Example sentences of "might [vb infin] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stressed that attempts should be made to minimise any hardship they might experience to the greatest extent possible , as long as these did not prejudice the children 's best interests . |
| 2 | It is time now to consider what contribution a rights-based theory might be able to make in developing such a moral position , and how that position might relate to a revised , more radical form of democratic theory . |
| 3 | The measurement of length might relate to a straight line drawn on a piece of paper , to the height of a tree or to the distance of the moon from the Earth . |
| 4 | Most commonly , this might relate to a right of way across the neighbouring property , and details as to whether or not that right has been interrupted or whether charges have been made for its use will be required . |
| 5 | In summing up on this ideas section , we seem to be moving towards advocating that you : ( i ) fix on some aims or targets or intentions ( ii ) decide how these might relate to the actions and behaviour of pupils and teachers ( iii ) try to produce a teaching unit that is illustrative of these intentions and that strives towards promoting some of the desired behaviour ( iv ) report back on the actual relationship between the intentions and the behaviour . |
| 6 | They can only operate as a rough guide to classifying tables of data , and it is not possible to say how they might relate to the levels in a particular graduated test scheme . |
| 7 | The CNAA had to decide not only the merits of the particular case , but whether it would be willing and able ( under its Charter ) to validate a teachers ' certificate as well as a degree , and how it might relate to the Area Training Organizations which had some responsibility for the teaching practice component of existing courses . |
| 8 | Instead of saying , ‘ That 's a nice dress you 're wearing , ’ they might rush to the wardrobe and put on a T-shirt that says the same thing . |
| 9 | Whatever his motives , Salah was careful to underplay the contribution education might make to the emancipation and liberation of women . |
| 10 | Much attention is now being paid to the contribution which differences in labour market flexibility might make to the explanation of international differences in unemployment rates and economic growth . |
| 11 | It can not be denied that it would be splendid to see Luckie Mucklebackit , Edie Ochiltree , Wizard of the Moor or any other member of the Class in action once more , but the purists might object to a D11/1 being portrayed as a D11/2 . |
| 12 | If ratifying the Protocol is viewed as the conferral of rights on the treaty parties under Article 36 of the Vienna Convention , those States can decide whether to accept the rights , and might object to a statement such as that made by the Soviet Union on this basis . |
| 13 | It 's gripping , moving and unexceptionable ( although purists might object to the interweaving of the very different gospel stories ) . |
| 14 | Back To The Planet might appeal to a section of the so-called dregs of society , but they feel they 're setting a different agenda . |
| 15 | Moreover , if the plates were accompanied by a descriptive text , giving information about the nature and habits of each species figured , the production might appeal to a broader and more conventional audience . |
| 16 | The hot-rod 's flexible definition means that even a car straight from Chrysler 's factory might appeal to the fashion-conscious . |
| 17 | This might fall to the college itself , to the local Chamber of Commerce or , more likely , to the Training and Enterprise Council ( TEC ) . |
| 18 | He feared the advantages which might fall to the USSR in the resultant confusion . |
| 19 | They might jump to a conclusion from certain comments in that newspaper , and ignore others which point away from the plaintiff in question . |
| 20 | Although , as Ferril readily admits , many of the rites performed by the ‘ twenty-two young priests of perfect physique , might appear to the uninitiated as a chaotic conflict concerned only with hurting the oval by kicking it ’ , the pattern of worship is highly stylized . |
| 21 | Dalgliesh thought that however ferocious he might appear to the outside world his children had no fear of him . |
| 22 | Batch production work is often of this kind and in general it is by no means as unchanging or boring as it might appear to the casual visitor to the factory . |
| 23 | A comprehensive silence covering all those aspects of our relationship that might appear to an outsider to be improper , or even bizarre . |
| 24 | The care which other carers might give to the child only becomes relevant if the threshold test is met . |
| 25 | ‘ And if you do n't mind my saying so , ’ he continued in that same soft , gentle voice , so at variance with his appearance , ‘ you appear to give to sales what vampires might give to the transfusion service . ’ |
| 26 | He was certain the brutal oriental intended to kill them no matter what assurances he might give to the contrary , because of the trouble each had caused him . |
| 27 | For his part , Alexei treated Jehana with the kind of respect a man might give to an aged relative , polite and always attentive , but there was a careful absence of warmth every time he spoke to her . |
| 28 | Puritans like Harley and Dowsing regarded altars , statues , paintings , and stained glass not as aids to religious devotion , but as positive dangers to men 's souls , and they reacted to them rather as a modern-day Jew might do to a beautifully sculpted or painted swastika . |
| 29 | He looked like a fresh-faced schoolboy and introduced himself to Charlie as one might do to a casual acquaintance at a cocktail party . |
| 30 | FOREIGN exchange dealers who were imagining what John Smith as Chancellor might do to the value of the pound if Labour wins the election , were yesterday ambushed instead by one Antonio Cavaco Silva , prime minister of Portugal . |