Example sentences of "[noun prp] might [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The dossier outlining how Richard Branson might conquer the North Atlantic air-routes arrived the next day . |
| 2 | Once the prickly and nationalistic de Gaulle had retired from French politics , France suggested in the early 1970s that WEU might provide a link between it and NATO . |
| 3 | One can picture Hoskyns looking down from the skies and being grateful for his pupil ; and Bethune-Baker looking down and thinking that he always knew where Hoskyns might lead the Churches . |
| 4 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |
| 5 | I , I sort of heard Debbie and Chris talking the other day , and I might have got it totally mixed up , but I reckon , I heard Chris saying that , well basically what I gathered was that Andy might have a different father to Chris and it was Andy 's father that 's died , right ? |
| 6 | At other times , the Sheldons might enjoy a debate such as this . |
| 7 | With a bit of luck Eleanor might lend a hand . |
| 8 | Bert might save the situation without ever knowing that one existed . |
| 9 | As to planting electronic bugs , you would need an ant colony of them and an army of listeners before you could be reasonably sure of covering every room in London where George Harbinger might whisper an indiscretion . |
| 10 | The Americans are not rushing to welcome him , worrying lest the very presence of Mr Gorbachev might bounce the West into agreeing to an aid package before it could be sure that economic reform was locked into place . |
| 11 | Les Robinson is getting a recall … and Jon Narbett might find a place too … |
| 12 | Radius , the paper says , would likely use its RocketShare software to develop a multiprocessing PowerPC Mac , while DayStar might develop a Macintosh designed for image processing . |
| 13 | Radius , the paper says , will likely do a multiprocessing PowerPC Mac , whilst DayStar might develop an image processing system . |
| 14 | Melanie might have a different tale to tell . |
| 15 | It is certainly what would be expected if the latent inhibitor functions like a CS- but it could just as easily be a consequence of generalization decrement — adding another stimulus to the excitatory CS might modify the way in which the latter is perceived and thus reduce its ability to evoke the CR . |
| 16 | ( It may be added that Wagner 's ( 1981 ) proposal that direct associations between contextual cues and the CS might limit the ability of the latter to evoke its CR can be rejected with some confidence on the basis of the present results — this hypothesis implies that the CR should always be enhanced when the CS is presented in a different context . ) |
| 17 | At times Ceauşescu almost seemed to suggest that Romania might become an informal ally of the United States . |
| 18 | There were always some in the State Department who thought the policy might be pushed a little further : who thought that a unified Germany might become a big partner for America in the same way as is ( say some ) Japan . |
| 19 | Fearing that Germany might win the race to develop this weapon , the US government set up the Manhattan Project , costing $2 billion and involving some 150 000 people , including most of the world 's most outstanding physicists . |
| 20 | ET might get a crossed line |
| 21 | But I thought Ian might need a bit of support when he gets out . ’ |
| 22 | There was a momentary scare that Tranmere might snatch the lead just before the break when Aldridge , scorer of 38 goals this season , had a shot-on-the-turn blocked by a defender . |
| 23 | But City sources said they believed that Mr Lawson might reinforce the fight against inflation without resorting to another increase in base rates , by announcing a further tightening of monetary policy in next Thursday 's Mansion House speech . |
| 24 | She also had some concern as to whether in eight week Alan might develop a taste for the alcohol , the chocolate , and even the cigarettes ! |
| 25 | And she thought Alan might suspect the wrong thing . ’ |
| 26 | Eleanor Thorne moved her head about uneasily on the pillow for a moment or two , wishing she had not complained about the soap , for now Alida might change the brand , keep that tablet to herself , And if it did not lather well , it had such a distinctive scent , a scent Eleanor liked . |
| 27 | As yet , no definitive decision has been made as to the microkernel that will be used for new versions of OS/2 , though developers are known to be working with the Carnegie-Mellon University 's Mach 3 microkernel ; in addition , there is the possibility that IBM might use the NT kernel — ‘ we could use the NT microkernel if we wanted to ’ , it said . |
| 28 | Perhaps Deane might learn a thing or two . |
| 29 | When it seemed Chen might force a third , Persson fired an explosive backhand winner to lead 19–18 . |
| 30 | This means Zeneca might have a hard time charging much more than Merck 's price for its drug , even if Merrem is better . |