Example sentences of "might [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Deferred taxation is not provided in respect of liabilities which might arise on the distribution of profits of overseas subsidiary companies , due to the availability of foreign tax credits . |
| 2 | God willing , the industry might deliver on the promise . |
| 3 | Philosophically , we might comment on the extraordinary qualities of Wordsworth 's perceptions . |
| 4 | He also made much of its cost-effectiveness , especially as an instrument with which to earn influence in Nato and in future East–West arms talks , quite apart from the military impression it might make on the USSR . |
| 5 | When there is an interest rate change , we can either follow a move in base rates initiated by the clearing banks or we can choose to anticipate a move that they might make on the rates prevailing in the interbank market . ’ |
| 6 | The line of argument depends upon two principal features : ( a ) there is a need to produce an oven justification for practices which might be criticized and this justification must explain racial discrimination in terms of anything other than irrational preferences ; ( b ) the discourse implies that irrational preference would be morally bad and the good intentions of the speaker , and those whom the speaker justifies , are guaranteed if they are shown to differ from those who might act on the basis of irrational prejudices . |
| 7 | The surroundings include all other objects which might act on the system under investigation . |
| 8 | In this case your review might focus on the differences you had observed between the way the best and worst chairperson had undertaken the task . |
| 9 | The level at which this is pitched and the textual content naturally varies depending on the course and the contexts range widely : one day we might focus on the language of a rape victim in Panjabi ( which we roleplayed in Bedford Police Station ) , the next a simulated interview in Arabic on child abuse , and the next a Vietnamese patient explaining her persistent earache to the doctor , a symptom masking the deeper one , i.e. the trauma of being a refugee . |
| 10 | There was a peculiar hissing sound in the room , a radiophonic kind of vibration , a noise one might expect on the sound-track of a science fiction film as the visiting card for the presence or arrival of aliens with long , bent , furry legs and eyes as scorching as red-hot coals . |
| 11 | With each of the Picassos conservatively valued at some $10 million , there is a fear that if the family are successful in their claim , the works would no longer be accessible to the public and , worse still , that they might appear on the market . |
| 12 | Comprehensive evaluation of company performance over these broader activities is not available , but the little which is known about individual companies suggests that financial objectives were more important than they might appear on the surface . |
| 13 | There were also several coloured photographs of the villa ‘ La Felicità ’ ; all taken from a low angle , so that it seemed to tower against the sky ; a place where the owners might appear on the battlements to a flourish of trumpets and a cry of heralds . |
| 14 | This might appear on the surface the most neutral formulation — there were unarguably three distinct times of battles in 1642–6 , 1648 , and 1650–1 — but it also elides the establishment of parliamentary authority and later Cromwell 's Protectorate . |
| 15 | If , as might appear on the face of it to be the case , ss20-24 can only be breached by actual acts , no difficulty arises with MDPs . |
| 16 | I du n no , I mean you might depends on the heat |
| 17 | With his admirable powers of persuasion , and perhaps the Darwin connection , Gould managed to enlist some of the crew : the Commander , Rear-Admiral Stokes , a Mr Dring , and , in particular , Dr Benjamin Bynoe , who promised to surrender to Gould any birds they might collect on the voyage for naming and describing . |
| 18 | Furthermore , it gave the English a door into France : soldiers might land on the Breton peninsula on their way into the interior of France , and the possibility of a more co-ordinated attack from different directions came a step nearer . |
| 19 | Try to view your work as dispassionately as you would any other programme you might watch on the television — but do n't be too hard on yourself , you are now comparing your efforts with the work of skilled professionals ! |
| 20 | AS IT searches round , somewhat forlornly , for things it can take credit for , the Clinton administration might light on the changing fortunes of the Democratic governor of New Jersey . |
| 21 | The northerners equally might look on the South with suspicion , or even downright hostility . |
| 22 | However , departures from this occur at lower values of z/L than one might guess on the basis of eqn ( 21.29 ) ; they are detectable for z/L above about 0·01 and very substantial when . |
| 23 | Unemployment might depend on the individual 's capacity . |
| 24 | This too was in some ways a ramshackle world : where rotten beams could give way , hurling king and courtiers to injury or death ; where everyone 's dinner might depend on the day 's hunting ; where an often crude and cruel humour mimicked life . |
| 25 | When the tenants were copyholders , much might depend on the precise custom by which they held their land ( Ch.4 ) . |
| 26 | When intermediate or high fat diets are used , the favourable or unfavourable clinical outcome might depend on the type of predominant fatty acids . |
| 27 | Think about the human problems you might face on the island . |
| 28 | If matters are simplified for him by assuming that he can move only north , south , east or west , and excluding the possibility that he might collapse on the spot , can you visualize the path he would follow ? |
| 29 | Moreover , neighbourhood police expressed a sensitivity to the effect which these casual encounters might have on the safety of those they talked to ‘ for you do n't know who 's watching ’ . |
| 30 | But the FA 's reply confirmed that they would not allow the match to take place because they were worried about the effect it might have on the pitch . |