Example sentences of "they might [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A petition to them might bring assistance for a particular project , but their schools received little attention : salaries were simply noted in the accounts and no one stopped to consider whether £10 which had been generous by the standards of earlier centuries might now be inadequate . |
| 2 | When the mill was finished , a few of them might get work in it ( but the Flemyngs wanted girls for it because they would work more days ) . |
| 3 | Finally she returns to her original distinction between female , feminine and feminist , and suggests how the relation between them might have implications for possible developments in the practice of philosophy . |
| 4 | Not only are the proposals right in themselves , but many of them might win support at Maastricht . |
| 5 | But they might tell Meg . |
| 6 | The governors of one school said they might invoke opting-out procedure to avoid the school 's becoming co-educational . |
| 7 | They might offer detachment and greater objectivity . |
| 8 | Second , when the discount houses want to " test the water " for an interest rate cut , they might offer paper ½%; lower than on the previous day at the first opportunity ( that is , at 9.45 a.m. or midday ) . |
| 9 | Thus they might involve users and ex-users of a variety of health and social services , together with their friends and supporters . |
| 10 | Talk couched in women 's language lacks authority , thus unfitting those who use the language for any position in which they might exercise authority . |
| 11 | It was suggested that they might reach Turkey through Syria and Iran . |
| 12 | While they were at the mercy of erratic weather or changes in the migration routes of reindeer , so that they might suffer famine from time to time , they were generally well fed , more or less comfortably adapted to their environment , and enjoyed a surplus of resources sufficient to allow expenditure of time on the decoration of clothing and utensils on story-telling and dancing . |
| 13 | If there 's anyone up atop they might give trouble . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ They might 'ave fell out when we pulled up , ’ Tony volunteered . |
| 15 | You will find he will go to immense trouble to avoid Night Goblin units if he even thinks they might contain Fanatics . |
| 16 | Of course , like the sentences about the knight , the dragon , and the pineapple , they might form part of a discourse , and if we stretch our imaginations we could come up with a situation in which they do ; but this will not be by virtue of the words so and she , but because of some other information about the context . |
| 17 | We have looked at abilities , experience and goals as they might influence behaviour at work . |
| 18 | They might eat fruit and vegetables and dairy products but that was for their health , not because they liked them . |
| 19 | Unaccompanied children admitted , but parents/guardians are advised that the film contains material they might prefer children under 12 not to see . |
| 20 | The Secretary of State for Transport on the interpretation of powers contained in the Ports Bill , as they might affect ports in Scotland ; |
| 21 | But they might affect birth spacing . |
| 22 | The Minister knows my views on such matters when they might affect service personnel and families . |
| 23 | While they might make allowances , they would need to be paid . |
| 24 | Floy had spent several hours in deep discussion with Snodgrass and , between them , they had made an attempt to sketch out the layout of Tara , so that they could see if there were any weak areas they might make use of . |
| 25 | Those who formulated the rules for admission to the College , who were afraid they might deter men from coming forward to train for membership of a still infant profession , limited the requirement for admission to an ability to read and write well — quite a severe restriction at the time — plus personal recommendation . |
| 26 | They might change colour . |
| 27 | One thing that worries parents about their children becoming vegetarian is that they might lack protein . |
| 28 | Mr McCallum continued that the decisions made by the Social Work Department were made on the basis of confidential information , and should that department reply to the Action Committee , he said , they might divulge information which should nut be revealed at that time . |
| 29 | They might get work in , like construction work and the making of roads and that kind of thing … but how long would that last for and we 'd be left with what , like you do n't know what you would be left with in the end , ’ said Mary Catherine , who concluded ‘ I 'm not one to stop progress by any manner of means but I do n't think gold mining is progress . |
| 30 | Then lie suggested that they might get Arthur Pugh , the moderate leader of the steelworkers who was that year 's chairman of the TUC , to come down to Chequers for tea and an exploratory talk . |