Example sentences of "might look [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your eyesight is good you might look closely at that Haitian face on the cover between the lip and the chin ( just above Samuel Johnson ) . |
| 2 | If a noble was excluded from favour at court , his dependants might look elsewhere for a patron , and the noble 's following would thus be weakened . |
| 3 | In due course we might look closer at that episode with the Gilberd : she admits after much blushing and prevarication that he accused her in the High Street delicatessen of baby-snatching — did it openly , in a loud voice . |
| 4 | The social representation theorist , who wishes to build a social psychology from a universal anthropology , might look universally for examples of the contrary themes of common sense , tracing , for example , the argumentative dialectic between justice and mercy across historical , geographical and economic space . |
| 5 | Six Finger Satellite might look unpleasantly like a '90s misappropriation of Devo , but in the dressed-down flesh they are a groovesome hardcore update of Wire with a head honcho given to lurching about like an adolescent , erm , Lurch . |
| 6 | Indeed , despite his disillusion with the present reality and underneath the modest ambition he communicated to Rohde , he cherished an almost missionary hope that if and when he was himself in a position to exert influence , the future of his subject might look altogether different . |
| 7 | was that he might look straight at her and not even know her . |
| 8 | It might look particularly inviting to put a lamp on the table , chest or shelf and of course , if you have found room for a desk , it will certainly need a desk lamp . |
| 9 | Stripped of his blue tussore , Vigo himself might look rather like that , Wexford thought . |
| 10 | I had expressed concern that after the long journey , probably spent standing in the corridor , I might look rather haggard , so the wearing of a yashmak was suggested , especially as Leslie would be used to seeing this item of female camouflage in the souks and cafés of North Africa from Alexandria to Algiers . |
| 11 | If she kept working on it , a week from now , she might look even better . |
| 12 | Our artist 's impression of Lucan as he might look today |
| 13 | It was no argument , he said , that the two offices must harmonize , as only one of the four elevations of the building would be seen with the Foreign Office , and with ‘ that exception the buildings should differ , because a picturesque style which might look well from a Park would look fantastic from a Street ’ . |
| 14 | Then again , it is always possible they tokenised the ban a ) because they felt they could get away with it ; b ) because the stars involved are too big to lose ( especially the photogenic Krabbe ) from the firmament of German sport ; c ) because if it could all be made to look like a mistake , world athletics might look that much cleaner ; d ) because they feared a backlash from the disenfranchised trio , in the form of wholesale revelations about the extent of drug use in athletics , both in Germany and all over the world ; and e ) arising perhaps out of D , they do n't feel like visiting a heavy punishment on their own girls , when there are many others the world over who are equally deserving of banishment . |
| 15 | And this is important because a man might look very well from one side but he might look like a cheese from another , and that would be a distraction . |
| 16 | If George Mynne or his son had survived until the Restoration with male heirs to succeed them , the family 's history might look very different . |
| 17 | The third segment might look very like a and be assigned a high score on the basis of its acoustic-phonetic features . |
| 18 | But Dalton , who as chancellor of the exchequer naturally welcomed ideas for cuts to overseas commitments , seemed less happy with the prime minister 's further comment that the situation might look very different if the Americans acquired a big stake in Middle Eastern oil and consequently took an interest in the defence of the region . |
| 19 | There 's a lot of erm , conflicting ideas about using Abbey 's rate book and , and you might look very confusing in itself , but actually it 's not half so bad as it seems . |
| 20 | They might look very attractive |
| 21 | Unattractive old doors might look better stripped ; they are very often a handsome pine underneath . |
| 22 | The police authorities might look askance at the bottle of beer but to the constables it was seen as a legitimate reward for a little extra service . |
| 23 | While the media , still mesmerised by a possible price war , might look askance at the group , the City seems to approve . |
| 24 | It 's not necessary to keep *me* happy — everyone is free to say what they like — my only concern is that if a complaint about serious abuse ( or whatever ) went in , those with their finger on the button might look dimly on a footie fan list . |
| 25 | " I think I might look quite lovely in that , " Aunt Tossie held blue velvet against her tweeds and woollies . |
| 26 | I thought that might look quite nice for madam , see my two only ever had cheap beds to start with anyway , I knew that I 'd get them better ones later on |
| 27 | Do n't use a red shade of semipermanent on hair that is mostly white — it might look too strident . |
| 28 | No , that might look too — what ? |
| 29 | ‘ Rapids might look more exciting , but still waters run deep , ’ Jeff used to say to them . |
| 30 | ‘ If there were no mirrors , ’ someone once said , ‘ we might look more closely at ourselves . ’ |