Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The plaintiff is playing with higher stakes because the cost penalty is likely to be bigger than the amount by which the defendant might overestimate the claim . |
| 2 | The trainer might prompt the trainees for alternative approaches . |
| 3 | A poll of 400 of the world 's leading climatologists organized by Greenpeace has shown that almost half think it possible that the greenhouse effect might reach the point of no return in the near future , and one in seven think it probable . |
| 4 | However , he thinks the suggestion of a workfare programme might help the long-term unemployed if it were relevant to the skills that are needed to find work . |
| 5 | Enhanced solution by the alkaline groundwater of minerals that line fractures in the repository host rock might affect the sorption capacity of the rock and its water-flow characteristics . |
| 6 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 7 | The question as to whether an unchaste priest might celebrate the mass became important . |
| 8 | A storm or violent gale might disperse the combined fleets ; France has no port in the Channel ; in fact , innumerable mischances might ruin the enterprise . |
| 9 | The Crown argued that , in the same way a deliberate cross-check to the back of the neck might exceed the implied consent to risk of injury in a hockey game , the known presence of HIV is so inherently dangerous that sex with someone who is HIV positive extends beyond the norm of conduct to which one can validly consent . |
| 10 | The aid might take the form of personal service or of cash . |
| 11 | Proving that the negligence caused loss is likely to be difficult because of the uncertainty of the results of that independent investigation : and the party making the allegation might have the damages reduced for contributory negligence in not having drawn the matter to the expert 's attention during the course of the reference . |
| 12 | As any retinue would be under the command of the prince 's governor , earl Rivers , a large force might tilt the balance of power too far in the Woodvilles ' favour . |
| 13 | As any retinue would be under the command of the prince 's governor , earl Rivers , a large force might tilt the balance of power too far in the Woodvilles ' favour . |
| 14 | It is an unrelieved black except for the white flanks but a watcher catching it in the right light might see the head has an iridescent purple sheen which can be striking . |
| 15 | It was increasingly difficult to appeal to the working man whose vote might put the party back into power without antagonizing the wealthy man whose financial assistance was crucial . |
| 16 | It has been suggested that ‘ incipient ’ is an unfamiliar word , that associating the stall with a spin might get the student worried , and that to simplify things we should only talk about stalls and spins . |
| 17 | Observers noted that the coalition might need the support of the New Democracy party , whose policies Bildt totally dismissed , if it was to control an effective majority . |
| 18 | Controlled by a single gene , the deficiency is usually harmless , but certain drugs for malaria or a type of bean can cause those without the proper gene to suffer acute anaemia , and it is thought that some chemical might do the same . |
| 19 | Any interruption might stop the flow , and if it gave the Colonel pause for thought , and the brain behind the little piggy eyes a chance to work , it might result in an enraged charge . |
| 20 | Interference with this process by targeting the activated T cell , apoptosis , or cytokine secretion might stabilise the immune system and control the course of infection . |
| 21 | The adviser might contact the electricity board for Sally to prevent her supply being cut off , and John could be furnished with a list of local solicitors who do legal-aid work . |
| 22 | On the one hand he saw his own suspicions mirrored in the Bishop 's eyes , on the other Wishart realised that such an interview might alienate the French and cause more trouble than it was worth . |
| 23 | That Rohmer fella might have the proper ID and he might corroborate your funny story , but do n't think I 'm falling for any of this crap . ’ |
| 24 | A yellow van from Movietone News was parked near the gates so that the camera on its roof might film the anti-climax of the drama . |
| 25 | It could take up to four years before a full hearing in the European Court , but Liberty 's legal officer , John Wadham , suggested yesterday that the action might prompt the Government to include a mechanism for complaints over GCHQ in its forthcoming bill to put the Secret Intelligence Service , MI6 , on a statutory footing . |
| 26 | The first record is in August , when Dista 's representatives suggested the research might explain the bleeding seen in some patients ' stomachs and intestines . |
| 27 | One imperative might impel the speaker to be direct , to get the message across ; the other might impel the speaker to be deviant , to avoid offence or embarrassment . |
| 28 | With a career spanning seventeen years and almost as many albums , it 's hard to deny that Motorhead have earned a bit of a breather , but those that feared the sun and the swimming pools of their self-imposed LA exile might dilute the band 's full-on thrust can finally rest easy . |
| 29 | The association might encourage the development of shared publicity and marketing to ensure as much effective publicity and ticket sales promotion as it is possible to provide , both for those projects and those which we regard and cherish as our own . |
| 30 | She has even suggested that a little less fishing might deplete the shoals enough to squeeze in a few vegetables . |