Example sentences of "[pron] might [vb infin] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But oh , if I might have this ability to impart the Holy Spirit ! |
| 2 | Therefore , it is important to try to identify the factors which might assist general practitioners to recognize those patients who are at special risk of attempted suicide . |
| 3 | It should not be forgotten , moreover , that Jacobite gentlemen had non-Jacobite relatives , and a favour to the kinsman in difficulties with the law was also a favour to lairds who might have good reason to expect the politician 's help . |
| 4 | I would be happy to hear from any priest who feels he would like to volunteer for five years or from suitably qualified people who might have some skill to offer . |
| 5 | You might use such money to buy or lease land , and so increase the holding you had inherited . |
| 6 | Developmental norms are an attempt to provide an indication of the ages at which one might expect ordinary children to show evidence of certain skills or abilities . |
| 7 | However , one might expect such opportunities to become more widespread as the number of such children supported in mainstream continues to grow . |
| 8 | So one might expect chemical sensitivity to run in families , if enzyme defects are a common cause of the problem . |
| 9 | If , however , the vertical axis is defined as attainable competitive strength , then one might expect most investment to take place in the top left corner . |
| 10 | If , then , we define the first aim of college as being to provide an intellectual training in the useful arts , we might leave both schools to continue their debate on what exactly constitutes usefulness in a rapidly-changing economic and social world . |
| 11 | First that , in the absence of special strengths , and on the basis of external restraints , we might expect such companies to perform worse than a plc . |
| 12 | Having seen that there is an a priori case for some governmental interference , we will pass on in chapter 3 to applications of the theory of the firm to regulated situations — how we might expect such firms to behave . |
| 13 | Were we opting for a single messy fish ( for which a two foot tank is probably not adequate anyway ) we might use both uplifts to increase the flow throughout the gravel . |
| 14 | Should we wonder that they might influence some children to think that the real world is all like that ? |
| 15 | We would appeal to anyone who thinks they might know these bikers to come forward . ’ |
| 16 | More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle , but they might need more room to manoeuvre . |
| 17 | Maybe if she and Julie did n't have such tiring , exhausting jobs they might have more time to concentrate on the culinary arts . |
| 18 | Perhaps it might make more sense to restrict people to a fixed number of pets . |
| 19 | Eugene Steuerle of the Urban Institute , who also favours increasing the exemption , accepts that it might take many years to reverse the effects of its shrinkage . |
| 20 | Stroud District Council says it ca n't allow the face to stay because it might tempt other people to paint their dishes . |
| 21 | Cook , Cook , Cook ! we croaked in deprecatory tones as one by one we crept past him cowed and cold , fearing that he might invent some pretext to detain us … we hurried to bring to his notice the only name which seems to have power in Syria , that famous name of the hydra-headed , the indispensable , the world-wide Cook . |
| 22 | I listened with great fascination to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington ( Mr. Dicks ) , thinking that he might take this opportunity to tell the House about his relationship with Professor Bedi , who is now awaiting trial in Brixton prison . |