Sentence examples for might extract some from inspiring English sources

The governor, besides getting a good time slot for his speech to the Republican convention, might extract some federal goodies for New York from a President Bush.

Mr. Dickinson said he feared that some preschool teachers or parents might extract the message about the importance of vocabulary and pervert it.

But today's contemporary artists might extract lessons from previous downturns in this nation's relatively short history, when some artists found ways to support their endeavors and even thrive.

The decision maker may not be entirely honest; he or she might initially extract some bribes while the overall culture of corruption is still relatively high, but both the leader and bureaucracy become less corrupt over time, with the leader ceasing corrupt activity before the bureaucracy does.

But this act of combined vengeance, punishment and pre-emption might extract a far greater cost in the future.

The fees might extract crucial resources from a company, but they also theoretically benefit a private equity firm's investors.

A preacher of almost any faith might extract a sermon from this "conversation," and a therapist might mine it for a study of interiority.

Who knows what a lone representative, or a few united by a favored cause, might extract from a presidential candidate in return for a defection from party ranks?

In discussions with an adviser about what he might extract from an unnamed hopeful, he suggested a floor of half a million dollars in campaign funds "up front".

The Telegraph's review described Nativity 2 as a film that "very young children might enjoy... in the same way they might extract hours of amusement from a cardboard box that used to contain a washing machine".

It was still unclear what price the Russians might extract in return for their agreement to allow the testing -- or to overlook a treaty violation during an American test phase.