Example sentences of "[noun sg] might have a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I think I will and I think the rest of the team might have a few erm sherbets tonight , I do n't know . |
| 5 | The fact that such monitoring was taking place might have a salutary effect on the behaviour of those responsible for selecting medical staff . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Being left alone for a while might have a calming effect . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Telephone calls for the library might have a direct line so that these calls are not put down to Canterbury and then transferred again . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | But there are those in England , too , who also fail to see that participation in drama has two faces , or rather , a face and a mask : the ‘ game ’ of drama where a group of participants share a significant experience , and a theatrical performance where a group of actors present the drama so that an audience might have a significant experience . |
| 16 | In Nigeria , so I had heard , people gave their houses numbers for aesthetic reasons , because a certain number might have a distinguished ring to it . |
| 17 | An executive might have a limited opportunity to see for himself/herself conditions in a foreign country . |
| 18 | Plainly , the figures are impressive but they fall far short of the early hopes that computing might have a pervasive influence on school education . |
| 19 | The new Procurator , Julius Classicianus , began to fear that the devastation might have a serious lasting effect on the rebel areas . |
| 20 | Here the individual might have a legitimate expectation that the licence would be renewed . |
| 21 | The tunic might have a silken decorative border , and in winter a fur coat of ermine would have been worn over the tunic . |
| 22 | If we are asking when the issue of who were England 's legitimate rulers was resolved , then the answer can clearly not be 1660 or 1688 ; 1715 , with the failure of the Jacobite rebellion might have a strong claim , although there are some scholars who would maintain that Jacobitism continued to be a significant threat thereafter , so that the succession did not finally disappear as a political issue until after the failure of the rebellion in 1745 . |