Example sentences of "might [adv] make the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are , however , two — perhaps three — who might eventually make the grade . |
| 2 | Curran also revealed that the Dublin soccer writers , most of whom appear to have written-off Derry 's challenge , have provided the motivation that might just make the difference . |
| 3 | Such a vision is as microscopic as Paul Scott 's is panoramic ; and a future historian , reading the Raj Quartet or J. G. Farrell 's Siege of Krishnapur ( 1973 ) , which tells of the Indian Mutiny , might easily make the mistake of supposing that the British are nostalgic for lost empire . |
| 4 | One might equally make the query of many humans ! |
| 5 | The justices accepted that publication of those documents would harm the national interest , and might even make the newspaper guilty of a criminal offence . |
| 6 | This coincided with an earthquake — for a superstitious Spartan , a sign of divine disapproval , which might well make the helots , who were surely experts in the psychology of their oppressors , hope that Spartan nerve might give . |