Example sentences of "[noun pl] might [adv] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were given a choice between a familiar and a novel member of the opposite sex , birds might actually choose the familiar even when the novel really did not look so very different to our eyes ( Miller , 1979 ; Bateson , 1980 ; Slater & Clements , 1981 ) . |
| 2 | Colonial merchants might not like the English monopoly of trade , but they wanted their markets in England , so there was unlikely to be opposition to the general principles of the Acts of Trade . |
| 3 | Of course , it could simply mean that winter foetuses might not get the same diet as others . |
| 4 | Because the structure , constitution and objectives of public sector organizations vary so much , it would be impracticable to suggest a standard role for audit committees but such committees might usefully embrace the following : |
| 5 | For instance , the seller of goods might expressly exclude the statutory implied terms relating to the goods — The Seller gives no undertaking that the goods are fit for any particular purpose . |
| 6 | Since the infra-red reflectance is strongly linked to the presence of water it was thought possible that unfiltered readings might not show the same decline — since to the eye at least the area does not decline until the onset of withering , which occurs only at a much later stage . |
| 7 | The absence of these factors might also explain the higher arrest rate of blacks in the lighter areas . |