Example sentences of "might [adv] [verb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Third , there may be rules that do not directly sanction that which might arguably constitute a breach of fiduciary obligation , but which might be thought to assume its legitimacy . |
| 2 | Both Soul and Brief History include Stephen Hawking 's anecdote about being told by the Pope that scientists might properly study the universe after the Big Bang , but that the bang , or Creation , itself , was the province of God . |
| 3 | Thus , it advocated that the Colleges of Advanced Technology should become technological universities awarding their own degrees , the National Council for Technological Awards should be replaced by the Council for National Academic Awards , the Regional Colleges of Technology should develop a wide range of advanced full-time courses , and that some of them might eventually form the nucleus of other universities or become universities in their own right . |
| 4 | The building of any further houses was resisted on the grounds that the additional families which they would attract might eventually become a charge on the poor rates during periods of economic depression . |
| 5 | ‘ Do you think I might eventually get a taste for alcohol ? ’ |
| 6 | One respondent specialising in the professional conduct of solicitors , ( including advocacy both of prosecution and defence at the Solicitor Disciplinary Tribunal ) , was concerned that the proposal in question 10 might ‘ restrict the meaning of an undertaking for the purpose of enforcement ’ , and might fundamentally alter the character of a solicitor 's undertaking . |
| 7 | Even if this does not strictly fit into the history framework , teachers will want to build on such events , or , alternatively , they might perhaps form the basis of a " once only " local unit . |
| 8 | ‘ One ’ was a word of the Chelsea set for the first person singular , and one might perhaps venture the thought of a pun in the words of the inscription . |
| 9 | He might perhaps attribute the incompleteness of his account to the fact that he is a ‘ bourgeois ’ subject , who can only glimpse an alternative view ofthe individual ; but this defence is still a problem , for even a glimpse suggests that the ISAs of the capitalist totality may be more or less effective , and this variation will have to be explained . |
| 10 | He let his fingers drift across the paper like a dowser ; as if , somehow , among the fractured patterns on the page , he might suddenly feel the heat of Ross 's madness . |
| 11 | One view is that the rising indebtedness might suddenly trigger a loss of confidence , with the consequential withdrawal of funds from the USA and massive sale of US dollars ; the exchange rate for the dollar would collapse , and with it would collapse the value of dollar-denominated assets held by non-US residents . |
| 12 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 13 | If you are heavily laden with treasure you might only manage a couple of swings of the sword before you have to rest , during which time your opponent can batter away at you ! ) |
| 14 | Contributory or employer-financed schemes , it was feared , might only help the worker with children at the expense of the childless worker . |
| 15 | ‘ Maybe that would help the lower ranked people to have the motivation and to get eager , ’ she added , while acknowledging that might merely have the effect of less ambitious ones accepting good money for being relative failures . |
| 16 | Although you might not meet an elephant on the Wilpattu jungle tracks , you know that they are there when you find a tree pulled down or bull-dozed across the road . |
| 17 | Recently one bank , Mitsui Taiyo Kobe International , warned it might not satisfy the Bank of International Settlements ' capital requirements . |
| 18 | Having slipped in this normative bias , Plekhanov goes on to consider whether a series of accidents might not change the course of history . |
| 19 | But , even if the All Blacks are subconsciously tempted to relegate the Irish to an after-thought , it might not make a bit of difference . |
| 20 | Indeed , as Paul Du Noyer noted in NME , it might not make a sausage of difference to your diet but it 's guaranteed to leave a feeling of guilt in your head as you tuck into that rump steak . |
| 21 | However , the temperature today at the base of the Cytherean exosphere rarely exceeds about 300 K , which is too low for the thermal escape of very much hydrogen even over 4600 Ma , and chemical escape might not make a lot of difference . |
| 22 | Although librarians might not make the mistake of viewing selection as censorship , amongst the general public * might be difficult to make the distinction given the sensational and mischievous coverage given to some alleged library censorship in the media . |
| 23 | Julia felt she might not make the end of the week if this went on . |
| 24 | He thought she might not last a week at Anpetuwi . |
| 25 | The popular Scot might not relish the thought of another 10 months on the road , but at least he departs his home in the West of Scotland secure in the knowledge that he has overcome the chronic putting problems which at one time threatened to end his career . |
| 26 | Pictures showing unruly behaviour or empty benches might not enhance the reputation of the House . |
| 27 | It was held ( a ) that it was a statement of present fact , namely that at the time the letter was sent the traveller had a definite and certain booking , ( b ) that that statement was false because the airline 's overbooking policy meant that the traveller 's booking was exposed to a risk that it might not give a seat on the aircraft , and ( c ) that the airline made the false statement knowingly ( and not merely recklessly ) since the airline was well aware of its own overbooking policy . |
| 28 | They 've probably not read the sign , or they might not give an indicator at all . |
| 29 | If she continued to wait it was really , in a manner , that she might not add the shame of fear , of individual , personal collapse , to all the other shames . |
| 30 | When she told me how she came to be a refugee , she paused reflectively before each statement , conscious that as a foreigner I might not know the history of Palestine before 1948 . |