Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were that the end of the story , the eastern wage deal might indeed strangle Germany 's economy gradually . |
| 2 | Although their capital appreciation might eventually benefit pensioners , it was felt inappropriate by some that a fund should invest in ‘ unproductive ’ assets . |
| 3 | The practitioner might already harbour suspicions regarding his client and his ‘ natural ’ instinct is to supply answers and papers without further question . |
| 4 | He said that given the expressed interest of all political parties in attracting more women candidates , the research might also inform party policy and practice in this area . |
| 5 | The kink in the Primarch 's gene-seed might indeed confer will power in regard to enduring pain , even a fascination with torment — how else could any of the cadets have progressed any distance at all , let alone as far as they had proceeded ? — yet plainly there were limits , which this tunnel — so bland in its appearance , so hideous in its effect — seemed designed to test to snapping point . |
| 6 | Alterations in diet and even hygiene might well produce indigestion and ‘ traveller 's tummy ’ , but this does not exclude the possibility that the time-zone transition produces similar or additional changes . |
| 7 | The courts could not create a ‘ surrogate right of appeal ’ by extending the High Court 's supervisory role through judicial review proceedings , even though it meant a trial might never take place . |
| 8 | If a Champagne house buys its requirements in the form of must ( as opposed to grapes ) , débourbage might well take place at both the presshouse and the winery . |
| 9 | Stephanie did not know how far this revulsion might perhaps include Marcus himself . |
| 10 | But any new Warden might well have difficulty in taking over . |
| 11 | In both instances earlier discovery might obviously give rise to great savings in costs . |
| 12 | Recent laboratory tests have shown that lapachol might also inhibit Trypanosoma cruzi , the protozoan that causes Chagas ' disease . |
| 13 | On the other hand , marriage might still create claims to territory which good luck and force could convert into possession . |
| 14 | ( The fear looms that the all-important reference might then contain sentences like ‘ However Miss Smith is prone to emotional displays , and to occasional lapses of judgement ’ — as if there were people who were n't . ) |
| 15 | But the second proposal seems to contemplate an expanded role for judicial review as a way of controlling government activity ; and increasing the sources of information available to the courts in the way contemplated by the first proposal might so change perceptions of the judicial role that it , too , would lead to an expanded conception of the role of judicial review . |
| 16 | A flower or tree might well be said to show signs of distress much as an athlete might unwittingly show symptoms of it , although it would be inappropriate to describe a watch in that way . |
| 17 | Such an initiative might also attract investment capital from building societies and other lenders and thus assist Regional Health Authorities with their cash-flows . |
| 18 | For some teachers not only was this difficult to plan and implement as an organizational strategy per se , but the increased demands imposed on them by the strategy meant that their opportunities for systematic and sustained monitoring of children 's progress were further reduced , while at the same time the increased levels of movement and disturbance in the classroom might adversely affect children 's concentration and time on task . |
| 19 | The wider scope of the EEC and its larger membership might well impose strains long before the end of the interim period . |
| 20 | An eminent nonconformist might well have reservations about a now Anglo-Catholic son seeking holy orders in the Church of England . |
| 21 | So a self-conscious pragmatist might well decide cases in ways , and even in words , that are familiar to us . |
| 22 | Group development might also encourage peer assessment which a contractual appraisal scheme is not likely to include . |
| 23 | Norman Smith , match secretary of Irby Angling Club , reckons that with perfect conditions the Classic champion might even have 80lb of fish . |
| 24 | The Anglo-American axis might also face problems from the Soviet Union , despite Gorbachev 's massive domestic difficulties . |
| 25 | Proof indeed that the Prehen youth policy might soon yield rewards at a higher level . |
| 26 | Pray that the missionary might truly have God 's heart for those who do not know Jesus . |
| 27 | This did not mean , as some had assumed , that Man might recklessly pillage Nature for what he sought ; indeed , Nature was deserving of the more respect because it was a divine creation . |
| 28 | If the original parties to a transaction effectively have no other outlet or source once the original contract has been awarded , and they are highly uncertain about the contemporary environment at the time when terms must be renegotiated , an organizational form ( for example a monitoring and control system ) that is tailor-made for that transaction might substantially reduce bargaining costs on each occasion when renegotiation takes place . |
| 29 | Society might also have views on two other aspects on monopoly performance : the amount of political power that large companies are in a position to exert , and the distributional issue of fairness in relation to the large supernormal profits that a monopolist can earn . |
| 30 | Less severely , the overseas government might unexpectedly introduce factors that render an overseas investment less attractive , e.g. the imposition of capital controls , additional taxes or transaction costs . |