Example sentences of "might well [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One resident had written to the council suggesting a secular group building might better suit the area 's needs , saying she would prefer a facility which would offer something for more of the residents . |
| 2 | A quick glance through the contents of Wordsworth 's Poetical Works might well give the impression that he was more frequently ‘ on tour ’ than at home and several of his later sonnet sequences and other groups of poems are entitled Memorials of a Tour … to this place and that . |
| 3 | Other teaching unions said they might well boycott the plan . |
| 4 | Such teachers stand accused , for indeed such teaching might well set the scene for the continuation of a sinful and unhappy world for as long as life continues . |
| 5 | Exposure to the surrounding solution of the parts of the cell membrane that are normally in apposition might well affect the metabolism within the cell . |
| 6 | There is otherwise a grave danger that the people whom he addresses might well regard the policeman as a rival lout . |
| 7 | In these days of widespread family planning , you might well think the number of unwanted pregnancies is on the decline . |
| 8 | This would limit frank discussion , and might well inhibit the judge in saying anything , and does not favour the practice . |
| 9 | This 7 per cent might well represent the whole or a substantial proportion of the expected profit on the transaction . |
| 10 | Further enquiry into Pardy 's activities might well hold the clue to the truth . |
| 11 | Patrick told me that he was a little worried about the brightness in tone that would inevitably result from a totally maple body and so he suggested to Jim Sullivan that actives might well hold the answer . |
| 12 | That might well explain the twitchiness which Joanne had noticed during the ensuing week . |
| 13 | This in turn means that , while general deterrence might well form the basis of a plausible general justification for having a system of punishment , it is more difficult to argue that the amount of punishment imposed by our system is justifiable by deterrent considerations . |
| 14 | Further , the extension of this system might well reach the stage when directives are given from political headquarters as to the line of action which ought to be taken locally . |
| 15 | One might well conclude the dismissal was a feint , a hollow gesture to allay perceived public outrage . |
| 16 | And last but not least is Ross Hickling 's pastel study of the Gateshead Garden Festival ( 057 ) which , if his present run of good fortune still goes his way , might well scoop the pool . |
| 17 | And an extended payments schedule might well recover the debt more surely than strict enforcement — which might instead precipitate financial collapse . |
| 18 | Whereas , under Thorkel Fóstri , under his sons of Orkney and Moray , Thorfinn might well command the north to come to the aid of Alba the south and might well be obeyed . |
| 19 | The deaf community might well attach the label ‘ failure ’ to much of hearing society 's attempts to provide services to meet their needs . |
| 20 | So , whereas in the psychoanalytic account , homophobia might well signal the precariousness and instability of identity , even of sexual difference itself , in the materialist socio-political account it typically signals the reverse , namely that sexual difference is being secured , homophobia being ‘ a mechanism for regulating the behaviour of the many by the specific oppression of a few ’ ( Sedgwick , Between Men , 88 ) . |
| 21 | You might well ask the moon . |
| 22 | ‘ Lightness ’ was not an easy charge for a religious sheikh to bear , especially if he felt there was some justification for the charge ; and in his heart of hearts , away from the public arena , Osman might well accept the need for some self-examination . |
| 23 | But proponents of the ‘ deregulation critique ’ might well question the degree of regulation which has been imposed . |
| 24 | Black armoured shrimps nuzzling there were cruisers and troopships which might well dwarf the corvette that Lexandro and the other recruits were sailing in . |
| 25 | We should not only lose , against eight times our numbers , but we might well tempt the Forteviot garrison to come out and rescue us , and the fort would be taken . ’ |
| 26 | It has not been a characteristic of the Department of Education and Science in the past few years — The Minister seems not to accept that , but if he talked to teachers about one or two recent arbitrary changes in education provision , he might well hear the view that there could have been more consultation . |
| 27 | significantly less and so you might well consider the need to use this means |
| 28 | Furthermore , blind use of antibiotics on such a large scale and the attendant difficulties with compliance might well aggravate the problem of drug resistance . |