Example sentences of "[adj] might [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Letterman resists the temptation to sneer at what some might consider pretentiousness . |
| 2 | Policy is decided by the leadership and there are various er mechanisms for passing erm the leadership 's ideas on to the rank and file , various systems of , of education , some might say indoctrination and so on , but no real inner party er democracy , no real er involvement in the decision making processes by this mass membership of ordinary peasants . |
| 3 | It is thought that this might give relief to the husband for capital gains tax for the period from when the settlement is established ( ie the court order or when the agreement between the parties was finalised ) until its termination , but the application of this section to such a situation is not wholly clear . |
| 4 | This might involve intercourse , touching , exposure of the sexual organs , showing pornographic material or talking about sexual things in an erotic way . |
| 5 | This might throw light on his uncomplimentary nickname too , and on how , as the charter S 933 of 1014 reveals , " the attacks and plunderings of the evil Danes " gave him possession of a Dorset estate of the church of Sherborne , which he eventually sold for a great price in gold and silver to a friend of the monks , who returned it to them . |
| 6 | This might do harm in dealings with a country which wished to remain non-aligned . |
| 7 | The authors suggested that this might represent end organ resistance to growth hormone . |
| 8 | This might explain Shell 's reluctance to commercialise or even patent the reaction . |
| 9 | ‘ I must tell you , this might mean surgery or some form of drugs … ’ |
| 10 | This might necessitate access to other members of staff at short notice . |
| 11 | ‘ This might make conservative , this , ’ says Clint , thinking back to his recent viewing of Basic Instinct , ’ but I think it 's a bad day , me , when people like Michael Douglas are seen fookin' noshing on a woman 's minge . |
| 12 | This might require specialist knowledge in some industry or region of the world . |
| 13 | It is recognized that this might cause expenditure problems in telephone expense but , if it is sited in the library , it is under constant supervision and control , which would preclude unauthorized use of the telephone system and allow a proper accounting system of telephone costs , which could be charged to the per capita of the department using the system , similar to the way in which Rank Xerox is administered . |
| 14 | Taken to its logical conclusion this might encourage software developers to adopt a " clean-room " approach , denying access to existing software by the programmers and analysts in an effort to try to prevent accusations of copying . |
| 15 | He refused to give details of the type , quantity and condition of the explosive or identify the ‘ terrorist paraphernalia ’ , although it is possible this might include timing devices or detonators . |
| 16 | A fairly recent example of this might include Law and Dunbar-Naysmith , the Edinburgh New Town partnership which designed Sunninghill Park . |
| 17 | Weekly-collection credit ( and to some extent this might include catalogue mail order ) is an attractive buying habit for people — especially poorer people , paid weekly . |
| 18 | In the context of financial conglomerates , this might concern information , say , in the corporate finance arm which could be used by the investment arm for its own account dealing . |
| 19 | since there is no individual responsibility for decisions , this might invite compromise instead of clear-cut decisions , besides weakening individual responsibility throughout the organisation . |
| 20 | It is essential that the Security Service should be kept absolutely free from political bias or influence and nothing should be done that might lend colour to any suggestion that it is concerned with the interests of any particular section of the community , or with any other matter than the Defence of the Realm as a whole . |
| 21 | Moreover the assay requires immunoprecipitation that might be detrimental for detection of proteins ( other than bZIP proteins ) that only weakly associate with CREB or that might prevent recognition of CREB by the CREB antobody . |
| 22 | If it can not , that might mean victory for the state in the second debate . |
| 23 | I wo n't deny that might find favour with our Masters . ’ |
| 24 | Everywhere , transistors give off the Reggae beat , making the place a party that never stops , and that might catch fire . |
| 25 | These might include brush boxes or trays . |
| 26 | These might include brush boxes or trays . |
| 27 | These might include market growth or decline . |
| 28 | For works on paper I often use a mixture of techniques applied in successive layers and these might include gouache , tempera , watercolour with acrylic applied as a final layer . |
| 29 | However , the statement was not defamatory : to say that someone is seriously ill might excite pity , but not ridicule or disrespect . |
| 30 | The auctioneer also suggested the latter might accept reimbursement lower than the bids recorded in 1990 and closer to recent market prices . |