Example sentences of "and [noun pl] might [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | My initial thoughts that the process of filming during the meetings and workshops might inhibit the participants from speaking their minds , was quickly dispelled when I later took part in several workshops at Highlander and discovered ( with some amazement ) , that the camera crew quickly became ‘ invisible ’ as people got their teeth into the subject matter . |
| 2 | Indeed the hope of eternal life was thought socially important as a sanction , as the authors imply but do not quite state : the prospect of endless rewards and punishments might bring the wicked to their senses . |
| 3 | The tremendous variation in the experiences of First , Second and Third World countries in terms of income , population , foreign trade , resources , quality of life and blocs might lead the faint-hearted to conclude that the global system either does not exist or that it is so hopelessly complex that there is no point in trying to conceptualize it at all . |
| 4 | With the appointment of his friend Barberini to the papacy in August 1623 , there were high hopes that an avowed patron of the arts and sciences might lift the restriction . |
| 5 | Finally , the additional time taken to read words occurring at the end of clauses and sentences might reflect the time taken to carry out syntactic processing of that particular clause or sentence . |
| 6 | Sewers and wells might halt the disease , but cost much more . |
| 7 | Fears grew that some pensioners and children might lose the right to free prescriptions , after Michael Portillo , chief secretary to the Treasury , warned of huge public spending cuts . |
| 8 | All the judges emphasized that the danger of disorder came not from the CND marchers but rather from the fact that ‘ [ h ] ooligans and others might attack the police who were doing their duty in escorting a peaceful procession ’ ( Lord Denning ) . |