Example sentences of "[noun pl] might [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both the head and the DCSL freely acknowledged that these developments were undertaken in the light of knowledge that a library project existed , and that schools might stand a better chance of securing a grant if they could show evidence of commitment to enhanced library provision . |
| 2 | Londoners discovered that despite the dire predictions , the Scots might look a bit terrifying , but they were more interested in the goings-on at Wembley . |
| 3 | The Second Law of Thermodynamics thus constrains the designer of engines ; he wants high efficiency but he also has to think about speed and price , and a whole range of possible designs might suit a particular case : the law does not require a unique solution . |
| 4 | At last the Eastern Bloc nations might have a chance of catching up with the West , and we owe them a debt . |
| 5 | The Collector fell silent , hoping that these words might bring the meeting to an end without leaving too great a schism between the two factions . |
| 6 | There seemed to be two areas of subject-matter where quadraphonics might have an artistic advantage , drama and wildlife recording , so it seemed very sensible when the first ‘ quadraphonic ’ record of birdsong was announced . |
| 7 | Study of these alternative future sequences might show a particular tendency , with one type of pattern being more prevalent ( and hence more likely ) than others . |
| 8 | London Branch thought fellow members in other branches might like the chance to hear an insider 's informed opinion , before they decide for themselves ! |
| 9 | The formation of such complexes might prevent the viral genes from being replicated , or from being used to direct the manufacture of viral proteins . |
| 10 | It seems that some of these proteins might have a significant part to play in the treatment of nerve injury , neuropathies and tumours of glial cell origin . |
| 11 | The sodium and calcium cations , Na+ and Ca2+ , would loosely bond to these oxygens occupying occasional holes and voids in the glass-forming network ; that the modifying cations might have a well-defined local structure was all but ruled out . |
| 12 | As Ackner LJ put it , the marchers might become a ‘ target for their viciousness ’ . |
| 13 | For example in the theoretical or epistemological sphere , foundationalism would entail the belief that concepts or statements somehow correspond to the real world ; in ethics , foundationalists might propound the belief in an unconditional ethics . |
| 14 | Even the heyday of tomb-robbing was over ; his scavenging could n't be called by such a piratical name and the local labourers could not be inspired to sift the soil scrupulously when they could break it with a pickaxe so much faster , and the mounted overseers might take a crack at them with a rifle butt if they dawdled . |
| 15 | None of us , for example , would subscribe to belief in strict materialism in theory , but a searching look at our homes and our lifestyles might tell a different story . |
| 16 | To refuse access to such information on the basis of national security considerations might open the possibility of the case against Noriega being dismissed on the grounds that the defendant was being denied information essential to his defence . |
| 17 | Mr Lenarduzzi 's sleep is also disturbed by the thought that the interests of the nation may only be served at the expense of local needs or , indeed , that purely academic considerations might distort the wider implications of a proper education . |
| 18 | The combined salaries of two or more such offices might keep a government supporter happy , while the sheriffship itself was a stepping stone to an appointment as a baron of exchequer or a lord of session , should the lawyer be well connected and joined to a strong political interest . |
| 19 | Amongst liberals , there has been a tendency to believe that remedying the gender imbalances in these books might have a positive influence on girls ' educational achievement . |
| 20 | The intensity of their feeling was due not just to fear that the landed interest might suffer but to the affront caused to a governing class centred on London and the Home Counties by the notion that those living in the provinces might prefer a degree of local autonomy . |
| 21 | Starfarers in less well-protected vessels might hear the scrabbling of claws upon their hulls , or wailing incoherent voices , lascivious enticements , rumblings of wrath . |
| 22 | An analysis of the traditional functions of heads might produce the following list : |
| 23 | If this is translated into terms of school management , the combination of quantitative and qualitative aspects might entail the organization and measurement of effective learning . |
| 24 | A further strike could be a different situation because it will be a normal weekday and drivers might get a false sense of security . |
| 25 | The unconventional methods might raise an eyebrow but Wimbledon are a club struggling on meagre gates and forever forced to sell their best players to survive . |
| 26 | In a milder way , the doctrine of ministerial responsibility also inhibits the mass of able and highly trained and experienced civil servants from contributing fully in their own professional associations and academic conferences , in case their opinions or comments on their own work or methods might catch a headline or embarrass a minister . |
| 27 | The fly-by-night supporters might believe the hype about the current English team but the genuine rugby supporters know that the real rugby is played in the Southern Hemisphere . |
| 28 | But just a few miles away from where Jilly Cooper lives is a REAL hamlet called Paradise , and villagers there are worried that readers might think the book is based on them . |
| 29 | The authors now propose a checklist against which readers might evaluate the introduction of a management information system in their own institutions . |
| 30 | It may be that we can seek help from what to some of my readers might seem an unlikely source . |