Example sentences of "might [verb] [adj] [noun] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death . |
| 2 | Ministers would be angry , too — which might explain any reluctance on Mr MacGregor 's part to push for morning sittings . |
| 3 | One might focus particular attention on stress points in the day , perhaps where a mismatch of perception between individuals or even outright conflict occurred . |
| 4 | Even when the decision has been made to pursue an acquisition , the client might lack good information on the market structure and competitive forces . |
| 5 | But on day-to-day issues or on detailed matters where the minister would not be authorized to intervene by the relevant act , however much he might discuss these points on an informal basis and influence the actions of the board , Parliament can do nothing . |
| 6 | This study examined whether the timing of intermittent injections in relation to meals , or alternatively , continuous 24 hour subcutaneous octreotide infusion ( CSOI ) might avert adverse effects on gall bladder contraction . |
| 7 | There was also the underlying awareness of senior politicians that changes in local government boundaries might have unpredictable effects on parliamentary worth taking . |
| 8 | His greatest worry was that somehow his presence had compromised her , that he might have another corpse on his hands , another death on his conscience . |
| 9 | I CAN understand why some people fear the Americans might have another Vietnam on their hands by intervening in Somalia . |
| 10 | The committee remained convinced that largely unintentional racism was an important factor behind West Indian underachievement , a claim not undermined by the high achievement of Asians , since stereotyped views of them were generally much less negative , and racism might have different effects on different groups . |
| 11 | The response was one of total bemusement , with the director concerned unable to conceive of any circumstances in which linguistic talent might have any bearing on sales prospects or the acquiring of contracts . |
| 12 | Such a distorted sequence might have profound effects on the student 's musical abilities , especially in the earlier stages , and would certainly make the pedagogic method seem problematic to anyone who did not know that the order of grades had been transposed . |
| 13 | The time and place are also factors that might have some bearing on whether or not racial hatred was likely . |
| 14 | And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now . |
| 15 | ‘ She claimed they might have some bearing on Clare 's death . |
| 16 | The legal concept of incorporation and the creation of separate legal personality must entail the recognition of interests of that entity that might require legal protection on the international plane . |
| 17 | United States trade associations such as CBEMA ( hardware ) and ADAPSO ( software ) and others had worried that some foreign nations might impose usage-related charges on data transmission ; West Germany was suspect in this regard . |
| 18 | Well , that , that , that reminds me of something that might cast some light on Jake 's dream . |
| 19 | The truth is that they had a narcissistic preoccupation with their own past ; any information they could glean about ‘ savage society ’ was eagerly seized upon in the hope that it might shed further light on their own origins . |
| 20 | Composite technology , suitably developed for mass production , might offer considerable savings on this investment . |
| 21 | Once we had begun to look at particular steps in the biochemical cascade in more detail , however , I became persuaded that reasonably specific inhibitors might help cast light on relevant mechanisms . |