Example sentences of "it might [vb infin] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might give one power . |
| 2 | It might appear that chaining or tagging would always be preferable to the simpler system of storing records in the next available position . |
| 3 | The fact that a wealth tax bore heavily on someone who turned out to lose all his capital would not on an ex ante basis be regarded as indicating a regressive impact , but in terms of measured income ( allowing for the loss ) it might appear that way . |
| 4 | At best , it might offer local television worthy of the name . |
| 5 | If roads were contained within a perspex tunnel and regularly patrolled by wildlife wardens , armed with splints and bandages and trained in every kind of veterinary first aid , I suppose it might go some way towards reducing this tragic toll . |
| 6 | ‘ It might make interesting reading for the over 30 sporting population , ’ he says . |
| 7 | It might make artistic sense for the gallery to borrow some key picture to enhance the look of an exhibition , but a picture which is not for sale is an expensive use of wall space . |
| 8 | Perhaps it might make more sense to restrict people to a fixed number of pets . |
| 9 | David , from Torrington , Devon , joined three pals for the evening , despite being told it might involve heavy drinking . |
| 10 | The truth is that they had a narcissistic preoccupation with their own past ; any information they could glean about ‘ savage society ’ was eagerly seized upon in the hope that it might shed further light on their own origins . |
| 11 | Only a couple of months ago some inside the Federal Reserve thought it might loosen monetary policy this summer one last time . |
| 12 | ‘ It might do more harm than good , ’ he said , alarmed at the amount of blood running down Meredith 's face . |
| 13 | It is important to note the implications of not calling the police ; for example , insofar as it might affect future insurance claims . |
| 14 | But depending on what is behind that material , those reasons , if you will , there may be — it might change this case completely [ author 's italics ] . |
| 15 | It feels almost as though it might stay this way for ever . ’ |
| 16 | There 's only one thing , it might mean more part time jobs for college leavers and things if they go to work on a Sunday in the big stores and they did , give them a foot up to start a job , then get taken on you know as . |
| 17 | On the other hand , it might mean less CO 2 . |
| 18 | The employers can afford to bow on principle ; IG Metall says it might accept less money . |
| 19 | But there 's no way I intentionally tried to hurt him , even though it might look that way . |
| 20 | The renewal in 1960 provoked a major political crisis and a storm of protest throughout Japan , not only from those opposed to the treaty per se , but from those who feared it might encourage Japanese rearmament and the placing of nuclear weapons on Japanese soil . |
| 21 | I had an idea that if I dropped this diaper when we unloaded our bombs , it might help some mother . |
| 22 | The proposal attracted strong opposition , some arguing that it might withdraw legal protection from the weak and vulnerable , others arguing that the fundamental ethical problems could not be satisfactorily resolved by legal definition . |
| 23 | I mean , I 'll get a box sent to me and it might get one spin at home so that I can relax , sort of wipe my brow knowing it does n't jump , the quality 's good and it 's loud enough … ’ |
| 24 | Because it does not challenge the psychologized nature of the categories being used , it might produce some oversimple and premature assumptions of gender similarity . |
| 25 | Doetsch found that his synthetic analogue prevented the normal development of the viral infection within the cells , prompting him to suggest that it might have therapeutic potential ( Proceedings of the US National Academy of Sciences , 1981 , vol 78 , p 6699 ) . |
| 26 | Each hand drilled hole had to be carefully positioned in order that it might have greatest effect , but it did not matter so much with machine holes . |
| 27 | Although , therefore , I may ( as indeed I do ) very much doubt whether the effect of the agreement , as a conditional waiver of the interest to which she was by law entitled under the judgment , was really present to the mind of the judgment creditor , still I can not deny that it might have that effect , if capable of being legally enforced . |
| 28 | And that it might have some bearing on what has happened now . |
| 29 | Even if the accident does not seem serious at the time , but you think it might have some ill-effect in the future you should apply to the DSS for a decision that it was an industrial accident . |
| 30 | I wanted to choose for myself , yes , but I also wanted to escape into a world of certainties , which I knew to be unreal while desperately wanting to believe that it might have some reality . |