Example sentences of "might [verb] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Duke insisted that ‘ its fitt it be understood … for it might give umbrage to Achinbowie and Balfunning ’ , and he was very clear that the gentleman in question , the son of Glengyle , should not , under any circumstances , join Lord George 's ship . |
| 2 | This brings us to the third phase , in which linguists have become more generally prepared to question the notion of linguistic equality and to accept that language differences might give rise to difficulties which are not due solely to the social and linguistic misconceptions of teachers . |
| 3 | The review is designed to identify matters which might give rise to queries following a review by a reasonably informed , but uninvolved , reader . |
| 4 | Webber 's job was to locate any pitfalls in the concept which might give substance to Wilson 's original ‘ maybe ’ about the show . |
| 5 | On the other hand he referred to the claim of the appellants that the volume of documentation was very large and that if in all such cases a similar order was made there would be ‘ intolerable disruption ’ to an auditors ' business , the risk to the appellants that in producing the documents they might provide material to ground claims against themselves , and the suggestion that the order was not sufficiently specific in that it did not indicate to the appellants the areas in which the respondents considered that the appellants or others might be liable . |
| 6 | Now and then a circulating pirate might come face to face with a Familo thug , and there would be some ritual snarling and glaring . |
| 7 | One was finally found in Wales , but the company refused to deal with a record which might cause offence to people on religious grounds . |
| 8 | The Home Office tried to ban the interview on the grounds it might cause distress to relatives of Nilsen 's victims . |