Example sentences of "they might [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The controversy surrounding the work of Telman Gdlyan and Nikolai Ivanov , chief corruption investigators with the USSR Procurator General 's office , came to a head on April 18 when the USSR Supreme Soviet voted to refuse a request by the Procuracy that it rescind the mandates of the two men to sit in the Congress of People 's Deputies , so that they might face criminal charges relating to coercion of suspects and witnesses . |
| 2 | ‘ We very much want to trace the driver of that vehicle because they might hold vital information which could result in this robbery being solved , ’ added the spokesman . |
| 3 | The third is the possibility , suggested also by Katib Celebi 's account of the office and supported to some degree by several contemporary documents , that there may have been a separate official muftilik of Edirne during the period : unfortunately , so shadowy is the evidence for its existence that as matters now stand it merely adds to the confusion , though could the facts about it be discovered , they might go some way toward resolving some of the problems in this vexed period . |
| 4 | If they could n't beat Greycoats by skill , they might stand more chance by guile , and one needed to learn all one could about the opposition . |
| 5 | Again , Thompson and Spencer suggest that intense stimuli habituate only slowly but there is some evidence that they might acquire latent inhibition especially readily , ( Crowell and Anderson 1972 ; Lantz 1976 ; Schnur and Lubow 1976 ) . |
| 6 | For example , if the engineering department wants to introduce a new item of equipment into Service , they might give biased information about likely ‘ teething troubles ’ with the equipment 's technology or the expected costs of maintenance , or breakdown times . |
| 7 | However , it is difficult to see how they might generate significant welfare losses ( and , indeed , may involve some welfare gains — see Waterston ) , unless practised by firms that have significant market power , in which case they may be used to exploit and sustain a dominant position . |
| 8 | There is evidence of good microbiological research emanating from Russia and Poland , but even if the communist countries had accurate figures on disease prevalence they might feel that publication of these would reflect badly on their political systems . |
| 9 | but they might exacerbate another problem , that of slalom-style riding by adventurous , youthful moped-riders who often view the street furniture as more of a challenge than a deterrent to speed . |
| 10 | Although she spoke lightly , she realized that out of this fantastic scheme they might evolve some means of making a livelihood , and her spirits rose , so that she forgot her disturbing discovery . |
| 11 | Should we wonder that they might influence some children to think that the real world is all like that ? |
| 12 | One local resident commented at the time , ‘ Possibly this area may have been picked because they think they might meet least resistance from a depopulated area ’ . |
| 13 | Harvey said he would be only too delighted , and suggested they might meet that evening . |
| 14 | He can play , if Wallace was more inclined to work WITH his partner they might strike more times ( he 's a selfish git ) . |
| 15 | Not even all Conservative politicians were happy with the implications of the notion of compulsory sales , particularly as they might affect rural areas , and certain safeguards have had to be incorporated . |
| 16 | Rainbow sings the praises of the weather and the day , offers a quick run to Alexandra Palace so they might continue last night 's interesting conversation under the morning sky . |
| 17 | That they might make other choices than the ones we wish them to make ? |
| 18 | They might make special efforts for these children to maximise the chances that they will have some sort of positive experience in their school lives . |
| 19 | Should their personal and family relationships remain or become negligible , then they might leave residential care supplied with skills and interests which they did not have before coming into care . |
| 20 | Thus , questions might feature as little more than conversational or rhetorical devices ; they might be more token than genuine ; they might be predominantly closed ; and they might lack cognitive challenge . |
| 21 | Here , adult contributions might be reasonably elaborate , in that they might add new information or extend what the child has said . |
| 22 | ‘ … Money is necessary to our plan , ’ he was soon telling Joseph Cottle ; and from a volume of poems they might raise sixty guineas . |
| 23 | They might spend much time , therefore , patrolling their school and its classrooms , talking with children and offering comment to teachers . |
| 24 | They were n't right for each other and maybe a marriage would last a shorter time than a more informal , less intense liaison ; brief and bitter , both of them on proximity fuses with things coming rapidly to a crunch , rather than something more drawn out , where they might spend long periods apart and so forget how much they hated being together , and enjoy the fleeting , passionate moments of reunion … |
| 25 | Nora had wanted to take Constance down to Louise in Surrey for her birthday so that it could be a family celebration but she decided to wait until the start of the summer holidays in order that they might spend several weeks there . |
| 26 | We would appeal to anyone who thinks they might know these bikers to come forward . ’ |
| 27 | At last , however , the Radio One crew were told they might get 10 minutes maximum down at the Disney Studios where Madonna as rehearsing for her world tour . |
| 28 | huh , from Cleethorpes I should n't think they 'd get much from there , oh they might get some ships might they ? |
| 29 | Hopefully they might get some work in . |
| 30 | POLICE leaders have put off a warning to Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke that they might seek full trade union rights , including the option to strike . |