Example sentences of "[conj] it might [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might involve them in consulting books and other sources , or it might involve practical investigations . |
| 2 | The truth is that they had a narcissistic preoccupation with their own past ; any information they could glean about ‘ savage society ’ was eagerly seized upon in the hope that it might shed further light on their own origins . |
| 3 | Doetsch found that his synthetic analogue prevented the normal development of the viral infection within the cells , prompting him to suggest that it might have therapeutic potential ( Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences , 1981 , vol 78 , p 6699 ) . |
| 4 | Although , therefore , I may ( as indeed I do ) very much doubt whether the effect of the agreement , as a conditional waiver of the interest to which she was by law entitled under the judgment , was really present to the mind of the judgment creditor , still I can not deny that it might have that effect , if capable of being legally enforced . |
| 5 | Each hand drilled hole had to be carefully positioned in order that it might have greatest effect , but it did not matter so much with machine holes . |
| 6 | And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now . |
| 7 | I wanted to choose for myself , yes , but I also wanted to escape into a world of certainties , which I knew to be unreal while desperately wanting to believe that it might have some reality . |
| 8 | I dared not go to his house , fearing that it might cause further trouble for him . |
| 9 | Although it was being carried out at Winnington , home of ICI 's Alkali Division , it was being sponsored in part by the company 's dyestuffs interests , in the hope that it might provide new routes to organic chemicals used as intermediates . |
| 10 | The proposal attracted strong opposition , some arguing that it might withdraw legal protection from the weak and vulnerable , others arguing that the fundamental ethical problems could not be satisfactorily resolved by legal definition . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I mean , I 'll get a box sent to me and it might get one spin at home so that I can relax , sort of wipe my brow knowing it does n't jump , the quality 's good and it 's loud enough … ’ |
| 13 | But it might suit some people . |
| 14 | If this were all that Goody claimed he was saying there would still be problems of definition but it might provide some insight into the specific nature of classical Greece and the specific forms of literacy developed there . |
| 15 | Xerox Corp , figures , page five , says it expects the European economy to remain weak for the rest of the year , but Xerox forecasts ‘ some encouraging signs of recovery ’ in Japan for the remainder of 1993 ; the plan to leave the financial services business remains on track but it might take several years . |
| 16 | He had been told from the start that recovery would happen , but it might take some years , so he felt their hopes were realistic . |
| 17 | He further argued , or at least implied , that to permit a ‘ non-catholic ’ to adopt children would be wrong because it might put such children 's eternal salvation in jeopardy ( Whyte 1980 : 188–9 ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Later on , the word ‘ magic ’ replaces the accurate translation ‘ black magic ’ , presumably because it might offend racial sensibilities . |
| 19 | Stroud District Council says it ca n't allow the face to stay because it might tempt other people to paint their dishes . |
| 20 | OSF because it might get additional royalties for its technologies , particularly the Distributed Computing Environment ( DCE ) . |
| 21 | It feels almost as though it might stay this way for ever . ’ |
| 22 | Finally , and most important , came the great spread of popular education which , though it might destroy old habits , also created a new discipline . |
| 23 | But there 's no way I intentionally tried to hurt him , even though it might look that way . |
| 24 | It is important to note the implications of not calling the police ; for example , insofar as it might affect future insurance claims . |