Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [vb infin] [art] same " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He deeply valued it , and only hoped that his successor might enjoy the same generous trust and support which His Majesty had graciously reposed in him . |
| 3 | 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 : |
| 4 | Even the indignation of satire might assume the same moral perspective as that of the order being challenged , or at least an alternative to it . |
| 5 | There is , however , an alternate explanation : the universe might look the same in every direction as seen from any other galaxy , too . |
| 6 | It would seem that Harwood 's product might face the same difficulties . |
| 7 | If the family allegiance to a particular sect changed then the whole local membership might follow the same path . |
| 8 | The first is a highly fortuitous and austere way : namely that the compound might have the same effect — the transfer of some particular kind of information — sufficiently often and sufficiently advantageously for there to be some selective advantage in its coming standardly to possess that significance : that is , for it to acquire the biological function of transmitting just that kind of information . |
| 9 | It is hoped that the British unit might do the same . |
| 10 | Destroying them in a brain might do the same . |
| 11 | If the rays of light that form the event horizon , the boundary of the black hole , can never approach each other , the area of the event horizon might stay the same or increase with time but it could never decrease — because that would mean that at least some of the rays of light in the boundary would have to be approaching each other . |
| 12 | The commonest evasions , certainly well known in the twelfth century , were the pretence that the original loan was greater than in fact it was , or the securing of a loan by a temporary grant of land ; in the former case the difference between the actual loan and the repayment in fact constituted interest ; and in the latter the rent on the land might do the same . |
| 13 | 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 . |