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 . |