Example sentences of "might [verb] [adj] [noun] in " in BNC.
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1 | Moreover , he says , Delta 's haemoglobin is guaranteed to be free of the viruses that could contaminate the blood-derived product , and of any residual matter from the blood cells that might trigger allergic reactions in patients . |
2 | One alternative explanation was put forward in terms of attention focusing which might explain both effects in terms of feelings of risk . |
3 | The hardening of the US stance was attributed to rumours that some EC member countries , reportedly including the United Kingdom , the Netherlands and Germany , might consider deeper cuts in agricultural subsidies ( whereas France , Ireland and Luxembourg were known to oppose this ) . |
4 | To aid this process we might introduce structured directories in which documents could be stored according to a common logic for later retrieval or archiving . |
5 | Such wide disparities in the social marginal cost of life-saving suggest that society might achieve significant gains in allocative efficiency by adopting an integrated approach to a cost-benefit analysis of health and safety regulations . |
6 | Accepting even a weak Whorfian view that language used influences thought and representation to some degree , then one might expect great differences in the way that deaf people structure information . |
7 | The novelty of touring America is wearing off , and you might spend 24 hours in the bus . |
8 | Otherwise , the patient might spend some time in a private nursing home , possibly paid for by the State . |
9 | Only rarely did the artist actually go to where he might see exotic species in the wild — and even if he had gone there always , he would probably have found them very hard to see . |
10 | If the sheep subsidy is removed the latter part of our century might see another crop in the Highlands and Islands — naturalised trees . |
11 | It may be we are afraid that if they understood our needs they might use that information in some way to exploit us . |
12 | They may fear that the condition of the person they care for might become common knowledge in the neighbourhood , and prefer the anonymity afforded by distant , specialized , non-local treatment facilities . |
13 | The CD industry might provide 230 jobs in Swindon , but judging by the response to a poll on local radio , most people would like to see prices lowered . |
14 | Only the knowledge that he might provide some clue in the mystery of Suzie 's whereabouts held her prisoner . |
15 | An examination of the farm work environment of family and part-time farmers in the UK possibly might suggest comparable improvements in work methods . |
16 | The threat of higher taxes in 1994 might create inflationary pressure in the economy , said Mr Vining . |
17 | Depression is not an all-or-nothing matter , however , and events which might provoke clinical depression in vulnerable women may produce borderline-case depressive illness in women who are more protected in terms of these four factors . |
18 | Nevertheless , they were greatly concerned with the idea of obtaining exact knowledge of the workings of society , and , living in a period when the natural sciences were making real strides in knowledge , felt that the application of natural science methods to the study of society might produce similar advances in understanding . |
19 | ‘ Unless other clubs fell by the wayside for financial reasons , our plan to put a stop to relegation for another two years might produce 26 clubs in the third division by the end of the 1994–95 season . |
20 | The country 's rulers were , after all , running scared : the American colonies had declared their independence in 1776 in dangerously democratic terms ; the writings of Tom Paine were being disseminated far and wide ; and , most threatening of all , there was every chance that the Jacobin ideas of the French Revolution of 1789 might take firm root in English soil . |
21 | Today 's lecture is on erm what you might call female interest in sex and in particular in in the concept of erm female choice and I was struck er this morning by looking at Nature . |
22 | Sources claimed that China had reservations about a possible expansion of the number of directly elected members of the Legislative Assembly , but more importantly that greater democratic reform in Macao might encourage similar moves in Hong Kong [ see pp. 37672-73 ] . |
23 | Petitions for English ( or Angevin , or Savoyard ) seneschals were made under Edward II , on the grounds that a Gascon might have vested interests in the politics of the duchy and would be unable to adjudicate disputes with impartiality . |
24 | We have striven to avoid statements of attainment that require assessment which might have undesirable effects in the classroom , for example the use of language exercises out of context or other activities of an arid kind . |
25 | As a family man , he might have other priorities in his life now but his great motivation is to prove he 's been prematurely written off . |
26 | The obvious danger under the 1981 arrangements is that , given the overwhelming percentage of votes from outside the Commons , a new Leader might have little support in the PLP . |
27 | Applicants should hold high academic qualifications in economics as their major academic discipline , and might have specialist interests in economic policy , trade , finance , development , or other areas , with particular reference to the contemporary Japanese economy . |
28 | The Government 's decision to price water shares at the expected 240p rather than 235p added weight to the theory that the authorities might have better-than-expected news in store to trap dealers who have aggressively sold sterling . |
29 | She had already experienced difficulty in pinning her fellow walker down to an interview and , for all she could tell , might have further difficulty in that area . |
30 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |