Example sentences of "might [verb] [adj] [noun] [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This report offered a useful opportunity to discuss the extent to which the age factor might influence clinical decision making . |
| 2 | Yet even on this issue we must be cautious : marriage was an irrevocable step ; though death almost as often and as rapidly parted married couples in the twelfth century as it does in the twentieth , a prince might well take careful thought before he threw the dice , just as , even then , a prudent man might spend many years looking for the woman of his choice . |
| 3 | When an Orc wants to do something he simply does it , where a human might spend untold time weighing the alternatives . |
| 4 | Sometimes I continue yesterday 's painting or I start a new work , often it is an idea I have thought about from the studio , or I might spend some time looking through sketch books . |
| 5 | With older children we might spend some time discussing this ( perhaps wondering if the giant would ever let us get near enough to open his mouth and clean his teeth for him ) ; with this age group , however , I immediately enthuse about the idea : " Right , that 's really good . |
| 6 | In retrospect , does the Prime Minister agree that he might spend less time talking up false economic dawns and more time taking action for economic recovery ? |
| 7 | Clearly the review might shift this balance making pensions the obvious target . |
| 8 | To investigate infant care practices in a small ethnic minority population within Britain that might suggest possible factors contributing to the low incidence of the sudden infant death syndrome in Asian populations . |
| 9 | The controversy surrounding the work of Telman Gdlyan and Nikolai Ivanov , chief corruption investigators with the USSR Procurator General 's office , came to a head on April 18 when the USSR Supreme Soviet voted to refuse a request by the Procuracy that it rescind the mandates of the two men to sit in the Congress of People 's Deputies , so that they might face criminal charges relating to coercion of suspects and witnesses . |
| 10 | A public speaking course may be very useful for your career , and will give you confidence in general , but if you have no spare cash or time for a course because the wedding is approaching , you might try practising public speaking by yourself . |
| 11 | The inner-city indicators were based largely on territorial assumptions , for example that people might have close relatives living in the same street or the next street , and that people would work in the same places as some of their close neighbours ( L. Milroy 1987 : 141–2 ) . |
| 12 | I opted for bright summertime colours but for autumn you might have brown hedgehogs shuffling through leaves of russet and gold . |
| 13 | Given what has happened in Britain , certain enterprises could lend themselves to being sold to the Polish public who , surprisingly , might have few difficulties putting up hard cash to buy shares . |
| 14 | ‘ I wondered if you might have any papers relating to it . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ You might have some difficulty convincing a judge of that . |
| 16 | He might practise controlled movements involving bending his knee , or bending and straightening his arm . |
| 17 | Like others in his position he might get casual jobs carrying bags of maize meal for customers at nearby shops . |
| 18 | Other direct mechanisms may also be operative , as the response of platelets to aggregating agents is enhanced in the presence of media rich cholesterol ( Shattil et al , 1975 ) , and might promote thrombotic processes underlying atherosclerosis . |
| 19 | Maths work arising naturally from the unit might involve simple computation using Roman numbers , and calculations related to the topic — e.g. how much labour and materials would be needed to complete a Roman road or fort , how long the work would take , and so on . |