Example sentences of "as it might [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the Union is not faring as well as it might think . |
| 2 | The effect of apparently cheap capital was not as simple as it might appear . |
| 3 | The Kent County cricketing team came again , beating Henley 20 — 2 although the Standard bravely reported it ‘ not to be as one-sided as it might appear ’ . |
| 4 | There is no such thing in practice as a perfect vapour barrier , though this is not always as serious as it might appear . |
| 5 | Montagu 's notion of ‘ self-government ’ was not in fact as radical as it might appear . |
| 6 | Taking out proper insurance to cover the risks entailed in operating a haulage business is not as easy as it might appear . |
| 7 | It does n't seem to have had as bad an effect on a lot of people as it might appear — they have n't immediately turned round and gone back to the very worst anti-gay feeling . |
| 8 | It is not in my body as it might appear to others ( if they put their tongue in my mouth ) but does appear to me ( who has got my tongue in my mouth ) that I have pains . |
| 9 | Yet , a large number go on and eventually do reasonably well academically , the implication being that sporting involvement may not be so detrimental to education as it might appear . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Fortunately in real life this is not always as difficult as it might appear . |
| 12 | This conclusion is not so unsatisfactory as it might appear at first sight . |
| 13 | The fact that some infringements do not require any form of knowledge may seem unduly harsh , but knowledge is required for some of the remedies and the situation is not as inequitable as it might appear , bearing in mind the need to protect the patent . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not as easy as it might appear , ’ Ballater commented , and then introduced himself . |
| 15 | Some LDCs have been reluctant to rely too heavily on foreign finance ( and investment ) as it might result in undue foreign interference and intervention by richer nations in their countries . |
| 16 | He did not ant to see us make the same mistake in Iran as it might cost us much more if we did not move now " . |
| 17 | She could see that nothing could harm her , that there was no danger , that danger in so far as it might exist was desirable , and she started to walk , slowly , up the street , looking at those who looked at her , exchanging glance for glance , shivering in the warm April air from a tremulous , hopeful , artificial apprehension . |
| 18 | The investigation of anything happening directly on the river would normally be the responsibility of the River Police , at least until such time as it might lead to inquiries inland . |
| 19 | I would say that it 's germane to this exercise again in so far as it might lead to the conclusion that a particular sector is impracticable . |
| 20 | The premature release of these plans was a source of embarrassment and irritation to ministers as it might stir up greater opposition to what they wanted to do . |
| 21 | Do n't give you baby his bottle straight from the fridge as it might chill him . |
| 22 | Asa , you 've got very close to saying something which I 've often pressed historians on , but they 've never got quite as close as you have , and that 's actually saying that history is useful insofar as it might tell us something about the future . |
| 23 | It is important to note the implications of not calling the police ; for example , insofar as it might affect future insurance claims . |
| 24 | The Bruce claimant to the throne had just died , but his son and grandson were determined to assert family rights , even if it meant offering their services to Edward I for as long as it might take to drive the Comyns from the seized lands in Annandale . |
| 25 | Asquith , like Campbell-Bannerman , was personally , if somewhat indolently , in favour of reform , but also like his predecessor was extremely cautious about pursuing it , for fear that it would lose as many votes from middle-class taxpayers as it might gain from others . |
| 26 | ‘ Just as it might have been possible for you also , madame , ’ he had said . |
| 27 | Already there are suggestions from Australia that the Raiders ' post-Grand Final party lasted all the way to Manchester , in other words that their preparation for the game was not as dedicated as it might have been . |
| 28 | However the government has not gone as far as it might have . |
| 29 | The fact that the Labour Party did not lead public opinion as strongly as it might have done meant that the National government had an easier ride than it might otherwise have expected . |
| 30 | At least when he was not with her she now knew where he was but the comfort this brought her was not as complete as it might have been because he was also with Annunciata during those times . |