Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] might have [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have striven to avoid statements of attainment that require assessment which might have undesirable effects in the classroom , for example the use of language exercises out of context or other activities of an arid kind . |
| 2 | Sheridan had struck up an acquaintanceship with the actor-murderer Giles , a slightly bizarre eventuality which might have odd consequences . |
| 3 | And so , you know , on the business desk you might have three teams and the first team is only doing the first page and the opinion and the second team is doing a large amount of financial news and the third team is doing the company news , and then the erm there 's a graphics person who 's working on charts and stuff . |
| 4 | The article criticised the ‘ hopeless confusion of the post-war years ’ which had created the risk ‘ that in incompetent hands this country may go drifting on either towards a sharp crisis which might have revolutionary consequences , or to dictatorship , or perhaps worse still to gradual decline … |
| 5 | Explaining this they went on to say that perhaps if they did not have to put up with Keith 's trying behaviour every day until evening they might have fewer rows . |
| 6 | But forget any notion you might have that sisterhood land secretaries ) are powerful . |
| 7 | At Horkstow we might have another example of such usage — an interpretation supported by the cosmic imagery , the role of the kneeling figures , and the inclusion of a guilloche border which otherwise diminishes the design 's radius . |
| 8 | But that if they did not make progress we were going to be in a really difficult situation which might have military overtones as well . |
| 9 | I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold . |
| 10 | Of course , Tocqueville recognized that the development of the industrial system itself might have important effects upon the democratic regime , especially through the emergence in productive industry of a new ‘ aristocracy ’ , but he was inclined to regard this as an exceptional and temporary phenomenon which would not be able to withstand the general tendency of democracy to bring about greater equality . |
| 11 | However , erm , thinking that er , one day , er , you might marry erm , a prince or princess , Freud says is an , is an illusion , in the sense that er , people do sometimes marry princ princes and princesses , it could happen , it 's not very likely to happen to any particular individual who might have that wish , but it could happen . |
| 12 | That way she might have some protection against Jack Lawrence and his hyperactive lips ! |
| 13 | The senior partner explained patiently that the nurse herself might have suspect motives in accusing the doctor of malpractice . |