Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [det] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In theory the increased prostaglandin synthesis seen with Helicobacter pylori might explain such a reduction in minor mucosal injury . |
| 2 | ‘ Ships such as the traders use might make such a journey given that the conditions are not adverse . |
| 3 | Social reform might assist such a victory , but it had to be of a kind which the Lords would not reject . |
| 4 | We might expect such a king to have been beatified upon his death ( his ancestor had been St Arnulf ) but Charles ' indifference to Christian morality prevented this . |
| 5 | We might expect such a recognition to be especially difficult in strong cultures , where investment of self in the work of the firm is most profound . |
| 6 | Surely Dysart had never suggested he might do such a thing ? |
| 7 | The bulk of this chapter is , therefore , written with the possibility in mind that the reader might use such a system to help identify gaps in any present personal library , or to lay the structure for a proposed collection of books . |
| 8 | An independent Central Bank might provide such a restraint , and so might the constitutional amendment , suggested in Friedman and Friedman ( 1980 ) , which obliges the government to expand the money stock at some fixed rate and which would make cheating on this obligation illegal . |
| 9 | Er and of course if you 're in one group , you might think that something 's trivial and you might denigrate another a group for talking about those things , when in fact that group sees it as an important talk about it might see the thing that the other group hold dear to talk about as something trivial , and to denigrate . |
| 10 | ‘ For you , dear lady , ’ Googol replied gallantly , ‘ I might attempt such a challenge , though that is n't my usual style . ’ |
| 11 | But apparently no one else has looked for a phage that might produce such a toxin . |
| 12 | But it might take half a minute to combine this range from this relatively large file . |
| 13 | Nor did the fact that the defendants had a direct financial interest in securing a sale of Vertigo constitute a breach of fiduciary duty since the contract of agency envisaged that they might have such a conflict of interest . |
| 14 | The man 's desires are immediately revealed : ( " That man would be well off indeed who might have such a maiden as his wife " ) |
| 15 | I think basically having having heard the argument put forward from from both sides what what we 're really talking about is a is a policy that in in terms of its support from the districts it depends whether or not any particular district council might have such a use for the policy . |
| 16 | If only they 'd had as much sex as Pulp , this childish dry wank might have half a hint of the lascivious , mobile intercourse it so pathetically promises . |
| 17 | The themes she thought might indicate such a fear were : |
| 18 | Now obviously you can translate the idea of something being a preventative about illness or sickness , but it 's very difficult to suggest in idiomatic modern English that roses can be a protection against evils , because you really , we really do n't have that kind of concept , normally now , although there are many uses of erm , groups of people who might retain such a concept , and if something like that arises , you obviously ca n't make it idiomatic , because there 's just no way it 's going to work idiomatically in English . |
| 19 | But this natural religion need not be grounded specifically upon the authority of the Bible or the Christian tradition , though it might allow these a place . |
| 20 | You might fill half a page or a dozen pages before you come to a standstill . |