Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [pron] [prep] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judicial independence means that judges are not dependent on governments in ways which might influence them in coming to decisions in individual cases , though their promotion , like their appointment , is effectively in the hands of the Lord Chancellor with , nowadays , a measure of Prime Ministerial intervention . |
| 2 | Having read your article ( WW/May 91/p.484 ) on the Appalachian dulcimer , I would draw your readers ' attention to the following points , which might aid them in producing an effective musical instrument . |
| 3 | Again if you shop around you should find a bargain but you might think it worth spending a few pounds more to get extra help and advice . |
| 4 | If she did n't tell him he might accuse her of keeping something else from him and it might be best to know it all , might n't it ? |
| 5 | Some might accuse it of looking like a wedding cake , but I would suggest it has just the right amount of decoration . |
| 6 | Some varieties of crystal might better themselves by making conditions hard for ‘ rival ’ varieties that compete for raw materials . |
| 7 | But I might do it by talking to them rather than by writing to them . |
| 8 | ‘ You 'll look after him for me , wo n't you ? ’ she 'd said to me after we 'd got him unpacked and she could n't think of anything else which might prevent her from leaving . |
| 9 | Also , bear in mind that the components removed from circuit boards are likely to have very short leadouts that might prevent them from fitting into the component layouts of your projects . |
| 10 | One thing that frightened him was the thought that , for some reason or other , Busby might prevent them from leaving . |
| 11 | It is all about those poor girls who behave as Rose did the other night , and suggests that a decent wage might prevent them from indulging in such conduct . ’ |
| 12 | Remember to check out the services provided by your own local banks — some regulations might prevent them from offering the above range . |
| 13 | Imran Khan , Pakistan 's captain , has hinted a nagging shoulder injury might prevent him from playing throughout the World Cup winners ' tour of England this summer . |
| 14 | Francis added : ‘ The chairman 's main concern is not wanting me to receive a serious injury which might prevent me from managing properly . ’ |
| 15 | The concentration on detail and the speaker 's reaction might prevent you from grasping the speaker 's meaning anyway . |
| 16 | ‘ Although I suppose he might suspect her of fancying me ! |
| 17 | Instead , they might acknowledge them by saying , ‘ You must have felt awful … would you like to tell me what happened ? ’ |
| 18 | Where are the projects that might stop them from doing so in the first place ? |
| 19 | It also said that solicitors employed by large companies should not be allowed to appear in higher courts because the fact that they were employed might stop them from showing impartiality and detachment . |
| 20 | It was dangerous , too , to appear too over-confident , or to do anything that might provoke him into making his unofficial fatwa slightly more public than it was already . |
| 21 | It would be wrong to make them pay the price of justice — although this might nudge us into remembering that innocent wives and children and other dependents are made to suffer when the state imprisons thousands of working-class men for crimes which are often insignificant compared with corporate crimes . |
| 22 | I might content myself with thinking about it . |
| 23 | The objections that are raised against identity assumptions in respect of meanings in such a context are chiefly motivated by the fear that such assumptions might commit us to accepting meanings as some kind of entities . |
| 24 | ‘ But I think that you might indulge me by accepting a small one — if she accepts you , that is . |
| 25 | Were we to suppose that life was purposive , that everything was part of a planned progression due to culminate in the appearance of man or some other creature that might rival him in dominating the world , then the echinoderms could be dismissed as of no consequence . |
| 26 | Solow 's book might mislead you into assuming that theorem appreciation is best learned by appreciating theorems ; but Burn looks at the raw materials that make theorems possible . |
| 27 | They moved in , and invited William Morris to stay so that he might advise them on decorating and restoring the place . |
| 28 | If we met someone who held this view he might justify it by saying something like : ‘ I prefer travelling by motor car from Oxford to Westminster , let's say , or from — ’ Where do you live ? |
| 29 | ‘ He might arrest you for poaching . ’ |
| 30 | By defining standards of rationality ‘ the methodology of research programmes might help us in devising laws for stemming … intellectual pollution ’ . |