Example sentences of "[noun] might [vb infin] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We shall be particularly interested in discussing how a recipient might come to comprehend the producer 's intended message on a particular occasion , and how the requirements of the particular recipient(s) , in definable circumstances , influence the organisation of the producer 's discourse . |
| 2 | Astute readers will note that our pages look different this week ; and those who know about journal redesign might expect to see a trickle of editorial blood emerging from The Lancet 's front door . |
| 3 | Attempts to avoid altered glycaemic control , which is a confounding variable , during the study might have masked a tendency for increased hypoglycaemia with human insulin , but since insulin doses did not change throughout the study this is also unlikely . |
| 4 | The restriction of conspiracy might seem to put the plaintiff at a disadvantage if the unlawful means is a tort against a third party or the breach of a contract to which the defendant is not a party but this is not necessarily so , for the defendant 's procurement of the commission of the tort may again expose him to liability as a joint tortfeasor , and as to a breach of contract he may anyway have committed the substantive tort of interference with an existing contract . |
| 5 | Apparently fearing that an increasingly angry president might try to disband the legislature , deputies also voted to continue their session into a fourth day today , ‘ to watch attentively that the executive observes the constitution ’ , in the words of the parliamentary chairman , Ruslan Khasbulatov . |
| 6 | Tutors might like to explore the question of whether anything could be included in the balance sheet if Transom was able to return these to its supplier . |
| 7 | One sestertius might have helped the visitor pay his way during the time of Emperor Antonius Pius . |
| 8 | One sestertius might have helped the visitor pay his way during the time of Emperor Antonius Pius . |
| 9 | A first-rate biography might have reminded the art world of his unique eloquence . |
| 10 | In contrast , the comparative stability of , for instance , Mesozoic environments might have allowed the establishment of complex ecosystems characterized by comparatively stenotopic organisms , which would have been vulnerable to even modest environmental vicissitudes . |
| 11 | Whereas a horseman might manage to plough an acre a day , a tractor driver might now manage up to forty . |
| 12 | Rex might have managed a smile . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought the notary might have backdated an agreement , but of course he wo n't . ’ |
| 14 | A second way in which Lakatos 's methodology could conceivably be supported is as follows : The methodology might serve to identify a programme that received strong support from the scientific community but which does not conform to the methodology of research programmes , and this identification might subsequently lead to the novel discovery of some external cause , such as the intervention of some government or industrial monopoly . |
| 15 | What the report does not mention is whether MI6 received any overtures from the KGB to exchange Blake , nor does it consider the possibility that the KGB might want to free an agent who served it so well . |
| 16 | In the 20th minute , Wright might have finished the game as a contest . |
| 17 | Even Phyllis 's racial prejudice might have had a touch of the humorous about it , if it were n't so offensive and pathetic . |
| 18 | Someone with imagination and funds might wish to recreate the villa to Soane 's original designs . |
| 19 | If all the people who deregistered had stayed and had voted Labour , Labour might have won the seat . |
| 20 | In his fury Pascoe might have grabbed the knife — which could have belonged to MacQuillan and been to hand — and plunged it into him . |
| 21 | On the other hand , the fact that some patients had already failed to respond to tricyclics before entering the trial might have introduced a bias against this class of drugs . |
| 22 | Here we have a possible explanation of why the Cro-Magnons might have exterminated the Neanderthals : the Neanderthals were very like them , and therefore constituted a threat . |
| 23 | With 20 minutes gone , his debut might have entered the dream category but for a fingertip save from Andy Goram . |
| 24 | If , for example , a survey showed that 80% of people in an area were concerned about their health and their diet , the retailer might consider stocking a line of health foods and ‘ natural ’ products . |
| 25 | The waxwork of Von Sydow held what was supposed to be a Bible but Paxton wondered if Ward might have substituted the Grimoire for the Holy Book . |
| 26 | Naturally , losing an order is a serious matter , but with job production it normally means waiting a short period before being asked to quote again for a different job , whereas with flow production it might be two years before the model is changed and the opportunity is provided to quote again ( by which time the buyer might have forgotten the existence of the salesperson ! ) . |
| 27 | Cantona tried hard to get involved , and within five minutes might have stolen the show , had it not been for a fine interception by Keith Curle following a fine run and cross down the left by Lee Sharpe . |
| 28 | In cases falling within this protected class , security given by the surety would , in certain circumstances , be unenforceable notwithstanding that the creditor might have had no knowledge of and not have been responsible for the vitiating feature of the transaction . |
| 29 | A less cunning photographer might have felt the urge to place a single figure , perhaps close to the columns , to give life and scale . |
| 30 | A shallow level of analysis would involve the analysis of the input for its physical details , such as lines , angles , and brightness of physical stimuli , whereas a deep level might involve finding a word which is associated with the input word . |