Example sentences of "[adj] might [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those allowing themselves 1,500 calories daily might reach a fibre intake of 50g daily . |
| 2 | Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time . |
| 3 | Using a mouse is very convenient — but some might prefer the keyboard . |
| 4 | Some might prefer the head not to be next to the cooker |
| 5 | Larvae may also be picked up by the bloodstream and carried to other organs ; and some might reach the anterior mesenteric artery , which is the main source of blood to the intestines . |
| 6 | Some might regard the frequent leaks of sensitive government documents as a consequence of this tension . |
| 7 | One positive result of a newly motivated group would be that some might see the advantages to themselves of returning to full-time education at the age of sixteen . |
| 8 | Some might like a push stick for safety but I 've never bothered . |
| 9 | It should be possible to live in any one of them without staff , though some might need a large and willing family to maintain them . |
| 10 | Yet if I reflect upon what happened , in what some might call an existential manner , or attempt what physicists might call a ‘ thought experiment ’ to reconstruct my situation , I can see myself as having been assailed by various impulses : to assist the dog and stop the car , to comfort the children , to drive on lest I and they were to be injured in an accident , to avoid the horror of confronting a demented animal . |
| 11 | For instance , one gene might influence the angle of branching , another might influence the length of some particular branch . |
| 12 | Another might publish the expenditure of employees , premises , etc. within primary , secondary , continuing education . |
| 13 | Among some people who have been involved in negotiations at Geneva on laws-of-war matters there is a genuine concern that any neat set of rules limiting the use of nuclear weapons in one way or another might have the unfortunate effects either of weakening deterrence ; or else , contrariwise , of seeming to legitimise such uses of nuclear weapons as are not covered in any agreement ; or else of being nothing more than a paper accord , which would be of little real value in a conflict . |
| 14 | And while ‘ rain ’ to the Orcadian might signify a daily fact of nature to be tolerated or combatted , to the drought-ridden of Ethiopia or Somalia ‘ rain ’ would be a life-giver , a cause for joyous celebration . |
| 15 | Mr Siaurusevicius said that this might split the Lithuanian Party , with the majority approving the proposal , and a minority remaining members of the All-Union Party . |
| 16 | This might give a little pause to those who dogmatically believe that poverty is a direct consequence of ‘ overpopulation ’ . |
| 17 | This might satisfy the legal practitioner or practical reformer but could not be sufficient for the political theorist for whom the issue of order is of central importance . |
| 18 | The first level of branches below this might contain the systems which , if any of them failed , could cause the ‘ top ’ failure . |
| 19 | This might involve a direct effect on T-cell precursors , perhaps reflecting a continuation of the dependence of stem cells in the bone marrow on contact with fibroblasts or their matrix products . |
| 20 | This might involve a prolonged search and thus discourage the specialisation that is so important in increasing output : in a barter economy , an individual would try to be as self-sufficient as possible because of the problems of trading . |
| 21 | Since Ford would dominate the UK car market , it was hoped that the company would have a major interest in ensuring that this market was successful and that this might involve the expansion of research and development in the UK . |
| 22 | This might involve the child in selecting a picture or an object from an array to match the word or words spoken by the teacher or therapist . |
| 23 | This might involve the granting of concessions to the subordinate classes or political forms which allow a real degree of choice , in order to maintain an overall world view which preserves capitalism by distorting beliefs , values , common sense assumptions and popular culture . |
| 24 | This might affect the amount of money you have available to withdraw . |
| 25 | Since aggressive animals often have higher testosterone levels than normal this might aid a male in persisting in attacks on harem males and thereby in gaining a harem . |
| 26 | While this might stop the behaviour it might also stop him ringing you when he is really in difficulties . |
| 27 | Firstly , the offensive must be spread at once to the Left Bank ; not , now , because this might represent the best way to Verdun , but ‘ rather on the tactical necessity of relieving our main attack ’ . |
| 28 | This might reflect the individual 's lack of interest in normal social factors , some error in the pathway linking time-cues to the body clock or some abnormality in the clock itself — an insensitivity to normal time-cues , for example . |
| 29 | This might prevent the integration process ( Figure 2.2 ) or interfere with the copying of integrated DNA into the messenger RNA molecules that are used to direct protein synthesis ( Figure 2.3 ) . |
| 30 | Some EC countries had argued that if intra-marginal interventions could be financed through the EMCF then this might prevent the obligatory interventions when a currency had reached the limits of its permitted flexibility . |