Example sentences of "[noun pl] might [vb infin] a " 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 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | As Ackner LJ put it , the marchers might become a ‘ target for their viciousness ’ . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | A further strike could be a different situation because it will be a normal weekday and drivers might get a false sense of security . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | It may be that we can seek help from what to some of my readers might seem an unlikely source . |
| 19 | I have managed to breed my Port Hoplo catfish and I thought I would drop you a line explaining how I succeeded so that other readers might have a try . |
| 20 | I thought your readers might like an update on the Javan rhino conservation controversy ( ‘ How about letting them breed by themselves ’ , July ) . |
| 21 | Afternoon snacks might include a biscuit or a piece of cake . |
| 22 | Casual passers-by might take a look . |
| 23 | The Iranians might welcome a secession in Iraq 's south , especially if the Shias who detached themselves from Baghdad chose later to attach themselves to their co-religionists in Tehran . |
| 24 | A few shillings might represent a messuage or cottage with , perhaps , a little land attached ; alternatively it could be a small close or a croft . |
| 25 | In other words , three generations might take a family from hard toil through private education to gilt-edged respectability . |
| 26 | For example , a manufacturer of bathroom and kitchen taps might wish to assess the potential market for taps in country A and country B. The income per capita in country A might be three times the income per capita in country B , and so the manufacturer might assess the potential market for taps to be three times as large in country A as in country B. However , the inhabitants of country B might live in larger houses than people in country A , and the country B houses might have an average 1 ½ times more bathrooms/kitchens . |
| 27 | The fairly consistent findings of an increased relative risk associated with OC use while young on breast cancer at young ages might portend a changing risk with age of diagnosis in any direction : increasing , level , or decreasing . |
| 28 | The Royal College of Nursing has expressed its particular concern that trust employers might offer a poor deal to nurses who want to undertake training courses . |
| 29 | The argument for separating judgments of quality from the funding have been put to him by some people in higher education who are afraid that quality judgments might have a practical effect on the universities . |
| 30 | But some creditors might prefer a bigger pay-out sooner to financing a risky and expensive test-case . |