Example sentences of "might [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those on windowsills could be too cold at night , for example , while plants which spend the summer in darker corners might prefer a bright spot near to the window . |
| 2 | Third , because there is reason to suspect that the Prime Minister herself might prefer a devaluation to further expensive and , probably , futile attempts to ‘ buck the markets ’ by penalising her heartland constituency of home owners . |
| 3 | Some people covered by the conventional company scheme might prefer a personal pension . |
| 4 | One might prefer a priest or minister and sometimes retired clergy have both the experience and time for this sort of ministry . |
| 5 | Dwarfs are a bit slow so you might prefer a more steady advance with more war machines to pound the stunties before you go in . |
| 6 | But some creditors might prefer a bigger pay-out sooner to financing a risky and expensive test-case . |
| 7 | The country might prefer a tired to an unfamiliar team . |
| 8 | The intensity of their feeling was due not just to fear that the landed interest might suffer but to the affront caused to a governing class centred on London and the Home Counties by the notion that those living in the provinces might prefer a degree of local autonomy . |
| 9 | He might prefer a building society deposit or a National Savings instrument or government bonds or equities . |
| 10 | With wall hangings you can choose a bold , vivid effect that will be the focal point of the room ; or you might prefer a subdued pattern that will tone in with the surroundings . |
| 11 | Or you might prefer a Rennie Mackintosh square to complement your customised , Glasgow-style gown and stationery . |
| 12 | Cats sleep a lot , so let them choose their own spots — instead of a cosy fireside , your two might prefer an old box on top of the filing cabinet . |
| 13 | If it is new and unfamiliar , you might experience a sense of physical pleasure . |
| 14 | For example from the relative disaster in automobile manufacturing might arise a new concept of the car that is amazingly successful . |
| 15 | One disadvantage of the tokamak is that it has a pulsed discharge ( although there have been various suggestions as to how we might design a continuous tokamak ) while the stellarator and EBT are DC ( continuous ) toroidal configurations . |
| 16 | So they might design their own tattoo or they might design a fairground erm frontage , based on what they 've seen years ago |
| 17 | But there were intimacies at the opposite end of the social scale — in which a barrow girl might fancy a young police constable , or a socially mobile ‘ buck ’ might seek advice from the local fount of authority and knowledge . |
| 18 | ‘ I thought you might fancy a drink , ’ he said , without preamble . |
| 19 | One answer to this question might utilize an optical theory of the telescope that explains its magnifying properties and that also gives an account of the various aberrations to which we can expect telescopic images to be subject . |
| 20 | Any of us might torture a stranger , even a friend , she says , if we are told to . |
| 21 | ‘ But do n't start getting any ideas that she might throw a fit of jealousy . |
| 22 | At the same time , such a study might throw an interesting light on the way we currently analyse our popular rivals . |
| 23 | Some small groups within lineages might build a shrine at the burial place of a revered grandfather , call him sidi ( lord ) , and visit the shrine in a group from time to time . |
| 24 | An individual might build a local paper from nothing and retain the ownership intact . |
| 25 | Once there , he could claim she was dead ; in the West , she might build a new life . |
| 26 | Agriculture campaigner Robin Maynard said : ‘ £31 million over three years might build a few ornamental ponds in the countryside but it is hardly going to generate a major shift in agricultural policy from over-intensive agriculture to sustainable farming practice . ’ |
| 27 | One argument given earlier was that the processor might treat a proper name as signalling the status of main character , and so bring about a relatively high proportion of singular continuations made to this character . |
| 28 | Until a few weeks ago she had been scarcely aware of him except as a friendly and familiar face in class ; but now , now she was very much aware of him — and he was very definitely aware of her ; much to Erika 's embarrassment sitting with her and Rosa at lunch , at the next desk in class , asking her out to the cinema and even , to Erika 's amazement and , she suspected , his own , offering to help Paul with his homework — in the Nordern home , that is — an offer declined both by Erika and Paul , although Paul did corner Fritz in school and suggest to him that if he actually did the homework then he , Paul , would further his , Fritz 's , courtship of Erika ; Paul being shrewd enough to guess the motive behind Fritz 's philanthropic gesture even though the square on the hypotenuse might remain a mystery to him . |
| 29 | Even though fewer than three thousand people are now engaged in whaling , directly and indirectly , their loss of support might trigger a loss of confidence among other rural people and jeopardise the LDP 's increasingly frail hold on government ; an office they have held for more than 25 years . |
| 30 | Finance Minister Itzhak Moda'i warned that the government spending required to finance Sharon 's scheme would cause a massive expansion in the budget deficit , and might trigger a return to the high inflation of the early 1980s . |