Example sentences of "[pron] might [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps I might suggest three stages that should be considered as a route to achieving this goal . |
| 2 | I do n't know how much to take , I might take ten pounds worth or something , I do n't need that much why , I need some money for Saturday as well do n't I ? , should n't need that much though |
| 3 | Do you believe in what I might call national characteristics ? |
| 4 | Chairman I think this is probably the first time in this council chamber in twenty years that er I will probably have spoken on er social services issues er and I speak from an entirely private capacity and any information that er that comes my way is from what I might call informed members of the public erm , people who I come into contact with and from my own experiences as a ward councillor and from as we all do from time to time , my own family experience , my own domestic experiences and I do know something about the problems which are associated with the the care of elderly people er although I do n't have that problem now erm things have taken their course . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , ’ he said , ‘ if we went seriatim through it all , I might pick some holes in the idea that there was such a comprehensive list of mind-changing . ’ |
| 6 | But , by exploring the aspirations and motivations of groups of blacks who were highly charged and who brought extraordinary energy to their chosen tasks , I thought I might find some clues as to the kinds of things which move black kids : what makes them tick . |
| 7 | able to do my job , I might need thirty days ' training . |
| 8 | Now I might have extra players so that there can be some moments of rest for the players in one of the very long symphonies ; but in Bruckner 's day it was often a matter of re-scoring a passage because you knew that the third horn was not a very good player and that is all you had . |
| 9 | I can , I might have two holidays now , two days ' holiday . |
| 10 | I have n't given her a hint that I might have Nazi sympathies . ’ |
| 11 | I might get those jeans . |
| 12 | Well , I might get some ideas after having a look at the place tomorrow . |
| 13 | I , I might get forty pounds at the Empire Ballroom . |
| 14 | People with whom one has had personal or professional differences — a row or a clash of principle — are best avoided ( albeit sometimes with real regret ) because meeting them might demand emotional resources that are n't there , open old wounds , or challenge one 's public certainties that in fact feel all too precarious . |
| 15 | Schools ' responses to some options which might promote healthy practices are shown in Figure 3 . |
| 16 | Engineering is not a glamorous pursuit , nor does Swindon produce the final glossy motor car which might lure potential workers . |
| 17 | Emissions are measured on an open area test site which is free of objects which might reflect emitted signals . |
| 18 | But by the time that they were completed the largest space of all was the nave , which might serve various purposes — as a shelter for great processions , as a substantial public hall and meeting place ; but above all provided space for visitors and lay worshippers . |
| 19 | Was it fair to anybody to delay action which might hurt innocent investors ? |
| 20 | Remove rude jokes and deliberate sexual innuendos , and also watch out for unintended double entendres which might make inebriated members of the audience laugh when you are being serious and sincere . |
| 21 | However , the chapter specifically rejects the imposition of legal , financial or bureaucratic constraints which might hamper small businesses and states that it ‘ shall not apply to pay , the right of association , the right to strike or the right to impose lock-outs ’ . |
| 22 | The school may also produce a newsletter for parents and governors which might contain short accounts of Compact activities . |
| 23 | Linguistics can help teachers to analyse those kinds of speech situations which might exclude some children from the learning process e.g. because the children are not familiar with the variety of language which is used . |
| 24 | A research team from Edinburgh has discovered a previously undetected substance in young babies and is launching a three-year study which might prevent future deaths . |
| 25 | Finally , the test items selected are weighted accordingly and used in research contexts to discriminate groups of different degrees of authoritarianism and search for any correlates which might explain such differences . |
| 26 | We once bought underwear at Marks & Spencer , too , but it shrunk quite a bit , which might explain certain aspects of Mrs Thatcher 's personality . |
| 27 | One alternative explanation was put forward in terms of attention focusing which might explain both effects in terms of feelings of risk . |
| 28 | Would many firms in the pharmaceutical industry have expended large resources in the pursuit of moulds which might produce useful drugs ? |
| 29 | He proposed a series of research enquiries which might yield useful insights regarding processes occurring across the full range of subjects in multilingual classrooms , oral literature , specific needs of particular groups of pupils in schools , attitudes of educational administrators , and the phenomenon of ethnocentrism . |
| 30 | The books were hardly more revealing , seeming to be less of a private collection than the sort of works which might help visiting tourists dedicated to culture . |