Example sentences of "might [vb infin] [adv prt] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Judge the timing of the research carefully , advised Ms Morris ; a key sales period , Christmas for example , would not be typical , neither were school holidays , which might throw up a biased sample . |
| 2 | You might build up the fire a little . ’ |
| 3 | For Geoffroy , a change in the environment might trigger off a new pattern of growth in the organism — but the result was determined more by the laws of growth than by the adaptive needs of the organism . |
| 4 | The group details are then re-examined for surface materials that might rule out the preliminary choice because of corrosion problems and choice is modified by the addition or substitution of a chemical type that will not affect the surfaces involved . |
| 5 | Our case studies [ see Chapter 7 ] have shown that these might make up a not unimportant share of the temporary labour force . |
| 6 | This example was meant to illustrate the unexpected links that might make up a chain of natural interactions , but it is significant that no experimental work was done to test the idea . |
| 7 | So we thought we might make up a party from the parish and go to Rome . ’ |
| 8 | We might catch up a bit here . |
| 9 | ‘ They might fall over a cliff together , too . ’ |
| 10 | How would Niger and Nigeria react to the plans of upstream nations for barrages and irrigation schemes which might dry up the Niger ? |
| 11 | To a school librarian , the term might conjour up the image of compiling a computerized catalouge with details of resources held in the school library . |
| 12 | He , he just might grow up a little bit |
| 13 | He said he had taken Kurlovich to Barcelona aware of the positive test and fearful disclosure might bring on a dope scandal similar to the Bulgarian one which shook the 1988 Games . |
| 14 | I might bring in a note tomorrow saying I 've got make an appointment |
| 15 | Okay , I agree there and , and objectives , so we might say er , future work which might bring in the , your point er , Tom . |
| 16 | In brief , the mechanisms through which policy makers might bring about a reduction in classical unemployment have not been systematically worked through in most models of temporary equilibrium . |
| 17 | It may seem a lot to you , but for a cast-iron story that might bring down a government , it 's cheap at the price , believe me . |
| 18 | Now that really might bring down the House of Windsor . |
| 19 | THE CONCEPT of a Squatters ' Ball might conjure up the image of crusties in black tie and taffeta but this is n't yer average kind of ball . |
| 20 | Role-play might carry on a topic begun through the use of stories . |
| 21 | I might carry on a bit tomorrow . |
| 22 | Stroud grants that if we want to know how a third person can know the nature of reality , we might carry out a psychological investigation of his methods of information processing , and then compare the results of his reasoning with known facts . |
| 23 | Apart from legislation which might break up the unity of imperial law , some colonial legislation was likely to affect the interests of people in Britain directly . |
| 24 | He swept his hat from the dresser and crushed it on his head and went outside as if he might break down the doors in his way . |
| 25 | ‘ Sometimes , I might follow up a tape with a phone call . |
| 26 | The likely explanation is that he is feeling contemplative , a little introspective , and he wants a quiet evening at home without the sort of chit-chat that might drown out the TV football commentary . |
| 27 | We suggest that you might work out a daily rate for lighting , repairs , telephone and sundries ( on the basis of a 36 week year ) and then charge that . |
| 28 | " We might work out a formula — if the next few days go well , that is . |
| 29 | ‘ But I might look in a bit later . |
| 30 | We might sum up the naive inductivist position by saying that , according to it , science is based on the principle of induction , which we can write : |