Example sentences of "[noun] might have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | The sodium and calcium cations , Na+ and Ca2+ , would loosely bond to these oxygens occupying occasional holes and voids in the glass-forming network ; that the modifying cations might have a well-defined local structure was all but ruled out . |
| 3 | I , I sort of heard Debbie and Chris talking the other day , and I might have got it totally mixed up , but I reckon , I heard Chris saying that , well basically what I gathered was that Andy might have a different father to Chris and it was Andy 's father that 's died , right ? |
| 4 | In January 1990 Roh said that the opposition might have a limited say in discussions on reunification , but invitations delivered to Panmunjom on Jan. 15 were nevertheless turned down . |
| 5 | Amongst liberals , there has been a tendency to believe that remedying the gender imbalances in these books might have a positive influence on girls ' educational achievement . |
| 6 | Melanie might have a different tale to tell . |
| 7 | The argument for separating judgments of quality from the funding have been put to him by some people in higher education who are afraid that quality judgments might have a practical effect on the universities . |
| 8 | In this way the homosexual writer is granted a dubious measure of liberal pity ( ‘ if only he had n't lived in such a repressive world ’ ) while at the same time the heterosexual critic distances the threatening possibility that a homosexual writer might have a great many insights into the codes , mechanisms and ideologies of heterosexuality itself . |
| 9 | It was a timely reminder that her own garden needed attention and in any case , mechanical tasks like digging and muck-spreading might have a therapeutic effect on her emotional system . |
| 10 | This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better . |
| 11 | It did not take me long to wish that we Christians might have a similar preparation for confirmation and acceptance as a full worshipping and working member of the Church . |
| 12 | I think I will and I think the rest of the team might have a few erm sherbets tonight , I do n't know . |
| 13 | After about 2 miles , Sir Robert Hamilton chose a position on the muir where he thought his amateur troops might have a strategic advantage . |
| 14 | Screwdriver blades might have a retractable sheath or ultrasonic guards , for example . |
| 15 | The fact that such monitoring was taking place might have a salutary effect on the behaviour of those responsible for selecting medical staff . |
| 16 | While they could point to the fact that the town might have a poor bus system , could have better public amenities and that in winter it was dull , they could also point to the good health they enjoyed compared to when they lived in a large industrial city . |
| 17 | Thus , even medieval land law , although conscious of the principle that third parties to a contract can not sue or be sued upon it , recognised that the covenants in leases might have a wider operation than in ordinary contracts . |
| 18 | Well , England made a B tour last summer , from which it was deduced that Terry Hurlock might have a full international future . |
| 19 | In the 1960s a series of papers suggested that dementia sufferers who were " misplaced " in the wrong type of facility might have a poorer outcome . |
| 20 | Being left alone for a while might have a calming effect . |
| 21 | Nathan Bryce might have a temporary advantage , but no slate-eyed , ruthless , mercenary businessman with a calculator instead of a heart was going to get the better of her . |
| 22 | Yes , but your colleague has also made the point that the constitution might have a blocking mechanism so that people , both sides , could be satisfied , was n't it . |
| 23 | This homology along with the finding that the genetically obese Zucker rat ( fa/fa ) , in which obesity is characterised by profound hyperphagia , have a 60% reduction in their fasting pancreatic procolipase content compared with normal rats lead to the suggestion that the peptide might have a possible physiological role in appetite regulation . |
| 24 | Telephone calls for the library might have a direct line so that these calls are not put down to Canterbury and then transferred again . |
| 25 | The Collector suspected that the Bard 's success in this respect might have a great deal to do with the ballistic advantages stemming from his baldness . |
| 26 | The murders might have a political motive . |
| 27 | The possibility that a word might have a different meaning in another context threatens to relativize the ‘ master metaphor ’ on which this society is grounded . |
| 28 | I reckon Crilly might have a better chance . ’ |
| 29 | It may seem strange that lawyers might have a vested interest in making the law move faster . |
| 30 | Based on papers submitted for review in camera , Judge Platt felt the government might have a valid claim that the subpoenaed documents were protected from discovery by the state secrets privilege , but counsel for the government seemed unwilling to accept the suggestion . |