Example sentences of "they might [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | Harvey said he would be only too delighted , and suggested they might meet that evening . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Here , adult contributions might be reasonably elaborate , in that they might add new information or extend what the child has said . |
| 15 | They might spend much time , therefore , patrolling their school and its classrooms , talking with children and offering comment to teachers . |
| 16 | Hopefully they might get some work in . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They might cause more trouble than that . |
| 19 | Almost all modern economists , however much they might resist such classification , are drawn to one of two camps . |
| 20 | In border areas , dwellings which incorporated architectural features concerned with defence ( the ‘ maison-fortes ’ of France ) were both dwellings for a family and , in certain circumstances , they might provide some measure of protection for local people , in so doing underlining the nobleman 's responsibility for the defence of the people . |
| 21 | Further opposition came from those who , no matter how much they might desire British association with their ambitions , saw a free trade area as a retrograde step , and feared its adverse effect upon the ultimate goal of political unity . |
| 22 | It may be we are afraid that if they understood our needs they might use that information in some way to exploit us . |
| 23 | At any moment they might come sweeping back into the cockpit , impaling Trent or Mariana . |
| 24 | They might sell single eyeshadow colours , or compacts that you fill yourself . |
| 25 | They might hate each other . |
| 26 | To help children to happily acquire useful skills in order that they might take full advantage of nursery provision and formal schooling when that time begins . |
| 27 | If you place two Mobs beside each other , then there 's a chance they might attack each other . |
| 28 | More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle , but they might need more room to manoeuvre . |
| 29 | These chose to live a life of poverty and charity supported by their own manual labours and loosely affiliated to local religious houses , from whom they might receive spiritual guidance , and to whom they gave the proceeds of their work . |
| 30 | Wake and Beaumont were restored to their English lands , and this aroused hope that they might receive some support in trying to recover their estates in Scotland as well . |