Example sentences of "[noun] might [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff is playing with higher stakes because the cost penalty is likely to be bigger than the amount by which the defendant might overestimate the claim . |
| 2 | Both the head and the DCSL freely acknowledged that these developments were undertaken in the light of knowledge that a library project existed , and that schools might stand a better chance of securing a grant if they could show evidence of commitment to enhanced library provision . |
| 3 | The trainer might prompt the trainees for alternative approaches . |
| 4 | Londoners discovered that despite the dire predictions , the Scots might look a bit terrifying , but they were more interested in the goings-on at Wembley . |
| 5 | The dossier outlining how Richard Branson might conquer the North Atlantic air-routes arrived the next day . |
| 6 | A poll of 400 of the world 's leading climatologists organized by Greenpeace has shown that almost half think it possible that the greenhouse effect might reach the point of no return in the near future , and one in seven think it probable . |
| 7 | It is always possible that a degenerating programme might make a come-back . |
| 8 | However , he thinks the suggestion of a workfare programme might help the long-term unemployed if it were relevant to the skills that are needed to find work . |
| 9 | The Second Law of Thermodynamics thus constrains the designer of engines ; he wants high efficiency but he also has to think about speed and price , and a whole range of possible designs might suit a particular case : the law does not require a unique solution . |
| 10 | Once the prickly and nationalistic de Gaulle had retired from French politics , France suggested in the early 1970s that WEU might provide a link between it and NATO . |
| 11 | At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt . |
| 12 | Enhanced solution by the alkaline groundwater of minerals that line fractures in the repository host rock might affect the sorption capacity of the rock and its water-flow characteristics . |
| 13 | At the same time , such a study might throw an interesting light on the way we currently analyse our popular rivals . |
| 14 | Those who were not hard pressed and in no immediate danger of running at a considerable loss might have no strong incentive to vote in favour of a course which threatened them with heavy losses in the immediate future . |
| 15 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 16 | The question as to whether an unchaste priest might celebrate the mass became important . |
| 17 | So , too , Equity might order a document executed under a mistake to be rectified ; Common Law would at most treat it as void . |
| 18 | A storm or violent gale might disperse the combined fleets ; France has no port in the Channel ; in fact , innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise . |
| 19 | The Crown argued that , in the same way a deliberate cross-check to the back of the neck might exceed the implied consent to risk of injury in a hockey game , the known presence of HIV is so inherently dangerous that sex with someone who is HIV positive extends beyond the norm of conduct to which one can validly consent . |
| 20 | The Collector fell silent , hoping that these words might bring the meeting to an end without leaving too great a schism between the two factions . |
| 21 | There seemed to be two areas of subject-matter where quadraphonics might have an artistic advantage , drama and wildlife recording , so it seemed very sensible when the first ‘ quadraphonic ’ record of birdsong was announced . |
| 22 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
| 23 | Study of these alternative future sequences might show a particular tendency , with one type of pattern being more prevalent ( and hence more likely ) than others . |
| 24 | Fastenings are made as simple as possible : ladies might use an all-in-one slip-over brassiè , or one with front fastening ; shoes might have velcro or elastic laces rather than normal laces ; shirts would use velcro strips rather than buttons ; men 's trousers would have a zip fly rather than buttons , with a velcro fastening at the top ; braces are easier to manage than a belt to hold trousers up ; a lady 's skirt might have an elasticated waist or a velcro fastening . |
| 25 | London Branch thought fellow members in other branches might like the chance to hear an insider 's informed opinion , before they decide for themselves ! |
| 26 | The formation of such complexes might prevent the viral genes from being replicated , or from being used to direct the manufacture of viral proteins . |
| 27 | ‘ I thought the chef might like a beer . ’ |
| 28 | It seems that some of these proteins might have a significant part to play in the treatment of nerve injury , neuropathies and tumours of glial cell origin . |
| 29 | The aid might take the form of personal service or of cash . |
| 30 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |