Example sentences of "might [adv] [vb infin] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Potential competitors such as the hot-shot Mac-to-Unix people at Quorum Software , who might eventually find their market niche too narrow , are also said to be watching . |
| 2 | Just as the partisan might eventually lose his faith in the stranger , so the theist might lose his or her faith in God . |
| 3 | Though they might thereby earn their spurs as ‘ good practitioners ’ , their children may gain rather less than if they had experienced a more varied and exact mode of discourse . |
| 4 | I was forced to pay more attention to lessons in science and history at Varndean , purely so that I might better understand my other , shadowier tutelage . |
| 5 | You might perhaps change your mind . ’ |
| 6 | If ‘ that bloody woman ’ had heard him utter such a curse , she would have ripped into him with a piece of her mind , then he would have whipped her with his tongue , then this sop of a man before him would have got between them , and afore you knew it , there would be a full-scale war waging — and in the heat of the moment he might foolishly betray his devious plans to boot the lot of them out of his house and out of his life . |
| 7 | Suddenly it is all about hard work , grafting for each other and scratching for the odd result that might suddenly spark your confidence . |
| 8 | But since to say as much might only set his back up , ‘ Yes , ’ she lied pleasantly , but felt not at all happy with the lie however pleasantly put , and went swiftly on , ‘ Er — do you — er — know Mr Gajdusek by any chance ? ’ |
| 9 | She might only lose her temper about once every five years , but when she lost it , boy , did she lose it , and events these last few days had been urging her dangerously near to boiling-point . |
| 10 | It takes a good deal of suppleness to be able to get both your elbows onto the ground — you might only get your hands flat on the floor to begin with . |
| 11 | On the other hand , we might so frame our problem that we felt it would be impossible to solve it unless we carried out detailed fieldwork . |
| 12 | We make it impossible to use , when in fact that voice might greatly strengthen our writing . |
| 13 | There was also concern that the government might not meet its undertakings on the integration of former guerrillas , particularly in the matter of land distribution . |
| 14 | Family privacy was also increased by the provision of back stairs , so that the master of the house on his main stairway might not meet his ‘ last night 's faeces coming down them ’ . |
| 15 | Joseph Ford , frightened because he was about to fight his first real battle , worried that either he or his men might not do their duty and , as ever when worry overwhelmed him , he snatched off his spectacles and polished their lenses on his sash . |
| 16 | The thought came as no relief to Merymose , for although the loss of his quarry might not mean his dismissal from the Medjays , he could expect demotion , or at best to end his days in no higher rank than he held now . |
| 17 | ‘ I might not change my mind , ’ said Ellen . |
| 18 | If you have had heart attacks in the past you might not pass your medical for flying . |
| 19 | This coupling might not displace your favoured recording of either concerto , but it is worth attention for Accardo 's emphatic proof that you do not necessarily have to be English to interpret English music . |
| 20 | Andy Lloyd thought the wicket might not give his bowlers all the help he 'd envisaged or hoped for , and he was right . |
| 21 | ‘ As you are not free to go yourself I merely wondered whether you might not feel my absence . ’ |
| 22 | Who can predict what Brazilian carnival queen might not cross his path ? |
| 23 | Until then she had been tortured by fears that she might not recognise her son if she should see him . |
| 24 | An official said : ‘ If someone can handle their disability , it might not impair their mobility . ’ |
| 25 | The one item that comes in under the £100 mark might not suit your favourite Brit . |
| 26 | They were a strange breed , these killers who might or might not know their victims , but for whom the victim filled a need . |
| 27 | We should consider whether taking on this role , in a context of inadequate overall expenditure , might not increase our administrative workload and the level of stress from our clinical work and adversely affect our relationships with our patients , our staff , and each other . |
| 28 | People are led to believe they might not get their mail if they use the townland . |
| 29 | Firstly that Britain would never end immigration altogether ( even if it ended black immigration ) , because if it did so the economy might not survive its periodic labour shortages . |
| 30 | Women sailors who might not have their sights set on such lofty goals — or , for that matter , those who have — will be interested in a seminar about women 's sailing to be held in February . |