Example sentences of "might [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It might cover any sounds SHe might make .
2 Somebody did mention a Range Rover Auto , or something , might cover this aperture .
3 It might cover secret processes and trade secrets .
4 Satin Lover , unbeaten in six starts over timber , seems sure to make the frame , but might prefer better ground , and is reluctantly passed over .
5 Companies which make first-use plastic might prefer recycled plastic to be used in opening up new markets , rather than competing with their products - for example , by substituting for timber .
6 Sports car drivers might prefer less body roll when cornering .
7 Authority might prefer single nurses , but every student nurse I ever met preferred to work under a married senior .
8 Indeed , such an academic structure might provide a good opportunity for the exercise suggested by Graff , in which students ( many of whom would probably be women ) would consider a feminist anthology of women poets of the past , and discuss how far they are admissible into the existing poetic canon , and what theoretical criteria might govern such admission .
9 Certainly her main reason for accepting the post had nothing to do with the actual work involved , but the hope that closer acquaintance with him might throw some light on Elise 's baffling death .
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 Only decimal arithmetic may be provided , or separate instruction sets might treat each computer word as either a binary or a decimal value .
12 Their insecurities were doubtless increased through reading theological works such as William Perkins ' Whether a Man , published in 1589 , which argued that a reprobate might attain temporary faith and ‘ seem both unto himself and to the Church of God to be a true professor of the Gospel , and yet indeed be none ’ .
13 One suggestion is that pre-exposure to the context , by preventing the subsequent formation of context-target associations , might enhance latent inhibition because it ensures that particularly strong associations will be formed among the elements of the target itself .
14 Moreover , he says , Delta 's haemoglobin is guaranteed to be free of the viruses that could contaminate the blood-derived product , and of any residual matter from the blood cells that might trigger allergic reactions in patients .
15 Is this is this an area where you think you might earn some money ?
16 The newcomer might diagnose that money mattered .
17 Other criteria for exclusion were inflammatory bowel disease , pernicious anaemia , evidence of hepatic or renal dysfunction ( any biochemical parameter for hepatic function exceeding twice the normal range or plasma creatinine >0.12 mmol/l , or both ) , anda constant requirement for medication ( such as anticholinergics , anti depressants , or non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs ) which might influence gastrointestinal motility , or otherwise interfere with the evaluation of the test drug .
18 There , surely , is one small example of how rational global thinking to frame intravenous drug use as a public health and not a moral issue might influence local strategy .
19 Prematurity itself might influence subsequent health and so the effects of prematurity and birth weight ( adjusted for gestational age ) need to be clearly separated .
20 This report offered a useful opportunity to discuss the extent to which the age factor might influence clinical decision making .
21 Should we wonder that they might influence some children to think that the real world is all like that ?
22 Japanese nationals were cut off from personal contacts with Europeans and the import of foreign artefacts , books and anything which might convey Western knowledge was banned .
23 My job was to say a few words that might comfort both groups .
24 Sir Leon was defending the compromise proposal that emerged at a meeting of the Community 's industry ministers this week , whereby the Commission might grant temporary exemptions to countries facing problems in opening their markets .
25 The learned reviewers — and their successors in all ages — might regard this poem as too trivial to bear much discussion , but the fact remains that Stepping Westward is much liked — if one may be allowed to use such a term in criticism .
26 Ageist policies are sometimes advocated on the basis of compassionate and humanitarian concerns — perhaps one might regard this stance as reasoned ageism .
27 But also that any who might peruse this essay from a research perspective will feel that I have not been too cavalier in the implications that I draw from the results of their studies .
28 Furthermore , she had grown to be grateful for the fact that their lives had drifted irretrievably apart , and she had prayed that things might stay that way for ever .
29 It feels almost as though it might stay this way for ever . ’
30 Finally , the test items selected are weighted accordingly and used in research contexts to discriminate groups of different degrees of authoritarianism and search for any correlates which might explain such differences .
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