Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tables are the basic method of holding information , but you might want to put single records by themselves on the screen and work through them rather like flipping through a card index . |
| 2 | ‘ Users might want to record certain analysis codes against each transaction , for example road accidents , ’ he says . |
| 3 | She added : ‘ People might want to choose healthy food but often they find it is either not available or is more expensive than their ordinary purchases . ’ |
| 4 | Additionally , there are all the possible emergency situations , such as your health , for which , if this ever were to become a problem , you might want to make special provision . |
| 5 | In some classes friendship groups are very productive , but there are times when you might want to keep certain children apart because they frequently distract each other , or maybe you want to make sure that boys and girls work together . |
| 6 | A manager might seek to bypass formal channels of communication and decision-making by establishing informal contacts and friendships with people in a position of importance . |
| 7 | How has modern portfolio theory been used to evaluate portfolio performance and show how and why you might expect to find different performance rankings from the different measures . |
| 8 | That 's where you might expect to find cold wine . |
| 9 | The fact that there were generally fluctuations in rated subjective risk might appear to contradict zero-risk theory . |
| 10 | Teaching should cover discussion about the situations in which and purposes for which people might choose to use non-standard varieties rather than Standard English , eg in speech with friends , in a local team or group , in television advertising , folk songs , poetry , dialogue in novels or plays . |
| 11 | Thirdly , a court might decline to allow judicial review if it thought that the alternative dispute-settling body possessed relevant expertise which the court lacked ; or , fourthly , if the case raised issues which could be considered by the alternative body but not by the court on judicial review ; or , fifthly , if the alternative body 's procedure was better suited to resolving the case than judicial review procedure . |
| 12 | However policy H two as drafted , seeks to deprive the decision maker of the ability to consider all material considerations , by the unqualified use of the words will be required to and applies this to all twelve criteria without allowing discretion to be taken into account of any special circumstances that might present to justify exceptional development . |
| 13 | Intimate searches must be authorised by an officer of at least the rank of superintendent who , under section 55 , must have reasonable grounds for believing that the arrested person may have concealed on him anything which he could and might use to cause physical injury to himself or others or that he might have concealed a class A drug . |
| 14 | Martin Browne had suggested to him that he might like to revise certain scenes for this new production , but Eliot declined the opportunity — he did not want to tamper with the play , because he would have felt compelled to make further and extensive changes . |
| 15 | This method of knitting whilst shaping is so important that you might like to keep suitable time entirely clear to master the basics without interruption . |
| 16 | Some new exercise clothes might be a good idea if you can afford it , and you might like to investigate local exercise groups or sports clubs . |
| 17 | By capturing it , we might hope to resolve sub-millimetre details of the solar surface ! |
| 18 | Because of these difficulties , governments might decide to impose strict liability for compensation on the practitioners of in vitro fertilisation . |
| 19 | Furthermore , if the world responded with sanctions , an isolated regime potentially crumbling from within might attempt to forestall public discontent by blaming outside interference for the country 's travails . |
| 20 | In a strongly worded statement signed by six Cabinet Ministers , Palmer described drift-net fishing as ‘ abhorrent ’ , and offered the use of New Zealand aircraft and naval vessels to assist neighbouring Pacific states who might wish to take similar action . |
| 21 | Readers might wish to consult Quantitative Techniques by T. Lucey ( D Publications ) ; whilst a useful summary of the marketing applications of statistical forecasting techniques will be found in the article by Makridakis and Wheelwright , entitled " Forecasting : Issues and challenges for Marketing Management " Joint of Marketing Vol 41 No. 4 October 1977 . |
| 22 | At the end of 1989 joint military exercises were held with Singapore ( in Indonesia ) , and this led to speculation that Singapore might wish to negotiate military training facilities in the country to replace those which it currently used in Taiwan . |
| 23 | In Chapter 10 we discussed how individual firms might try to erect strategic entry barriers to preserve and enhance their market power . |
| 24 | Mr Yeltsin 's aides have hinted that he might try to impose presidential rule — a risky path that would require military backing — if Congress continued to undermine his power . |
| 25 | One might try to construct formal models in which the phrases of ( 15 ) and others receive distinct representations , on the grounds that differences do exist in the types of situation which the phrases correspond to , and indeed such attempts have been made ( cf. for example Kamp , 1975 ) ; but this is quite a different matter from trying to model the syntax by which the phrases are assembled as phrases . |
| 26 | We might have to deny medical treatment to sufferers from AIDS and venereal diseases , alcoholics , those injured in sport or road accidents , on the grounds that more animals would be needed to test the new drugs and further the medical procedures necessary to treat the deluge of suffering resulting from the prohibition of testing with animals . |
| 27 | Households might have to sell domestic property at a substantial discount because there is no ready second-hand market . |
| 28 | there could occur a case where the issue raised was so sensitive and the revelations necessarily following its decision so damaging to national security that the court might have to take special measures ( for example sitting in camera or prohibiting the mention of names ) . |
| 29 | No one had warned her , back in medical school , that she might have to face outright chauvinism in this day and age . |
| 30 | The development officers themselves became concerned about the low level of statutory services in their areas , and concluded that the Home Support Project might have to provide considerable input to fill the gap between what statutory services could provide and what the dementia sufferer might need in order to remain at home . |