Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like many scientists , campaigners at Friends of the Earth in London ( including the author ) had assumed that the absence of strong evidence for forest decline in Britain might be due to a combination of climate ( moist conditions good for growing trees ) coupled with the possibility that magnesium in rain coming in from the sea might counteract leaching by acid rain . |
| 2 | Incidentally , any players interested in other courses at The Guitar Institute , Basstech or Drumtech might fancy going along to their second Open Day on Saturday , 19th September at either 3.00pm or 5.00pm … |
| 3 | To speed their return , the Poles suggest their workmen might build housing for them at home — with German money . |
| 4 | You might think opening a new gentleman 's outfitters in Savile Row is like taking coal to Newcastle . |
| 5 | wheel bearings might want doing that bloke 's |
| 6 | about , so I 'm sure some of them might want washing |
| 7 | A few unsprayed crops might survive providing most are sprayed but if none was sprayed , widespread damage would ensure in some years . |
| 8 | Abuses of dominant positions might include demanding excessively high royalty rates or refusal to grant licences but being in a dominant position , per se , does not conflict with article 86 . |
| 9 | If the whole class is involved in researching a topic — which might include using the computer , browsing through the library , watching a video programme — it becomes easier to supervise the work of one small group ( that might , for example , be preparing an interview ) . |
| 10 | Other methods of stimulating volume might include controlling trading hours ( by concentrating liquidity in a particular time frame , as on the metal and cocoa rings ) or by lengthening the hours , to attract business from other time zones . |
| 11 | Vague objectives might include maintaining a market share or keeping up with technology or offering good value to the customer . |
| 12 | This might include shifting the burden of proof so that defendants have to satisfy the jury that they were sure they were not trading on illicit information . |
| 13 | What steps are reasonable in any particular case will obviously depend on the circumstances in which the policeman ( or the citizen ) finds himself , but these might include requiring trespassers to leave , requiring a speaker to move from his chosen spot , or to desist from speaking altogether , calling for quiet when noise seems likely to provoke a breach of the peace ; in short , anything that is necessary to prevent the breach from occurring . |
| 14 | Other topics might include moving from practice into industry , part-time working or going back to work full time while caring for a young family . |
| 15 | You may not accept invitations to speak on TV or radio programmes , participate in surveys or contribute to publications which might include commenting on the work of the ES or other Government Departments without having first gained permission from your manager . |
| 16 | You may not accept invitations to speak on TV or radio programmes , participate in surveys or contribute to publications which might include commenting on the work of the ES or other Government Departments without having first gained permission from your manager . |
| 17 | Such policies might include raising federal taxes , cutting government expenditure , and raising interest rates in the USA . |
| 18 | This might include offering a verbal report to a staff meeting or circulating a short written report , asking pupils to identify any pieces of information they would like brought back from the secondment , or giving a talk to a tutor group . |
| 19 | This might include exploiting various language functions in different social contexts , as well as being able to participate in conversations . |
| 20 | On top of all this , there is some risk that the Soviet Union is returning to its hardline ways , which might include tilting back to Iraq . |
| 21 | Examples might include having case-study documents of the new intake available as a starting point for a drama about prison ; a huge map for a drama about Treasure Island ; and architect 's designs of Paris sewers for a drama about a bank robbery ( I referred to this lesson in Chapter 5 ) . |
| 22 | However we also made it clear that as one part of Labour 's wider democratic agenda , that we were sympathetic to looking at a plurality of electoral systems and that this might include legislating for a regional list system of proportional representation for future European elections . |
| 23 | Huw , a brown-eyed version of Feargal himself , accompanied by a pretty little blonde girl , looked as though he might enjoy causing chaos just for the hell of it . |
| 24 | He might enjoy exploring the many rooms that , while not too wonderful graphically , serve their purpose well enough . |
| 25 | I think I might enjoy writing end-of-term reports for the stinkers in my class . |
| 26 | After a drink she might enjoy slamming to him the suggestion that Steve and Maria Luisa might get back together again . |
| 27 | The weary visitor would sigh with relief that the production had at least been cut to two hours , and head for the nearest library where she might enjoy reading about the buried feminine aspects of the play . |
| 28 | A a as you and various other people likely said erm a lot of people regarded it as a kind of act of erm racial er disloyalty I 'm not bothered about what race I am , I 'm just bothered about the truth , and the truth is that I think erm Moses was not Jewish well who 's to know , who 's to know erm as I said it 's a fascinating book and if , if you like that kind of detective story approach to history , you , you might , you might enjoy reading it , erm there are , i it raises a lot of other issues , many of which I 'll talk about in the , in the lectures , so I , I wo n't waste time say repeating it all here . |
| 29 | You might enjoy doing something like that . ’ |
| 30 | The main pieces of equipment that might need replacing in a system are the boiler and the radiators . |