Example sentences of "[pron] might conceivably " in BNC.
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| 1 | I might conceivably be interested merely in a hypothetical situation , trying to decide , say , what consequences would follow if p were true , without wishing to commit myself one way or the other ( although , as will be shown later on , one can not coherently posit the possibility of p being true except with regard to possible truth claims that might be made in respect of it ) . |
| 2 | Her position is essentially uncontroversial , eschewing any extreme ideas which might conceivably add a flicker of interest to her otherwise predictable views . |
| 3 | Their publications would do credit to any university : Libertarian Conflicts in Social Choice , by UBS Phillips & Drew 's John Wriglesworth , The Role of Crack Resistance Parameters in Polymer Wear , by Williams de Broe 's Mustapha Omar and Stellar Winds ( which might conceivably be a volume of poetry ) by Robert Fleming 's Martin Murch are just a few of the titles that leap off the page . |
| 4 | He also referred to provisions in the Company Directors Disqualification Act 1986 relating to administrative receivers , and to many other provisions in the Insolvency Act 1986 and in the Companies Act 1985 which might conceivably have some bearing on this question . |
| 5 | Lesion studies have their own problems of interpretation , while other methods which might conceivably be used to establish cerebral dominance , such as dichaptic stimulation and the dual-task technique , have not been validated nor widely adopted in experiments with large numbers of left handers . |
| 6 | Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours . |
| 7 | It had to be someone anonymous , but somebody who would be allowed to speak to the man if he was there , and someone who might conceivably be ringing on a Saturday night . |
| 8 | ( Given the choice between emulating Mick Jagger or , say , Sid Vicious , only a lunatic would plump for the latter , but in terms of films you might conceivably want to sit and watch , Sid and Nancy win hands down with their blood-splattered , smack-snorting Liebestod . ) |
| 9 | As this is not a book on careers in advertising , the best thing I can do to give you an idea of the sort of people you might conceivably find in an agency is to refer you to the books by Norman Hart and Felicity Taylor ( see page 232 ) which describe them all very comprehensively . |
| 10 | They ask about the short stories as if they really want them — none of that toffee-nosed ‘ we might conceivably ’ stuff we had last time . |
| 11 | There were also pages of poems forced into some sort of rhyming structure so that they might conceivably have worked as songs , several paragraphs of references to critical works ( Barthes , especially ; Death of the Author ! shouted what looked like a headline over one entire page of notes devoted to ideas about a looseleaf novel/poem ? ? |
| 12 | If he had not tried to cancel it ( and so murdered Macduff 's family ) , Macduff might not have killed him ; if he had not killed Duncan , he might conceivably have become king some other way . |
| 13 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
| 14 | If the hon. Gentleman would be good enough to read the amendment carefully , he might conceivably understand it . |
| 15 | Despite his strange dealings in the transfer market up to now , I 'm still one of the pro-Wilko group , and I 'm not going to start slagging him off on the basis of rumours about what he might conceivably do . |
| 16 | In what might conceivably have been the last chance of a diplomatic settlement , with the encouraging or surreal touches of a personally popular Ho walking up the Champs Elysees to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and standing beside Bidault on the Fourteenth of July , these were the fundamental issues . |
| 17 | It was dispiriting to live with such an example of what might conceivably happen to us . |