Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is always possible that a degenerating programme might make a come-back . |
| 2 | So , too , Equity might order a document executed under a mistake to be rectified ; Common Law would at most treat it as void . |
| 3 | ‘ I thought the chef might like a beer . ’ |
| 4 | The Warsaw daily Sztandar Mlodych quoted Zalewski as saying that the President might introduce a state of emergency in the event of economic collapse . |
| 5 | ‘ Russia ’ won by a majority of 871 to 30 , but after emotional speeches claiming the vote might start a Soviet-style disintegration , it was agreed to review the decision . |
| 6 | And with the vague , uneasy sense that , having forced the door open a little way , the country on the other side might prove a lot stranger than she 'd ever imagined , she walked on in subdued silence for a while . ) |
| 7 | Alternatively , such an entry might mean a temporary absence , on Church business if not a foray in quest of preferment . |
| 8 | The murmur might become a clamour , were it not that Mr Kinnock is already preparing to leap before being pushed . |
| 9 | The stranger might have a warrant for their arrest . |
| 10 | In January 1990 Roh said that the opposition might have a limited say in discussions on reunification , but invitations delivered to Panmunjom on Jan. 15 were nevertheless turned down . |
| 11 | Again , the workers in an industry might claim a wage increase of ‘ X and their employers might resist it and offer ‘ Y ; but the interests of another part of the economy might be affected in such a way by either proposal that neither is acceptable . |
| 12 | But after seeing signs of a pick-up in American demand , he says the hotel industry might get a boost around September , on the basis that recovery here lags America by about four months . |
| 13 | The car might need a running repair ; the wife would want a ‘ drive ’ in the country or , at least , a lift to the shops . |
| 14 | A piece of this material , neutronium , the size of a pinhead might weigh a billion tonnes or more ( depending upon the size of the pinhead ! ) . |
| 15 | For example , a hearer might derive a range of implicatures about athletes and races , in which case you could say that the use of sprint conjures up an impression of athleticism not suggested by run . |
| 16 | It seemed possible that American impulsiveness or ambition might ignite a powder train from the Far East to Europe and accidentally precipitate the Third World War . |
| 17 | It also states that while Labour might achieve a modest reduction in unemployment through its job training schemes , it would be at the expense of higher inflation and a weaker current account , and would still leave unemployment stuck at just under three million for two years . |
| 18 | Who knows , our radar might have a day off . ’ |
| 19 | To propose that the separation of assessment from provision might provide a better incentive to create a needs-led service , than professional judgement , is to show a degree of confusion about the origins of our present predicament ( shortage of resource ; bureaucratization , etc. ) bordering on the incredible . |
| 20 | The finding that some of the patients with isolated proctitis also had increased release of myeloperoxidase and IL-8 in the seemingly unaffected sigmoid segment might reflect a patchy , low degree sigmoid inflammation missed by endoscopy . |
| 21 | The adoption contract might contain a proviso that if a natural son was born he would take precedence as the legal heir . |
| 22 | The first was based on the concept that a contract might contain a fundamental term — a core obligation — so that a failure to perform the fundamental term would amount to a total failure to perform the contract . |
| 23 | Although your skin might feel a bit taut after washing , the skin oils rebound in about the same time , too . |
| 24 | His appointment on a two-year contract will disappoint David Hobbs , the caretaker who had applied for the job on a permanent basis , but Chris Caisley , the Odsal chairman , hinted yesterday that patience might bring a reward for the Northern captain . |
| 25 | The pedant might create a separate physical record for each item : the fleas , plus the individual garments . |
| 26 | A possible pickoff might use a small moving coil speaker clamped to the engine with the diaphragm loaded with a small metal weight . |
| 27 | However , it is understood that the Bundesbank might favour a much lower exchange rate — of around DM2.70 — for sterling 's eventual entry into the mechanism . |
| 28 | Holding another general election might entail a general breakdown : Nkrumah again urged that the time was ripe for independence now . |
| 29 | However , Oliver LJ dissented partly on the ground that the principle of effective protection might require a national court to give protection to a European right even though a similar domestic right would be denied protection . |
| 30 | Secondly , cigarette smoking might produce a local immunological defect . |