Example sentences of "might [verb] [prep] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The measurement of length might relate to a straight line drawn on a piece of paper , to the height of a tree or to the distance of the moon from the Earth . |
| 2 | This in turn might compensate for a reduced number of active cones and visual neurons per unit of retinal area . |
| 3 | When the Ottoman empire declared war on a foreign state its unfortunate representative in Constantinople was very often immediately thrown into the Seven Towers prison there , where he might stay for a considerable time . |
| 4 | So I thought an illustration of Mark 's later playing , as demonstrated on Dire Straits latest album ‘ On Every Street ’ , might make for a welcome change . |
| 5 | It is of course very difficult to predict all the uses you might make of a new technology until you have had time to experiment with it , so the same golden rule applies to recording as to playback : start small with a basic system to which you can add . |
| 6 | The analysis might concentrate on a small moment within a restricted world . |
| 7 | Guth suggested that the universe might behave in a similar way : the temperature might drop below the critical value without the symmetry between the forces being broken . |
| 8 | A secondee might focus on a particular issue : for example , training , recruitment or appraisal . |
| 9 | They also sensed that it would help them to make sure that managed competition was made to work ; they feared that , if it failed , politicians might opt for a government-run programme that would cut them out entirely . |
| 10 | If your eyes should wander from the action on the stage at The Theatre in Chipping Norton , they might fall on an unusual dedication on the walls . |
| 11 | ’ ( ‘ Outside ’ was quite a sumptuous place in its little way ; a good walk from the house , along a winding path between yew and box trees and down some artistically rounded white steps , to a trellised porch with chequered black and red tiled floor , where an escort might wait on a dark night . |
| 12 | In cross-section ( Fig. 3 ) , the wound front generally has a rounded or only slightly angular profile , rather than the flattened cellular protrusions one might expect at a leading edge that was actively crawling forwards over the exposed mesenchyme . |
| 13 | Within this general analysis there is a considerable variety of micro-climates — as one might expect on a small island in the Atlantic with altitudes from sea-level to 1,800 metres . |
| 14 | This machine is no exception , and the quality of the build is better than you might expect for a bog-standard clone . |
| 15 | Diphtheria and measles , against which mass vaccinations have also been instituted , showed fairly abrupt falls immediately after introduction of the respective vaccines and indicate what one might expect of a successful programme . |
| 16 | Whilst this might be true , for some years now invertebrate neurophysiologists ( by which is meant those who study invertebrates , not a special group of researchers without backbones ! ) , who used to speak of their pet organisms as having simple nervous systems , have rephrased their claim , and refer instead to them as having ‘ simple ’ nervous systems , the inverted commas being deliberately added as a recognition that the complexity of these systems is still many orders of magnitude higher than in the genuinely simple wiring that one might expect of a mere computer . |
| 17 | AS ONE might expect from a professional prosecutor , Barbara Mills , the Director of Public Prosecutions , last week called for defendants to lose the right to choose trial by jury . |
| 18 | As you might expect from a Swedish manufacturer , the heating and ventilation are superb ; you can supply cold air to the face and warm air to the feet at the same time . |
| 19 | To human beings it might appear as a random jumble of instrumentation , but to those of the Doctor 's civilisation one glance at its internal configuration would enable the pilot to work out his position in time and space . |
| 20 | For his part , Alexei treated Jehana with the kind of respect a man might give to an aged relative , polite and always attentive , but there was a careful absence of warmth every time he spoke to her . |
| 21 | He looked like a fresh-faced schoolboy and introduced himself to Charlie as one might do to a casual acquaintance at a cocktail party . |
| 22 | Stories , much enhanced in the retelling , circulated about dirty , lice-ridden children who were ignorant of the basic rules of civilisation : the entire stock of clothing of a girl evacuee from Liverpool might consist of a light cotton dress and a pair of plimsolls ; evacuees did not know how to use a knife and fork properly ; they displayed an alarming ignorance of the joys of country life , being surprised that apples grew on trees and not in boxes ; and , worst of all , their lack of toilet training extended way beyond mere bed-wetting ( which , it was alleged , took place frequently ) to unimaginable depths of depravity . |
| 23 | One can see that cluster sampling of a city 's schools might result in a complete set of working-class schools with no middle-class ones at all ; or even completely middle-with no working-class . |
| 24 | If the person had lived and died peacefully , then his khu would likely be benevolent , although an unpleasant death might result in a violent khu . |
| 25 | Failure to meet this request might result in a lost contract . |
| 26 | Those in particular have connotations in both ways , for example in the sc the strategic level , er they might result in a whole sector being excluded from consideration . |
| 27 | Had Pardy , in a nutshell , just been carried away and thoughtless — which might result in a lesser charge — or had he set out to harm Harriet with such deadly results that this might even finish up as a trial for manslaughter ? |
| 28 | Any interruption might stop the flow , and if it gave the Colonel pause for thought , and the brain behind the little piggy eyes a chance to work , it might result in an enraged charge . |
| 29 | The other inhibition is more pragmatic : fear of unlimited losses on short positions that might result from a sudden market rally . |
| 30 | Such official intervention may in theory reduce the degree of exchange rate volatility , and so partially reduce the uncertainty in world trade that might result from a free float . |