Example sentences of "[det] might [verb] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might give a little pause to those who dogmatically believe that poverty is a direct consequence of ‘ overpopulation ’ . |
| 2 | This might involve a prolonged search and thus discourage the specialisation that is so important in increasing output : in a barter economy , an individual would try to be as self-sufficient as possible because of the problems of trading . |
| 3 | This might involve a direct effect on T-cell precursors , perhaps reflecting a continuation of the dependence of stem cells in the bone marrow on contact with fibroblasts or their matrix products . |
| 4 | This might make a good science fiction story — The White Cloud , it could be called — but for our purposes a computer model like the monkey/Shakespeare model is easier to grasp . |
| 5 | It is suggested in Bramwell on Taxation of Companies and Company Reconstructions that this might constitute a value-shifting arrangement entitling the Revenue to adjust the consideration on a disposal of Target 's shares , though the Revenue have indicated that payments for group relief would not usually constitute value shifting — see the Institute of Chartered Accountants ' Technical Release TR 291 . |
| 6 | While this might seem a basic requirement , it has resulted in a wide range of design criteria , each designed to fully respond to the environmental conditions . |
| 7 | If you have a frequency meter of any sort , check at pin 10 of IC1 to see that the frequency is between 20kHz to 25kHz ; this might seem a big variation but the design works over this range . |
| 8 | For members of the nobility the struggles of Lancaster and York could have drastic results , particularly for those who incurred forfeiture through ending up on the losing side ; although attainders could be reversed and lands restored , this might take a long time ( 130 , Ch.5 ) . |
| 9 | This might have a significant effect on out-of-season trade . |
| 10 | Page 's choice of motets illustrated how the different texts could be closely interrelated — as in Par un matinct l'autrier / He bergier / He sire / Eius , which could be summarised as ‘ aspects of pastoral love ’ — or how each might furnish a satirical commentary on the other — as in Ypocrite pseudopontifices / O quam sancta / Et gaudebit , with its antithetical opinions of the high clergy . |
| 11 | There were two routes to follow : on the one hand he could try and solve the murder , but that might make a bad situation worse . |
| 12 | That might yield a perverse bliss compared with his present adversity . |
| 13 | That might seem a needless question to ask . |
| 14 | That might sound a ludicrous attempt to escape paying for a colour TV licence , but he obviously thought it was worth a try . |
| 15 | That might take a long time , they intimated . |
| 16 | It is not principally provided by banks , though these might supply a new director or two if things go wrong . |