Sentence examples for might have devoted from inspiring English sources

In the interest of pragmatism, Drèze and Sen might have devoted more thought to how to make India's existing social-­welfare initiatives work better.

These longish narratives, after all, deal with subjects that an English man of letters in 1820 might have devoted, at best, a dozen pages to.

A manufacturer that might have devoted weeks to training a new employee to operate elaborate metal-cutting machinery now often insists that job applicants obtain certification on such machines before even applying.

While John became renowned for his stories and novels, his wife had children – four of them – and gradually yielded to her family the time and energy she might have devoted to her art.

If Mr. Brendel were making a more commonplace point, he might have devoted the second half of his program to Beethoven, in whose work the developments he lingered over in his Haydn and Mozart performances found their fulfillment.

If he had clung to the main character in "Watchman," Mr. Rankin might have devoted two decades to the cloak-and-dagger adventures of a mildly James Bondian figure named Miles Flint.

Since 2012, the Mights have devoted more than a hundred thousand dollars a year to NGLY1-related research in Hudson Freeze's lab, while the Wilseys have spent two million dollars funding researchers around the world.

(Matt Might's father is the president and C.E.O. of Cable One, the cable-television division of the former Washington Post Company). Since 2012, the Mights have devoted more than a hundred thousand dollars a year to NGLY1-related research in Hudson Freeze's lab, while the Wilseys have spent two million dollars funding researchers around the world.

Despite all the attention Republicans and Democrats alike have devoted to the Medicaid deal, it might not amount to much.

In particular, Eagleman, who drapes himself in science by declaring to "have devoted my life to scientific pursuit," might think of each extant religion as an experiment.

It would be good if people could trust the people who have devoted their lives to knowing what might work best.