Example sentences of "[noun] might [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The recipient might become worried if successive letters then come threatening that action will be taken to obtain the price from him . |
| 2 | I can see how those faded images might suggest sultry nights of Mediterranean passion even if to me they now evoke only memories of sunburn and Retsina hangovers . |
| 3 | United States trade associations such as CBEMA ( hardware ) and ADAPSO ( software ) and others had worried that some foreign nations might impose usage-related charges on data transmission ; West Germany was suspect in this regard . |
| 4 | These shapes might look cool on stage and in promotional videos but tend to be uncomfortable to wear . |
| 5 | As the contracting process evolves individual practices might try to make their contracts more specific , but identifying patients from such practices to meet different contractual demands might prove expensive for the provider units . |
| 6 | In this model it is proposed that thinning of the lithosphere and its partial replacement by hot asthenosphere might allow convective upwelling to become established below the zone of extension . |
| 7 | Opportunity for mathematical experience and the development of mathematical thinking might seem unlikely to occur readily in the Home Corner . |
| 8 | Uncle Eugenio would get mad with frustration , utterly unable to find the words to refute the fact that illusions might provoke real tears . |
| 9 | Pat might get sick before the race , ’ he added with a grin . |
| 10 | Nor is it unreasonable to assume that given a sufficient respite they hoped that Britain 's own nuclear force might become strong enough to act as a deterrent to a Soviet attack on the home islands . |
| 11 | It was difficult to anticipate which direction this visualisation would take ; it might be entirely subjective or Ari might manifest physical sensations and want to touch herself . |
| 12 | Such a disrespectful term might seem surprising in this essentially respectful essay . |
| 13 | 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 ’ . |
| 14 | Feeding on carrion might seem strange behaviour for a bee , but in fact many tropical species do supplement their pollen-and-honey diet in this way . |
| 15 | One arises out of the need for state provision of education to be efficient and economical , which means that policy considerations might outweigh individual parental preference . |
| 16 | Mr Lindsay was worried that the lone TOPP students in some regional offices might feel isolated , and that many companies which initially showed enthusiasm for the idea have now cooled off . |
| 17 | The commercial section of the industry might develop suitable videos for hiring out . |
| 18 | My choice of industry might seem surprising , in view of my wish to make some sort of contribution to the world 's well-being . |
| 19 | None of these ideas are very complex , but the search for such relationships between share valuations and strategic data might yield fruitful results for managerial purposes . |
| 20 | In winter 1980–81 a Western specialist on South Asia , Selig Harrison , suggested that a formula involving the emergence of a provisional government in Afghanistan might win Soviet acceptance if could provide for arrangements under which Moscow could withdraw from that country in a phased fashion over several years and if the new Afghan government could return to the pre-1973 Soviet-tilted brand of neutralism . |
| 21 | Nowhere were teachers invited to note that ‘ good ’ implies questions and judgements of value , and that the whole issue of good practice might raise controversial yet essential questions about the claims made for particular approaches , the arguments and evidence for and against them , the educational values they represented , or the practical problems of implementing them . |
| 22 | To an insider Detroit might look empty ; to an outsider it 's bustling with the kind of noisy energy rarely seen in European cities . |
| 23 | Soviet decision-making in this sphere ( as in many others ) combines what to a Western mind might seem incompatible : hierarchy and consultation , centralisation and a wealth of horizontal communication links , flexibility and ease of communication at the top , along with compartmentalisation and secrecy below . |
| 24 | For an exciting moment at the beginning of 1918 it seemed possible that the pacifists might push Labour into collision with a Government still adamant that nothing short of overwhelming military victory could provide the basis for peace . |
| 25 | This work with polyl:C and 2',5'-oligoadenylate analogues demonstrates that even if interferon itself does n't live up to our expectations , research into its mechanism of action might suggest new and more effective ways to attack viral disease . |
| 26 | It is by no means certain that a newly conceived " teachers ' contract " , will include such a notion We raise the question whether the long-term effects of teachers ' industrial action might render impracticable future projects in the ESSE/L Project mould . |
| 27 | Although the available evidence argues against a role in germinal vesicle breakdown , these calcium spikes might control associated events such as cytoplasmic maturation . |
| 28 | And leaping animals , at least those whose weight might cause significant changes in the terrain leapt upon , presumably have some understanding of support and can perceive potentially dangerous or unstable structures . |
| 29 | In so doing it might by accident precipitate a general war , one from which the United States might emerge victorious , but which would leave Britain and Europe a radioactive desert . |
| 30 | The setting might appear incongruous but it can also be seen as being particularly poignant . |