ’ |
| 20 | You might earn almost a quarter of a million pounds a year — ’ |
| 21 | Scientists at the Medical Research Council ( MRC ) reported that a link might exist as long ago as 1968 . |
| 22 | To Chaucer , as to the old countryman , what we might regard as broad or even bawdy is a plain fact of nature , as neutral or objective as — to use Chaucer 's own word — the engendering of the simple flower . |
| 23 | As to what steps may be effective to prevent a holding out , there may be some discrepancy between what will suffice for the Law Society to exempt a salaried partner from compliance with the professional rules already referred to and what the Court might regard as appropriate in proceedings brought by a creditor of the firm . |
| 24 | The things that work — harvest festivals , Armistice Sunday , pancakes on Shrove Tuesday , all the details about who sits where at weddings and how you do that kind of thing — things which I suppose the more strictly religious people might regard as rather to one side of the central questions . |
| 25 | The other five , West Germany and Italy in particular , feared that this might weaken both NATO and the EEC . |
| 26 | Actually that might spring better . |
| 27 | ‘ I might stay here and get another job . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I might stay here . |
| 29 | ‘ The chances are a thousand to one that you might stay here for ten seasons and never see a boatman in a hurry , ’ quoted Sir Thomas loudly to his brood , waving a lordly hand towards William and Joe who were enjoying a quiet chew of tobacco at the end of the pier . |
| 30 | Mr Purves said he intends retiring next year , but might stay longer if asked to by the board . |