Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always possible that a degenerating programme might make a come-back . |
| 2 | So , too , Equity might order a document executed under a mistake to be rectified ; Common Law would at most treat it as void . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought the chef might like a beer . ’ |
| 4 | The Warsaw daily Sztandar Mlodych quoted Zalewski as saying that the President might introduce a state of emergency in the event of economic collapse . |
| 5 | And with the vague , uneasy sense that , having forced the door open a little way , the country on the other side might prove a lot stranger than she 'd ever imagined , she walked on in subdued silence for a while . ) |
| 6 | The murmur might become a clamour , were it not that Mr Kinnock is already preparing to leap before being pushed . |
| 7 | The stranger might have a warrant for their arrest . |
| 8 | Again , the workers in an industry might claim a wage increase of ‘ X and their employers might resist it and offer ‘ Y ; but the interests of another part of the economy might be affected in such a way by either proposal that neither is acceptable . |
| 9 | But after seeing signs of a pick-up in American demand , he says the hotel industry might get a boost around September , on the basis that recovery here lags America by about four months . |
| 10 | For example , a hearer might derive a range of implicatures about athletes and races , in which case you could say that the use of sprint conjures up an impression of athleticism not suggested by run . |
| 11 | It seemed possible that American impulsiveness or ambition might ignite a powder train from the Far East to Europe and accidentally precipitate the Third World War . |
| 12 | Who knows , our radar might have a day off . ’ |
| 13 | The adoption contract might contain a proviso that if a natural son was born he would take precedence as the legal heir . |
| 14 | Although your skin might feel a bit taut after washing , the skin oils rebound in about the same time , too . |
| 15 | His appointment on a two-year contract will disappoint David Hobbs , the caretaker who had applied for the job on a permanent basis , but Chris Caisley , the Odsal chairman , hinted yesterday that patience might bring a reward for the Northern captain . |
| 16 | Thus , a settlement might have a church , a manor house , a village green , road junction , and/or pond as foci . |
| 17 | Similarly , the buyer 's terms of purchase might contain a provision to deal with late delivery : ( a ) If the Seller fails to deliver the goods in accordance with the terms of this contract , the Buyer is entitled to terminate the contract with immediate effect . |
| 18 | In other words , a particular course might have a number of subjects associated with it . |
| 19 | Even though fewer than three thousand people are now engaged in whaling , directly and indirectly , their loss of support might trigger a loss of confidence among other rural people and jeopardise the LDP 's increasingly frail hold on government ; an office they have held for more than 25 years . |
| 20 | Well what this springs up is the issue , one of the issues we started with which is democracy in the tyranny of the majority is what Mill recognizes is is that a maj well he claims to be concerned that the majority will make a decision which is against the interests of everyone , but he 's equally concerned about the issue that the majority might make a decision which is against the interests just of a picked-on minority , people with unpopular views , people who hold er members of a different religion and so on . |
| 21 | Such a revaluation might make a paper and cash offer for the remaining 85% of Midland 's shares feasible . |
| 22 | The Major 's sensibilities were divided between admiration for a man with self-pride and hostility to a man who by defiance might provide a threat to the peaceful and submissive nature of the Zone . |
| 23 | If a person suffers loss or damage as a result of a defect in some product , whether it be hardware or software , one or more of the following areas of law might provide a remedy : |
| 24 | did recognise that the developing state of the law might require a reconsideration of the position even in that context . |
| 25 | These findings lend support to the view that persuading people to dispose of unused or rarely used medicines stored in the home might play a part in reducing the numbers of impulsive overdoses of these substances . |
| 26 | If this method is barred because the headmaster does not agree that the child might have a learning difficulty called dyslexia , then the parents will have to go outside the school system and possibly go to the Dyslexia Institute at Staines , where a full assessment is carried out , with a report , which is sent to the parents . |
| 27 | In some areas the birth of a child might add a shilling or more a week to the wage , leading to some pessimistic projections of runaway demographic increase , notably by followers of Thomas Malthus whose " Essay on Population " of 1798 was the most important ideological underpinning for the views of those who were beginning to urge a much harsher attitude towards the poor as the cost of their relief surged . |
| 28 | Ten minutes too long during a schooling session might mean a week 's set-back in a training programme , so be careful not to either work for too long or to expect too much too soon . |
| 29 | He then suggested a way in which The Queen might get a tax rebate — by claiming ‘ the Crown Jewels were made by Ratner ’ . |
| 30 | In the meantime , weak management might cost a company dearly . |