Example sentences of "[modal v] well [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus a 10-month-old baby who failed to respond to its name , or to betray signs of recognition towards its mother , twin sister , or even its rattle , might well give therapists cause for concern ; which is not to say that the normal baby , who does succeed in reacting appropriately , is thereby yet self -conscious . |
| 2 | A top-level decision to embark on a nuclear weapons programme … might well involve falsification of records and a good deal of covering up . |
| 3 | Those who know southern England might well expect Wallingford to be already a mere dormitory of London . |
| 4 | In those days trainers looked like window cleaners and the likelihood was that when they were n't looking after players on a Saturday afternoon , they might well shine windows for a living . |
| 5 | Parents armed with this information , might well think Saintbridge is not a good choice for their children . |
| 6 | The category £10-£19 covered middling or larger peasant farmers , tenants for the most part , though sometimes owner-occupiers , as well as highly skilled craftsmen ; in the village community they might well hold positions of responsibility . |
| 7 | A young couple might well anticipate marriage in the complacent and deeply rooted assumption that a pregnancy would be followed by a regularisation of the tie , but in the new economic and social situation the irregularities of the economy might well snatch away the spouse . |
| 8 | Earl Patrick might well bring Edward himself here — who had paid for the improved defences . |
| 9 | In the example here it might plausibly be supposed that the age of the pupils might well influence attainment or otherwise modify the effect of the causal factor . |
| 10 | So a self-conscious pragmatist might well decide cases in ways , and even in words , that are familiar to us . |
| 11 | Hargreaves ( 1975 ) points out that Jordan ( 1974 ) has identified two types of teacher , which might well complement Reynolds 's two types of school . |
| 12 | The wider scope of the EEC and its larger membership might well impose strains long before the end of the interim period . |
| 13 | Representation was most frequently by a friend or relative , or by a social worker , though there was a large unhelpful category labelled ‘ other ’ , which might well include welfare rights advisers . |
| 14 | As we made clear in the previous chapter , its definition of temporary workers might well include people whose jobs are available on other than a temporary basis , but who only intend to stay in these jobs for a limited period of time . |
| 15 | Such employees might well have claims for compensation against the UK government for defective implementation of the Directive , if they can show that , had the restriction not been included in the Regulations , their claim would have succeeded . |
| 16 | But any new Warden might well have difficulty in taking over . |
| 17 | An eminent nonconformist might well have reservations about a now Anglo-Catholic son seeking holy orders in the Church of England . |
| 18 | A and B might well have features in common from the outset ( the c elements in the figure ) and these will produce primary generalization — training on A will give associative strength to stimulus elements that are present also in B. The X representation functions in just the same way as the c elements in producing generalization except for the fact that the ability of A and B to activate X is based on prior conditioning . |
| 19 | Of course there are lots of questions which would have to be sorted out — the difference is the Scottish Education system , & the courses offered , for a start — & you might well have doubts about cutting yourself off from your friends & so forth . |
| 20 | What a less law-abiding , trusting soul might well call harassment if they were feeling uncharitable ? ’ |
| 21 | Such a war , if it went badly , might well cause stockmarkets to crash again . |
| 22 | So while you might well overhear Eeyore sighing to himself , and know therefore that he is n't trying to mislead anyone , it 's much less likely ( though not of course impossible ) that you 'll overhear Rabbit muttering ‘ There 's honey ’ to himself . |
| 23 | If you served at RAF Valley , Mona , Bodorgan , Llandrog , Penrhos , Hell 's Mouth , Llanbedr or Tywyn , or if you would like to know more of the aviation heritage of North Wales , you might well find Roy Sloan 's researches to be of special interest . |
| 24 | As for Boon , he and McDermott might well find places currently in a World XI . |
| 25 | Alterations in diet and even hygiene might well produce indigestion and ‘ traveller 's tummy ’ , but this does not exclude the possibility that the time-zone transition produces similar or additional changes . |
| 26 | You might well enjoy Beaumont and Fletcher 's rumbustious The Knight of the Burning Pestle — The Maid 's Tragedy is a good choice , too . |
| 27 | If a Champagne house buys its requirements in the form of must ( as opposed to grapes ) , débourbage might well take place at both the presshouse and the winery . |
| 28 | Articles appeared in the press extolling the creativity of ‘ home-making ’ ; psychiatrists warned that children who grew up without their mother 's constant care and attention were seriously deprived and might well become delinquents . |
| 29 | Given the Emperor 's dislike of Orléanism as a political creed and his aversion to the family as a whole , there was no possibility that he would willingly consent to the establishment of an Orléanist King on the Spanish throne — an event which it was feared might well raise hope among French Orléanists of a restoration of the dynasty in France . |
| 30 | Keith Richardson says it was an excellent Gloucester performance and with Wales beating England it just goes to show that the formbook can be beaten and Gloucester could well beat Bath on Saturday if they run and tackle as hard as they did in this game . |