Example sentences of "it might [vb infin] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Dougal wondered if the absence of upper-case letters was a conscious literary gimmick ; alternatively , it might suggest a simple failure to master the typewriter 's shift-key . |
2 | Indeed it might have-in a different situation where some or all of the rest of the causal circumstance for e was missing . |
3 | ‘ I hope it might give a ten year old kid a little inspiration , a little boost and when it comes out of him , I 'm happy . |
4 | Her solicitor had said it might fit a safety-deposit box at the Venetian bank . |
5 | It might make a few people think , which is good . |
6 | Within western society it might represent a socio-economic group , people in a particular employment or a young people 's counter-culture and so on . |
7 | Alternatively , it might represent a pessimistic feeling about the ability to carry the existing borrowing . |
8 | Some day it might fetch a pretty packet . |
9 | It might signify a whole host of different things , such as the person is : |
10 | Hardly a barrel of laughs but it might raise a few smiles . |
11 | If this sediment were carbonate-rich , it might imply a short cycle time because carbonate deep-sea sediment was rare before 600 million years ago . |
12 | It might have a better chance of survival at home with me . |
13 | But also it might have a greater effect on leukaemic cells , which divide more frequently , probably use more folic acid , and are thus more vulnerable to a competitive antagonist . |
14 | On lap 21 , it seemed it might have a niggling problem with its drivers as Patrese made a serious lunge down the inside and Mansell made an equally serious attempt to stop him . |
15 | It might include a complex co-ordination between arms and legs as in driving a car . |
16 | It might include a direct reference to a sovereign ruler or a state , or a more indirect one such as an achievement of the ruler or a symbol of the state 's religious life . |
17 | What is now required is a simple instruction set without idiosyncrasies , since a compiler may be unable to recognize points in a program where it might use a sophisticated facility . |
18 | It seems that it might take a great deal of commitment and determination to drag yourself out in the pouring rain or snow , until you think about how much you miss your husband when you can not even touch him for nearly two weeks . |
19 | If a picture is worth a thousand words , it might take a thousand words to describe a picture . |
20 | ‘ It might take a few games for Martin to settle into the side but he is a good team man and strong defensively . |
21 | He said they were fine , but that it might take a few weeks for the lenses to settle in my eyes . |
22 | ‘ But it might take a few years . |
23 | It might steal a fair bit of the SSC 's glory . |
24 | and the reason for that was because if left in it might mislead a prospective purchaser |
25 | It might provide a temporary suspension of concern about school work , being bullied , or growing up ( or feeling one is not growing up ) . |
26 | There was a ‘ Sold ’ sticker on the board , and she stood gazing at it for a moment as though it might provide a magic solution to all her problems . |
27 | He clearly regards the management of the mound as his own particular responsibility and expertise , for if the female comes to the mound to lay at a time when opening it might cause a dangerous fluctuation in its temperature , he will refuse to do so and drives her away . |
28 | ‘ I can see it might cause a few problems . ’ |
29 | If you know anything about it at all , now that — If you can tell us anything it might save a young girl 's life . ’ |
30 | There can be no sense in the DTI 's refusal to publish the House of Fraser report on the grounds that it might prejudice a Serious Fraud Office inquiry when it took the opposite course over Blue Arrow . |