Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] if " in BNC.
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| 1 | On April 20 , however , Angolan radio warned that the government delegation might be withdrawn if UNITA continued " to intensify its military actions " . |
| 2 | For example , if the patient says ‘ I can not possibly measure my own blood glucose because I am at work all day ’ , the patient might be lost if the doctor were to insist . |
| 3 | The ‘ other professional officers ’ whose comments might be incorporated if appropriate would include not only the officers and advisers of the authority and centrally employed caring and counselling staff but also teaching and ancillary colleagues within the school . |
| 4 | The educational " return " on the capital invested might be increased if all materials were at least identified and access to them coordinated . |
| 5 | It therefore follows that the therapeutic success of drugs that reduce gastric secretion might be explained if DU resulted from duodenal rather than gastric hyperacidity , possibly as a result of inadequate clearance of even normal amounts of acid from the bulb . |
| 6 | And according to one teacher , who fears she might be victimised if she gives her name , only one of the two teachers taken on at her school for a total of 48 four-year-olds , was actually trained to teach under-fives . |
| 7 | Little of the CO 2 -induced increase in potential WUE might be realized if higher A/g resulted entirely from stomatal closure . |
| 8 | Horace took a long view of excellence ; a very rough idea of his aesthetic commitment to the tradition of Greek letters , and some understanding of the initially cool ( or possibly baffled ) public reception of his Greek-inspired Odes , might be gained if we were to try to imagine one of our own Augustans studiously engaged , while everyone else relied on the staple measure of the heroic couplet , in the production of poems imitating the intricate court metres of the Nordic skald , such as the Drottkvaett , or the Dunhenda . |
| 9 | erm I think in a way to , as many a parent knows , to act instantly , cause some pain , and then let the matter drop , is a very good system in some senses , but is it , is it a good thing to have happening in the middle of traffic ? erm I suggest that on the whole something might be gained if this was tried here . |
| 10 | Potential recruits might be reassured if they knew that in matters like these the governors would call on independent investigators or assessors from outside the school . |
| 11 | Even making allowances for these factors , a person might be insulted if the actor makes it plain by his words or conduct that he holds in contempt those ( including the victim ) who do not share his point of view . |
| 12 | Are we looking for freshness and flavour , or are we happy to forgo these for the headier feeling that longevity might be achieved if we avoid imbibing pesticide residues . |
| 13 | It is the evaluators ' opinion that a greater flexibility in the number and size of grants would be desirable and that this might be achieved if the standard awards were replaced by a sliding scale with lower and upper limits . |
| 14 | Joyce feared potential rivalry ; her status might be threatened if Helen , a favourite of the county librarian , were more available . |
| 15 | Application is normally made for Part A and Part B registration might be granted if there is some doubt about the mark . |
| 16 | On the American side the multilateralists believed that protectionism in the United States might be weakened if they could win a demonstrable success against Imperial Preference . |
| 17 | Both he and his half-back partner , Gary Armstrong , might be forgiven if thoughts turned to British Lions selection for the summer tour to New Zealand but Gavin Hastings , another candidate in that department who is now being touted as Lions skipper , was adamant that performing for Scotland was the only issue at stake . |
| 18 | Defensive measures might also be justifiable as being for the good of society as a whole ( i.e. because society has an interest in the efficient operation of the business that might be damaged if the company is taken-over ) . |
| 19 | From the analysis we do not know the proportion of pregnant women who participated in this form of screening , but it seems that around 48% of cases might be detected if triple screening was universal . |
| 20 | Likewise , we might be disturbed if the social class distribution in the sample turned out to be very unlike the overall pattern . |
| 21 | The Alliance sought to imply that this process might be delayed if Kohl had to negotiate with an SPD-led government in East Berlin . |
| 22 | The lawsuits might be settled if more past losses were mutualised . |
| 23 | Their conclusion that apparent inconsistencies in this epidemiology might be resolved if the age of diagnosis of breast cancer is taken into account is well taken . |
| 24 | All that might be allowed for in this context was that individual cases might be considered if I particularly pressed " , and it has to be added that this was in full accordance with the AFHQ instruction of 7 March which stated that " it is not the policy of she British Government to encourage any of those persons who become a British responsibility to put forward claims that they are NOT Soviet Citizens " . |
| 25 | Or , it might be added if we wish to consider history rather than geography , medieval Europeans represented women as sexually insatiable , while the Victorians represented them as naturally frigid , engaging in sex only as a marital duty . |
| 26 | For a moment another thought crossed my mind — that if I lived in the United States while undertaking an ‘ experiment ’ I might be sued if I failed . |
| 27 | Indeed , there are groups whose very power in Britain might be jeopardized if they were seen as identified with specific political parties . |
| 28 | The killings at the television station gave rise to a clamour of international condemnation , including warnings from the United States administration and European Community ( EC ) Foreign Ministers that economic aid might be suspended if the Soviet authorities continued this use of force . |
| 29 | During the weekend of Aug. 17-18 , Hugh Annesley , chief constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) , said that the internment of suspected terrorists without trial might be introduced if the heightened violence continued , while Peter Brooke , the United Kingdom Northern Ireland Secretary , condemned what he called the " constant litany of violence " . |
| 30 | The striped patterns of the three species of zebras shown opposite — common ( top ) , Grevy 's ( middle ) and mountain ( bottom ) — are not as varied as might be expected if they were important as species-isolating mechanisms . |