Example sentences of "a [noun sg] might [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , there is a great risk in counting from directories because a route might allow the listing of several destinations as though they were separate journeys , and the increase , although undoubtedly substantial , may have been much smaller than it appears . |
| 2 | Those on a budget might prefer the Malcolm X badge ( $3 ) or postcard ( $1 ) . |
| 3 | From the detailed observation of fifteen boards , it was evident that training often followed the pattern of immediate demand rather than being linked to any developmental plan ; thus , a board might ask the headteacher or member of staff for further elaboration of a topic which surfaced at a meeting , such as subject choice by S3 , or individuals might decide to attend an area session on interviewing skills only once they knew that they were to participate in the selection of a senior member of staff . |
| 4 | It will also take into account how a ban might affect the Trusts 's ability to purchase or lease land and its prospects for gifts and bequests . |
| 5 | It has been suggested that ‘ incipient ’ is an unfamiliar word , that associating the stall with a spin might get the student worried , and that to simplify things we should only talk about stalls and spins . |
| 6 | He has read it before but he dips into it from time to time as a priest might consult the Bible in preparation for a sermon , or a poisoner Feltman 's Toxicology in preparation for a murder . |
| 7 | In the first place , says Freud , the child wo n't obey any longer , necessarily , because now he 's got nothing to fear , and secondly , a child might resent the lie that has been told to him . |
| 8 | The Cinematograph Films ( Animals ) Act 1937 , like the Protection of Children Act , limits the range of material which may be imported into Britain for public exhibition or distribution , and it was once hoped , vainly , that such a law might provide the model for similar limitations in other countries . |
| 9 | Such a move might release the UK from the moral obligation to support any legislation stemming from it , but the Commission would still be entitled to bring forward legal proposals . |
| 10 | He was worried that a dairymaid might leave the dairy , and then her cows would not like being milked by a stranger . |
| 11 | But despite the risks , for a man of ambition and determination the reward was ample ; for a prévôté might bridge the gap between the upper peasantry and the lower echelons of the aristocracy . |
| 12 | The writer said , in effect , " Here is my Horace " , and the reader responded , in effect , " This is/is not the Horace that I know " , appraising the performance from the heart as well as the mind , much as a listener might appraise the rendering of a familiar musical work . |
| 13 | Yet the Han had destroyed all that they had once been — had severed them from their cultural roots as simply and as thoroughly as a gardener might snip the stem of a chrysanthemum . |
| 14 | ‘ It will be useless to observe to the Society that it is of the greatest importance to procure a place as soon as possible , if the Professor is not enabled to begin his Lectures by Christmas ( 1791 ) the establishment will be put off for one year — the Zootomy being strictly the first part he is to begin to teach to the pupils , which everyone knows could not be attempted in the Summer — and it would be feared too long a delay might hurt the success of the establishment . ’ |
| 15 | It is fairly easy to see how such a notion might give the behaviour of randomly decaying atoms . |
| 16 | In deference to democracy , and if time permitted , perhaps the House of Commons as a whole might elect the new Prime Minister . |
| 17 | Second , a court might interpret the rule restrictively so that it only permitted the replication of common law rights and duties or only operated in the regulatory sphere . |
| 18 | We tended towards a view that when there is a possibility that one part of a district might meet the criteria , but another part of the same district would either be contrary to or prejudice the objectives of the criteria , we might need to specify which part of the district we meant . |
| 19 | He could appreciate that a collection might become the last refuge and hope for survival of an endangered species , but the knowledge did little to modify his response ; apart from the dogs ' home where he 'd once been bought a sick puppy , it was one of the saddest places he knew . |
| 20 | The late Ian Fleming did not have a monopoly in tongue-in-cheek , humorous adventures about secret agents , but a novelist might commit the tort of passing-off if he changes his name to Ian Fleming or uses the name James Bond or the 007 code in his novel . |
| 21 | He 's sorry , ’ Luther told his stepson , smiling freely now and licking his lips like a dog might lick the juice of a bone from his chops . |
| 22 | A debate might allow the Opposition the opportunity to withdraw some of their more outrageous allegations about those reforms . |
| 23 | Other policy issues that were observed and which need discussion and consideration included : the problem of sustaining confidence in the livestock market for those ( many of whom were family or part-time farmers ) who had no other enterprise options ; the need for an examination of the labour unit figure at present used in deciding eligibility for improvement grants with a view to its removal — those at present debarred from receiving grant ( because their unit is not big enough ) were unable to carry out improvements to develop the farm ; the case for considering what effect would be achieved by placing a limit ( e. g. 500 standard man days ) on the size of unit eligible for grant and guaranteed prices — such a limit might ensure the future of family units which were under economic pressure for amalgamation and growth of the size of units ; the need for assistance with the building of a second house to aid resettlement and hand-over problems . |
| 24 | Only Maestros and deities lived forever , and a man might sour the balance of his span knowing when it was going to end . |
| 25 | Paul alludes to a pagan custom , rare indeed in the Jewish world , whereby a man might adopt the children of another family into his own . |
| 26 | And Alan Millet traced a path to discover how well a man might withstand the sophistication of modern interrogation at the hands of the masters of that art . |
| 27 | If the ‘ closed ’ style of management described above is already a problem in many schools , then there are a great many more where such a style might permeate the existing decision-making process once delegated budgets are in place . |
| 28 | Henry knew all the houses — the double-fronted mansion with the Mercedes in the driveway , the row of early Victorian workmen 's cottages , fastidiously restored , the occasional bungalow or mock Gothic affair with turrets — he knew what each one was worth , and he followed their fortunes , decay , repair , sale , in the way a countryman might watch the seasons . |
| 29 | From Baden , those in a hurry might take the motorway east to the outskirts of Zurich , then pick up the northbound motorway , carrying on through Jestetten . |
| 30 | Their replies were closer to the way a psychologist or a physiologist might interpret the question , though none of the children would understand the way visual perception works . |