Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [adv] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If so , HP could hit the full-motion video market long before its competitors and , with NT in tow , might wind up in the thick of the battle for dominance in the next wave of PCs . |
| 2 | So some academics fear they might fall behind in the promotion race if they get involved with TCS . ’ |
| 3 | So some academics fear they might fall behind in the promotion race if they get involved with TCS . ’ |
| 4 | fixations might do better in the long run by holding out until you 've got enough cash to buy the real thing . |
| 5 | Make sure the abbreviation used is not a proper word which you might use elsewhere in the document . |
| 6 | It could mean that some of the technologically-advanced jobs developing or locating in the Pacific might emerge instead in the UK . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ Although use of such devices is not at present a real problem in terms of its effect on law enforcement and road safety , the Government is aware that it might become so in the future . ’ |
| 8 | If it were a requirement that all pupils need knowledge , skills and understanding of alienistic language and the power of language to challenge and to change experience , we might move more in the direction of a democratic society . |
| 9 | The surface of the etch-resist ink might wash off in the developer but a layer of ink can still be left on the board , because the UV light has not had enough time to penetrate all the way through the resist . |
| 10 | Indeed , once the dollar effectively had been devalued it became more likely that the same might happen again in the near future . |
| 11 | The announcement came as no great surprise ; except in as much as it had been thought the family might hold back in the lifetime of Sir John . |
| 12 | Otherwise they might end up in the sea , which neither of them wanted . |
| 13 | Meanwhile , it would be fairer and franker of the SNBTS to mention in its information leaflets and at its collection centres that a donor 's blood might end up in the private sector . |
| 14 | Afterwards I wondered where he might go best in the current formation : the 3 midfielders are all attack-oriented , which Batty is n't , and Fairclough is doing okay in front of the defence . |
| 15 | There were reports that some ministers , less optimistic in the face of evidence that a number of her supporters were already defecting to Heseltine , were seeking to stabilise the situation by holding out the prospect that Mrs Thatcher might retire voluntarily in the spring , making an orderly succession possible then . |
| 16 | IF BILL CLINTON were to look to Florida for advice on how to pass a health-care bill , the answer might come back in the words of Lyndon Johnson : better to have your enemies inside your tent pissing out , than outside pissing in . |
| 17 | Even an agreement about the time you might get up in the morning , and who gets up first , for instance , is important . |
| 18 | The administration also took note of the fears of American oil companies that their interests might suffer elsewhere in the Middle East as a result of the nationalization of the British company . |
| 19 | Cos he might sit down in the middle |
| 20 | She wandered back into the small sitting-room with her mug of tea , put it down on the polished surface of a table but removed it hastily in case it left a tell-tale ring which S. Kettering might complain about in the future . |
| 21 | On the other hand , if one could pass through a black hole , one might reemerge anywhere in the universe . |
| 22 | By doing homage a vassal accepted that his lord had certain rights over him : he might require service and , occasionally , he might intervene directly in the government of the fief . |
| 23 | Perhaps , though , he might stroll out in the direction of the church hall , to see if people were coming out , then he would feel that he had made some kind of an effort . |