Example sentences of "[noun prp] might [vb infin] the " 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | The one hope yesterday was that septuagenarians such as Edward Heath and Sir Trevor Skeet might find the Tories ' small majority wearisome . |
| 4 | Bert might save the situation without ever knowing that one existed . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ( 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 . ) |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | And she thought Alan might suspect the wrong thing . ’ |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | The Lords serve to protect the electorate against the possibility that the Commons might prevent the electorate from using their present rights . |
| 15 | However , the Attorney-General warned your Lordships that , even if reference in this case to Parliamentary materials did not infringe article 9 , the House of Commons might take the view the House enjoyed some wider privilege which we would be infringing and might well regret that its views on the point had not been sought before a decision was reached by your Lordships . |
| 16 | Lily might worm the reason out of her , and then Uncle Vernon would most likely telephone the theatre and accuse anyone who would listen of being nothing less than a slave-driver . |
| 17 | The immediate impulse was the prospect which arose in the 1830s that Canada might go the same way of rebellion as the American colonies . |
| 18 | Some universities and the Labour party have expressed concern that the privatisation of BTG might damage the exploitation of UK technology and harm academics , trust in the company . |
| 19 | Any delay in NAFTA might leave the matter unresolved as the ruling Mexican party chooses a successor to President Carlos Salinas de Gortari for the 1994 election , creating political chaos . |
| 20 | Jaq had n't told either of his companions exactly what he intended to do , and just then it occurred to him how Googol might resent the deaths of fellow Navigators caught on this world when the flesh-eater came . |
| 21 | In group therapy , I suggested that Matthew might re-play the final scene from his marriage , as if he were someone who expressed anger openly . |
| 22 | That evening a knock — furtive and hasty , telling Alice who it was — brought her out to find Monica on the path near the gate , not outside the door , for the girl had been afraid that Faye might open the door . |
| 23 | Joan Bohanna was worried that Pilger might use the paper to say what he , rather than they , wanted . |
| 24 | Leopold 's fear , on the other hand , was that Mozart might lose the appointment in Salzburg and with it the chance to begin paying off the debts . |
| 25 | This raised the prospect that Yeltsin might use the Russian presidency as an ultra-reformist power base from which to challenge Gorbachev 's authority , making Russia a new element of instability in the already crisis-ridden Soviet Union . |
| 26 | After Something Rotten in Kislev , Sulring Durgul might send the adventurers to Castle Drachenfels in search of one or more of the magical treasures there . |
| 27 | The latest argument deployed in Whitehall yesterday was not only that sanctions hurt the worst-off sections of the South African community — the ones they are designed to help — but that financial measures against South Africa might induce the country to default on its international commitments . |
| 28 | A surprising expression of regret that Loius Gerstner might get the top job at IBM Corp comes from AT&T Co chairman Robert Allen : Gerstner is on the board of AT&T and Allen said he would regret losing him : ‘ I 'm sorry to lose him — he 's a very good director , asks good questions , has good financial knowledge and experience , ’ Allen said , ‘ and I 'm sorry to say has learned an awful lot about our business in a short period of time , ’ he added . |
| 29 | As a further carrot , Centre Re might give the firm a ‘ profit share ’ : a bit of its premium back if it makes no claim . |
| 30 | The notion that some parliament in Kiev might upset the entire international disarmament process has inspired understandable irritation in the West . |