Example sentences of "it might [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dougal wondered if the absence of upper-case letters was a conscious literary gimmick ; alternatively , it might suggest a simple failure to master the typewriter 's shift-key . |
| 2 | IF EVEREST were a person — and Tibetans call it the Goddess Mother of the World — it might feel a bit put upon . |
| 3 | It might feel the same way again , ’ one diplomat pointed out . |
| 4 | Suchocka , whose Democratic Union ( UD ) favoured a referendum , was concerned that it might destabilize the government coalition , which included the Christian National Union ( ZChN ) , the main force behind the draft anti-abortion law . |
| 5 | It might dilute the real body of work which I felt to be making some kind of contribution . |
| 6 | We hoped it might form the basis of a small ‘ colony ’ providing a change for all concerned . |
| 7 | Indeed it might have-in a different situation where some or all of the rest of the causal circumstance for e was missing . |
| 8 | The only , if anything it might shrink a little . |
| 9 | The great city — say at this period a settlement of more than 200,000 , including a scattering of metropolitan towns of more than half a million — was not so much industrial ( though it might contain a good many factories ) as a centre of commerce , transport , administration and the multiplicity of services which a large concentration of people attracts and which in turn swell their number . |
| 10 | Why , it might contain the essence of life itself . |
| 11 | ‘ It might matter a lot to me in my job , ’ Horowitz informed him . |
| 12 | It may perhaps be objected that the distance may prevent the pupils of the Hospitals from attending the Lectures of the Veterinary Professor — I will first answer to that — that it would be dangerous for the progress of the Veterinary science to give them too free admission into the College — because it might give a disgust to the residing pupils from their application to the Veterinary Medicine and many of them would change their mind and apply themselves to the anatomy of the human body , thinking that it would be more honorable for them to cure the human species than Animals , this happened in France and the best Veterinary pupils are now Physicians and Surgeons to the human species — this prejudiced ideal would inculcate itself into the minds of young men , the more so as the Veterinary Science is still in its Infancy in this Country , and in an abject state , for this reason it would be equally dangerous to permit residing pupils to attend medical or anatomical lectures , of the human body , or to frequent Hospitals : Therefore a certain distance from the Town would be more useful than otherwise for the progress of the Veterinary Science . |
| 13 | ‘ I hope it might give a ten year old kid a little inspiration , a little boost and when it comes out of him , I 'm happy . |
| 14 | That would probably do little to bring so-called advances on royalties back to a more sensible level , but it might give the publisher some added stability , and therefore a greater incentive to put sustained effort into an author 's career . |
| 15 | There are two different ways in which the existence of an alternative remedy can affect the availability of judicial remedies : it might entirely preclude the award of a judicial remedy , or it might give the court a discretion to refuse a ( discretionary ) remedy if it thinks that the alternative remedy is adequate . |
| 16 | If companies had to say how many died and were injured in their service each year , it might give the life and death of workers a higher priority . |
| 17 | I lit another cigarette from the stub of the first ( unheard-of for me ) — not because I wanted it but because I felt it might give an illusion of poise to walk into the Presence with a cigarette dangling carelessly from my lips . |
| 18 | To the unpractised eye it might appear a hotch-potch thrown together at random . |
| 19 | I therefore offered the book in the hope that it might embody a healing and unitize perspective on this most exciting and disturbing movement of our times . |
| 20 | First , it might combine the benefits of French provincial charm with access to the capital . |
| 21 | Indeed , the EEC , in anticipation of its enlargement , had also begun to consider how it might accommodate the remaining EFTA states , all of whom for varying reasons could not consider joining the EEC , or were precluded from doing so . |
| 22 | Tod : ‘ It might start a panic . ’ |
| 23 | I think it might aid the thought processes , old boy . |
| 24 | Her solicitor had said it might fit a safety-deposit box at the Venetian bank . |
| 25 | In a perceptive question , one of our committee members , Russell Mulford , asked whether the scheme was a bad thing for Shropshire — because it might attract the funding that could otherwise be used to electrify the Wolverhampton — Shrewsbury line — or a good thing — because of the boost it will give to rail travel generally . |
| 26 | The antihistamine would have little value , but it might slow the reaction marginally until her medical kit or the allergy kit arrived . |
| 27 | and you , it might open the way for peaceful land reform |
| 28 | It might carry a myriad of different messages . |
| 29 | So it might pay a mother to wait for a few days and see what happened to the baby . |
| 30 | If the density of animals in an area increases to the point of overcrowding , there will be insufficient food to go round , and it might pay an animal to move away . |