Example sentences of "might [verb] [prep] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One might answer in this case that it is also a typical feature of speech , so should probably be analysed as a contraction and for this reason avoided in academic writing — even if one accepts the idea of a regional/class standard . |
| 2 | We might think of this variable as the retail price index and label its current value P , but it could be any economic variable . |
| 3 | While we can not provide the details you might want at this time , I 'd encourage you to give us the benefit of the doubt . |
| 4 | There are two responses that defenders of the behavioural approach might make to this argument . |
| 5 | I wonder what Johnson might make of this press release from the British architects RMJM ? |
| 6 | One might object to this definition of free will on the grounds that once we find a complete unified theory we will be able to predict what people will do . |
| 7 | The Home Office publishes a leaflet ( BN7 ) giving detailed guidance on the requirements for individuals seeking British nationality and if you have any competitors who intend to compete internationally and who might fall into this category , then you should ensure that an early clarification of nationality is sought . |
| 8 | This should not present any major difficulties in the context of computers , although a dating agency which wanted to use a service mark " COMPUTADATE " but did not have a computer might fall into this category . |
| 9 | Historians , of course , might feel at this point that they are in some sense losing control over what material is selected for future use ( Zweig 1992 : 181 ) . |
| 10 | So long as the Americans are only afraid that we might land on this island , and do n't know we 're already here , they will pay no attention to our activities . |
| 11 | Whilst some evidence suggested that repeated construal might break into this circle , a more effective way would be by making available the construals of others . |
| 12 | Boy stood outside the window and imagined the things he might see inside this magazine , should he ever take it down off the high shelf and open it , perhaps in the privacy of his room or perhaps right there on the street at five o'clock . |
| 13 | A typical sweep might occur in this way . |
| 14 | But while a single essay might draw in this way on more than one perspective , it is important to establish which is the primary or organising mode of argument and what is the primary focus around which an essay is based . |
| 15 | We might pause at this juncture to ask just why the British Government should assume an obligation to provide decent housing for the working classes , when in other countries rather different policies were pursued ; also why Britain embarked , consciously or otherwise , on a massive shift in housing tenure over the next 50 years and more . |
| 16 | In fact , we already thought that sex might fit into this category : it is likely to be associated with status ( women tend to do lower status jobs ) and absenteeism ( domestic commitments might make women more absence-prone than men ) . |
| 17 | One might suggest at this point that the level and module metaphors are not really opposed , because there could be a module that did the translation between the uppermost level and the one below it , and so on downwards . |
| 18 | Then it was gone and he was saying , ‘ I thought you might sleep in this morning . |
| 19 | A profound psychical revolution might erupt from this experience of the pregnant female as priest . |
| 20 | She felt disquieted at the lack of interest the girl had shown — anything might happen in this sort of house , she told herself indignantly . |
| 21 | Economists working within the tradition of ‘ political economy ’ might disagree with this interpretation . |
| 22 | They are consequently highly sensitive to any occurrence that might offend against this principle . |
| 23 | They must be attentive to all the susceptibilities that people might have in this connection , and ensure that all of them played a part in resolving the tasks that arose in a society of this kind . |
| 24 | We might proceed in this way , but a different approach is simpler . |
| 25 | A tribe living near the shore might wonder at this evidence of sorting or arrangement in the world , and might develop a myth to account for it , perhaps attributing it to a Great Spirit in the sky with a tidy mind and a sense of order . |
| 26 | This is to suggest as strongly as possible that the first words written down about anything important are almost never ‘ right ’ — whatever that might mean in this context . |
| 27 | Failure to obey any instructions he or she might issue in this context may amount to the statutory offence of obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty , for which the sentence can be either imprisonment or a substantial fine . |
| 28 | It is easy to see why a girl might come to this conclusion . |
| 29 | In Edinburgh at the time , there were various schools which might come under this heading , including the Merchant Company schools which provided a good education originally for children of humble backgrounds , but increasingly for middle-class children . |
| 30 | We suggested a time of quiet , to catch any ideas that might come from this Source . |