Example sentences of "of [noun pl] might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might be the setting for A Midsummer Night 's Dream , thought Sara ; sleepily stretching herself , and any minute now Titania and her train of fairies might glide across the grass and into the trees . |
| 2 | There have been suggestions that they might be given state funding , or that some RCD members in the Chamber of Deputies might resign to allow the other parties a look in . |
| 3 | A third tier of cities might include Sheffield , Leeds , Manchester , Birmingham and parts of inner London . |
| 4 | The possibility that a colony of artists might form there revived his old dream of a brotherhood of kindred spirits . |
| 5 | Indeed , the very concrete physicality of objects might lead us to expect quite the opposite conclusion , which is that it is language which organizes the deep unconscious , while objects as visible images are a relatively superficial phenomenon . |
| 6 | My question however concerns not accuracy in labelling but rather the means whereby an exhibit of objects might draw on theories of ‘ otherness ’ in order to explore the role of design in the production of identity . |
| 7 | While it is quite possible that a different range of indicators might have served equally well in this setting as surface markers of an underlying variable of social integration , this particular set was selected in response to two methodological criteria . |
| 8 | As we have already seen , whilst the systematic ordering of subjects might adhere to some consensus , it will not be obvious to all users of a scheme ; it is the purpose of notation to permit ease of filing or ordering . |
| 9 | Therefore , consider how your choice of subjects might help you prepare yourself for survival and success in the world of the twenty-first century . |
| 10 | Yet the Nazis knew that they could not behave too outrageously because there was always the threat that the League of Nations might call in the Poles to annex the city and suppress the NSDAP in the name of European peace . |
| 11 | However , the basis of relationships might change from a continuation of historical commitments to performance . |
| 12 | In more than one story Clifford Simak put forward the notion that the flesh-tones of dinosaurs might have been iridescent , rather than the drab grey-greens and browns depicted in so many artists impressions . |
| 13 | An analysis of the traditional functions of heads might produce the following list : |
| 14 | First , the banning of imports might land the Labour Government in the future in front of a European court and , secondly of course , if the Labour Government attempted to use their 40 per cent . |
| 15 | However , the emergence of omni-players might change this . |
| 16 | Have you any reason to believe that either set of parents might make demands on either partner which would make ‘ leaving ’ difficult ? |
| 17 | Bouch can not vouch for this but suggests the number of visitors might have exceeded the available accommodation which in turn put prices up . |
| 18 | He looked again at the scatter of markers , hoping that some system of lines might appear , some focal point . |
| 19 | In stooks standing for too long in wet weather , the bottoms of sheaves might become moussed as dampness set in . |
| 20 | Erm , and the introduction of these forms of individuals erm might have arisen as the one passage that showed us might suggest , the passage from five seven on page three of her handout number eleven there , the need for forms of individuals might have arisen from the following . |
| 21 | Often I saw a clean-limbed beech , pale and slender , yet firm in its loftiness , that shook delicately arched branches at the top , and below held out an arm on which a form of schoolboys might have sat , — rising out of fine grass and printing its perfect outlines on the sky , — and I could fancy it enjoyed a life of pleasure that was health , beauty that was strength , thought that was repose . |
| 22 | He fears that groups of workers might become the subject of discrimination based on inherited traits . |
| 23 | Yet , when I saw him on this occasion , he seemed more than usually calm and quiet , which , given that the most painful of interrupters might arrive at any hour , showed that when , in the very essay I was delivering to him , he had talked about the necessity for the ‘ discipline and training of the emotions ’ , he meant what he said and practised it . |
| 24 | ‘ This rule means a lot of managers might feel it necessary to have a goalkeeper as one of their five substitutes . ’ |
| 25 | The presence of aggression rooms where workers can relieve their frustration on plastic effigies of managers might indicate that loyalty is ‘ perishable and the tremendous fuss about loyalty results not from its spontaneous presence but the need to nurture it ’ ( Woronoff 1983 p.68 ) . |
| 26 | Either of two sets of conditions might have brought the Spanish Civil War to a very different end : an immediate rallying of support from the Republic 's fellow democracies , or Soviet assistance for a broad-based , revolutionary war rather than a sectarian , conventional one . |
| 27 | A number of things might have happened underground . |
| 28 | If you know something about the deeper inner workings of computers then you can make use of this fact to guess what sort of things might cause a program some difficulties . |
| 29 | With a corporation that is in trouble a lot of actions might make things worse so the natural tendency is to try to escape from the present troubles by setting a specific objective and moving towards that . |
| 30 | Both trends are well attested at Water Newton , especially in the Kate 's Cabin suburb , as well as at Ilchester and at Bath , where the appearance of mosaics might indicate some level of intramural concentration of wealth . |