Example sentences of "might [vb infin] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was not a proper construction of section 78 , which was drawn so as to embrace precisely the situation of this case amongst many others that might arise in individual cases . |
| 2 | An organisation might have a structure which reflects a sin culture ; on the other hand , different structures reflecting different cultures might exist in separate parts ( or departments ) of the organisation . |
| 3 | Additional RNase protection analysis of the smooth muscle MHC gene using restriction fragments from PBRUC1 ( 9 ) showed that further isoforms might exist in other regions of the MHC molecule ( Babij and Periasamy , unpublished ) . |
| 4 | an organisation which is spread over a wide geographical area is likely to decentralise authority on a regional basis , so that different cultures might predominate in different regions ; and |
| 5 | I knew Ellen hated the cold , and I tried to warn her of the conditions we might expect in those latitudes . |
| 6 | America 's Federal Highway Administration said it might invest in smart roads which could warn drivers of traffic jams and electronically collect tolls for using the road . |
| 7 | They were , however , encouraged to delay their accident estimate until they had thought specifically about how busy the junction would normally be and how it might appear in other conditions . |
| 8 | The present American tendency is to ask what a country can now do for itself and for the United States , not what it might do in other circumstances , nor yet what it deserves . |
| 9 | Another policy would be to enter all students — this might result in eight passes — but a percentage pass rate of only 53 per cent . |
| 10 | Rather they represent the rational choices of high-ranking employees , acting in the corporation 's interests , to intend directly to violate the criminal law or governmental regulations , or to be indifferent to the outcome of their action or inaction , even though it might result in human lives obliterated , bodies mangled , or life-savings lost . |
| 11 | The process might result in local changes to the route . |
| 12 | The internal factors , leading to cognitive biases , might result in poorer relationships , less self-esteem , and more helplessness . |
| 13 | Reports that the economy might improve in six months ' time . |
| 14 | If such money-grubbing goings-on could happen in cheap nursing homes that were checked by the authorities , Buzz wondered what might occur in expensive ones , where there was a greater possibility for profit ? |
| 15 | He seemed to think he might feature in some pictures with a blonde girl . |
| 16 | The solution for male doctors who do rough pelvic exams on women might begin in medical schools , where each male student would be placed in stirrups and a strange female MD would come and ‘ squeeze his balls and leave without saying a word ’ . |
| 17 | A training manager of London & Norwich Investment Services Ltd quipped that his firm might advertise in these terms : " Apply to Mr RazorReady , Grab , Fuck It and Run Ltd , Box no … " |
| 18 | If you do not understand the standards or are in doubt about how the general principles or rules of conduct might apply in specific circumstances , you must ask your manager for clarification . |
| 19 | I have suggested that for different people different moral considerations might apply in similar circumstances . |
| 20 | The random walk model could then be used to build up a picture of the possible range of river patterns that might develop in such circumstances . |
| 21 | The enshrinement of the principle of the acquis communautaire , and the pledge to enlarge upon it , would remove for ever the possibility that the Community might develop in different directions . |
| 22 | I mean nobody pick him up on that , but I mean , he might mean in real terms with , I do n't think he has in real terms . |
| 23 | James III 's idea of soldiering abroad , for example , to win renown and territory in Brittany and the county to the south , Saintonge , and in Guelders , was blocked by resistance at home ; in 1473 parliament tartly pointed out that if renown was what he was after , what he should be doing was ‘ to travel through his realm and put such justice and policy in his own realm that the brute and the fame of him might pass in other countries ’ . |
| 24 | As with other details these might vary in specific cases , but a typical cannon has a value as shown here . |
| 25 | He also expressed the fear , however , that the very widespread and intense national feeling which the war had revealed might lead in some circumstances to what he called ‘ social imperialism ’ : the imperialism of a whole people . |
| 26 | However the voting might go in these circumstances there could be no PR of wet , damp and dry votes , because there would be no means of knowing how far these had been attracted by the candidates ' presumed wetness , dampness or dryness . |
| 27 | While pro-Noriega units of the Panamanian Defence Forces might indulge in such abuses , the most likely culprits were the Battalions . |
| 28 | We might participate in special exhibitions , which we are doing right now . |
| 29 | For example , a manufacturer of bathroom and kitchen taps might wish to assess the potential market for taps in country A and country B. The income per capita in country A might be three times the income per capita in country B , and so the manufacturer might assess the potential market for taps to be three times as large in country A as in country B. However , the inhabitants of country B might live in larger houses than people in country A , and the country B houses might have an average 1 ½ times more bathrooms/kitchens . |
| 30 | Often , nowadays , he did n't have to do it ; relatives might live in different parts of the country , and usually they were best called on by a uniformed man . |