Example sentences of "might [vb infin] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | They might prefer to be irresistibly appealing in the nude , so would we all , but that ca n't always be the case . |
| 2 | the less experienced teams might prefer to be placed early on in the programme as it can be unnerving to be left waiting ; |
| 3 | I had not done so before merely because I had not thought of them in this context ; I had supposed that you might prefer to be at some slight remove from the nefarious influences of the department … |
| 4 | There is nothing essentially new in thus narrowing the scope of will ; most of mankind throughout most of its history seems to have taken it for granted that they were moved by forces from beyond them and mysterious to them , which might lift them above or drag them below the capacities of which they might presume to be in command ( in Christian theology , the unpredictable visitations of divine grace assisting a will otherwise impotent to resist the Devil ) , and in the present century , ever since Freud demonstrated that the same conception of man could be translated from a religious into a psychological language , we have found ourselves thinking our way back to it . |
| 5 | The Col d'Osquich is lucky you might think to be called . |
| 6 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 7 | She and Rufus and Adam himself had all been putting forward the names of people they knew who might want to be part of a commune , likely people of the right sort of age and the right sort of temperament . |
| 8 | I thought he might want to be alone . ’ |
| 9 | One member of the group might seek participation and greater responsibility , whereas another might want to be told what to do . |
| 10 | In some cases , for example the high profile job of a Press Officer or the technically demanding role of Planning Secretary , committee members might want to be sure they are filled by people with the right qualities . |
| 11 | You might want to be able to sort of get to their flat very quickly . |
| 12 | Now , er , I do n't know er why you might want to be unlisted , ex-directory , not in the book . |
| 13 | As Sperber and Wilson have shown , there is a variety of reasons why a hearer who was not in a position to process an utterance or block of utterances might want to be presented with a summary of it , and correspondingly , a variety of different sorts of summaries that a speaker might provide . |
| 14 | She thought it outrageous that he should even think she might want to be friends in the circumstances . |
| 15 | Yes if she 's coming out you mean you do n't , you do n't have to do it all tonight she wan might want to be talking about erm her grading a lot so you ca n't expect her to do any work until she 's got that out of her system she might want to go on for an hour or so . |
| 16 | The relational perspective simply explores the social features of any knowledge process , regardless of any claims it might make to be independent of social determination . |
| 17 | It also covers you for anything that might need to be done in between . |
| 18 | This is a landmark visible for miles along the coast ; indeed there was a protest from seafarers when in recent years it was feared the spire might need to be dismantled . |
| 19 | Tyrone , might need to be increased after assessment . |
| 20 | Once the family sessions have begun , the counsellor has to ensure that the family group is maintained , despite the many potentially explosive problems and difficulties that might need to be discussed . |
| 21 | Some might need to be tossed out ; indeed it was these younger fry who mostly glared at one another . |
| 22 | I argued that there was a lack of clarity ( or clear research evidence ) concerning what these appropriate qualities might be , an unfortunate tendency to abstract approved-of skills from consideration of the contextual circumstances in which they might need to be employed , and an inclination to present a one-sided interpretation of the implications of specialist subject expertise for teaching quality . |
| 23 | A player will recover somewhat between matches , but an injured player might need to be rested for longer . |
| 24 | Our earlier discussion suggests that : ( a ) a trade-off might need to be established between these two objectives , and ( b ) additional policy tools might need to be used to achieve a more desirable combination of objectives . |
| 25 | Our earlier discussion suggests that : ( a ) a trade-off might need to be established between these two objectives , and ( b ) additional policy tools might need to be used to achieve a more desirable combination of objectives . |
| 26 | To Bede , for whom Oswald became king in 634 and died in 642 , Oswine 's ninth year was 651 ( HE V , 24 ) , but again , if Eadwine was killed in 634 , not 633 , and Oswald perished in 643 , not 642 , Oswine 's ninth year would be 651/2 and the year of his death , therefore , might need to be emended to 652 ( see Appendix , Fig. 7.1 ) . |
| 27 | I might need to be set up and ready to go , with up to £600 to spend . |
| 28 | Other spirits were extremely malignant and much to be feared , and if prayer or lasting failed to exorcise them then the mine might need to be closed . |
| 29 | The video depicts in graphic detail some of the most difficult sexual positions and even admits that experimenters might need to be double-jointed . |
| 30 | I have alerted the Director of Education to the likelihood that a decision on whether or not to take up the school site might need to be taken sooner than originally thought . |