Example sentences of "might [vb infin] that [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You might think that the function of the pro-am is to enable the professional to take a good look at the course under competitive conditions . |
| 2 | One might think that the distance from the monastery to the great house was considerable , but Gerard , continuing , takes it in his stride : ‘ How proud we are still in England of an old family , though , God knows , ‘ t is rare to see one now . ’ |
| 3 | Thus one might think that the possibility of spontaneous proton decay could not be tested experimentally . |
| 4 | So we might think that the correctness of translation is always evidence-transcendent . |
| 5 | It is hard to believe that it intended to withhold that protection in all cases where a jury might think that the place in question was not necessary or desirable or where the authorities could not by evidence justify their policies to a jury 's satisfaction . |
| 6 | Alternatively a pupil might know that the height of most adults is between five and six feet but fail to apply this knowledge to estimates of other lengths or heights . |
| 7 | In a biology text , one might expect that a section about mammals would have subsections about particular mammals , and the organization of those subsections would reflect that of the introductory section about mammals . |
| 8 | * Comparing the scheme shown in fig. 5.11(b) with that of Fig. 5.11(a) , we might expect that the presence of the extra active a elements would produce more effective overshadowing of the c elements during training with A. Generalization to B would therefore be reduced . |
| 9 | From the analogy with the surface of the earth , one might expect that the end of the universe would be similar to the beginning , just as the North Pole is much like the South Pole . |
| 10 | One might expect that the speech of both the narrator ( who here has the role of shop assistant on till duty ) and the obstreperous customer would both be reported in the same code : either London English or Creole , since both are young black Londoners . |
| 11 | While it might appear that the demand for redial engine overhaul is a declining trade , the need for reliable , thorough and comprehensive refurbishment of engines is all the more important . |
| 12 | In the absence of a formal QC system we are forced to consider informal or intuitive approaches or factors that might ensure that a failure of the analytical system is detected and thus prevent seriously erroneous data being reported . |
| 13 | If Tretorn wish to bid for tournaments in this Category ( Category A ) , they might assume that a bid from a company producing pressurised balls is likely to succeed . |
| 14 | Again , one might assume that the change of position occurred without any feelings of attitude-change or dissonance . |
| 15 | Intuitively , one might claim that the need for completeness which is satisfied when are angry is added to residents in ( 2 ) is of the same order as that experienced when waiting for , say , the splash of a stone thrown out over the sea , or for the arrival of food in one 's mouth when one has watched it being prepared . |
| 16 | Only Lord Scarman 's speech is couched in terms which might suggest that the refusal of a child below the age of 16 to accept medical treatment was determinative ( see [ 1986 ] A.C. 112 , 188H–189B ) because there could never be concurrent rights to consent : |
| 17 | One might suggest that the vibrancy in the Philippine health movement is a measure of the critical nature of the struggle but I could argue that it is a product of the manner in which the struggle is being waged . |
| 18 | But he might conclude that the damage to law 's role would be small and the economic gains great , and so decide to award no damages . |
| 19 | Given the pre-eminence and advanced economic development of Kent , we might conclude that the exchange of prestige items was directed towards the areas with the most marked social differentiation . |
| 20 | For instance , if the existing semantic net notes that ‘ hypertext includes text ’ , ‘ hypertext has principles ’ , and ‘ principles include database principles ’ , then an analogical inheritance guide might note that the addition of ‘ text has database principles ’ would increase the amount of analogical inheritance or regularity in the network . |
| 21 | Such spectacular animals have obviously attracted much attention , and one might suppose that the problem of how they lived would have been satisfactorily solved long ago . |
| 22 | Although one might suppose that the creation of a new party offers attractive opportunities for people previously excluded from local élites to establish themselves as leaders , it is often the case that such people do not obviously possess the right qualities . |
| 23 | The court might hold that the existence of the default power precludes the tort action ; but if the authority has not just failed to act but has taken positive action , or if it has acted ultra vires , or if it has inflicted injury on the applicant greater than that suffered by other affected parties ( ‘ special damage ’ ) , a court might be prepared to allow a tort action even in the face of a statutory default power . |
| 24 | We might hold that the meaning of a given sentence is so rich and particular that it could never be captured by another sentence in a different language . |
| 25 | It might seem that every question about language and sex is a question of sex difference , but for linguists the concept is more limited . |
| 26 | It might seem that an argument to the effect that we do n't understand the propositions we claim to know must be local rather than global . |
| 27 | Yet , looking back today , it might seem that the reaction to that birth control speech was a little over-heated . |
| 28 | Some have found considerable levels of cross-class marriage in the nineteenth century ( Penn , 1985 ) and we might speculate that the concentration of female employment in the office brings women from diverse backgrounds together and blurs class lines as people seek partners . |
| 29 | We might reply that the simplicity of cave communities is idiosyncratic rather than typical : we might ask what general ecological insights we are going to obtain from communities that lack photosynthetic plants and herbivores , and are maintained by detritus flushed down from above : but Dr Culver gives us no answer . |
| 30 | While pluralists and elite theorists might dispute that an analysis of power should start researchers collect by observation numerous pieces of evidence about the same observable relationships and phenomena in society . |