Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] might [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the hood down my summer sun bleached hair might give the wrong message ? |
| 2 | An officer with private income might find the half-pay given to those no longer employed in active units an agreeable augmentation of his resources , which he might be content to draw for the remainder of his life . |
| 3 | It is an unrelieved black except for the white flanks but a watcher catching it in the right light might see the head has an iridescent purple sheen which can be striking . |
| 4 | These authors found that oral administration of aspirin was associated with inhibition of platelet prostaglandin synthesis and suggested that this finding might explain the known effects of aspirin in inhibiting the platelet-release reaction and in prolonging the bleeding time ( Quick , 1966 ) . |
| 5 | Those who demand strict realism in fiction of this kind might take the same extreme view as Patrick O'Brian 's sardonic Dr Maturin who , in discussing the Spithead Mutiny with his more conventional friend Captain Aubrey , pronounces himself in favour of the rebellion : |
| 6 | on , it was equally if not more dreadful to him to think that this successor might treat the emirs ‘ as superiors — as Royalties ’ , thereby incurring ‘ their astonished contempt that the King 's representative — the conquering dynasty — should so behave ’ . |
| 7 | Controlled by a single gene , the deficiency is usually harmless , but certain drugs for malaria or a type of bean can cause those without the proper gene to suffer acute anaemia , and it is thought that some chemical might do the same . |
| 8 | At the same time , the top management might find the organisation so large and complex , and changes in policy and procedures so difficult and time-consuming to implement , that they also feel unable to give direction to the organisation . |
| 9 | Of course , he had n't come up with answers , but he had indicated where , in what directions , further work might pay the necessary dividend . |
| 10 | Roberts 's discovery was made in 1951 and gave a considerable boost to the research of Prof J Z Young , the celebrated brain expert , who had suggested that some kind of electronic machine might solve the cell counting problem . |
| 11 | He feared that " gasps , giggling and comment " from the press bench and the public gallery might distract the jurors from their solemn duty . |
| 12 | This mood might question the suitability of making the radical alterations to the aisle roof and the almost equally severe remodelling of the south slope of the nave roof which were implemented here ( Plates 24 and 25 ) . |
| 13 | One must remember that these were times when each crew had to find their own way to the target , nearly always having to use dead reckoning to do so , and when moonlight or a fortuitous flare might illuminate the target . |
| 14 | It doubted if the British could hold even the line of the Suez canal against a Soviet attack , while their own conduct and historical record might jeopardize the position behind them . |
| 15 | This device might provide the basis of a compromise solution . |
| 16 | Strategic management for this business might include the directors of finance , trading , personnel and buying . |
| 17 | The real fear that this revolution might overthrow the Tsar forced him to make some political concessions to appease the masses . |
| 18 | A discussion in our house on ( let's say ) the necessity of buying a new fridge will move swiftly to the education system ( via the rival claim of school fees to the purchase of the fridge ) and whether a move to another area might obviate the need for paying them , taking in a quick discourse on the immorality of contributing to the divisive education system in this country anyway ; this will lead to the if-we-sold-our-suburban-villa-we-could-buy-a-Georgian-manor-house-in-the-country conversation ; which will in its turn move on quite quickly to the horrors of British Rail and the greatly increased subjection to them that such a move would entail ; then we get to leaving all our friends behind , and to debating whether having them to stay at the weekends would not be perfectly satisfactory ; which will remind us that two or more of them are coming to dinner that very night and we 'd better get down to the off-licence ; then it 's shall-we-get-Muscadet-or-the-Chardonnay- again and for-heaven's-sake-get-enough which will get us back to the fridge , on account of last time we got the Chardonnay , I did n't put it in it soon enough . |
| 19 | The equations that define the and curves are important because they explain how fiscal policy might affect the level of output in an economy . |
| 20 | The response conditioned to A might generalize more to B as a result of the first stage of training ; or this training might reduce the extent to which generalization occurs to C ; or both of these effects could be occurring . |
| 21 | There 's only one source that can give you the answer and it might be pointed our that their refusal to divulge this information might put the whole future of NATO at risk and that the individual ultimately responsible for the negative decision would be answerable directly to the president of the United States . |
| 22 | As for the left-handed tremolo , well , it 's a matter of taste , although I 've a feeling that this feature might prevent the SRV overcoming its strong artist connection and becoming a popular guitar in its own right , like the Clapton Strat has . |
| 23 | Mr. Speaker : I think that the Hon. Member might start the round robin . |
| 24 | It is hoped that the British unit might do the same . |
| 25 | The free market might provide the only politically-realistic model in which economic change can occur , but it still requires the tightest of legal and administrative controls . |
| 26 | Alternately , this interest might demonstrate the excitement and enjoyment gained from reading about and watching that which we ourselves could not or would not do ; a sort of substituted excitement . |
| 27 | Finally , although the fall of Madrid at this stage might produce the capitulation of the Republican forces , it would not entail their annihilation . |
| 28 | The labels parents attach to particular behaviour patterns often reflect this : thus one set of parents may see a grossly inactive baby as ‘ placid ’ and happily accept him as that , while another set might see the same child as irritatingly ‘ lazy ’ and accordingly try to force him to behave differently . |
| 29 | The bishops also argued that any so-called restricted form of divorce was impossible to maintain in practice and that divorce might solve the partners ' problems but only created them for the children . |
| 30 | That flexibility might involve the offer of a short-term agreement or a long-term lease with an appropriate break clause . |