Example sentences of "[pron] might [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | I would hope that the vast majority of beer festival organisers take heed of Keith Thomas 's article and try to ensure that quality comes before quantity at beer festivals , then I might be tempted to visit more beer festivals again . |
2 | Even commentaries on those crafts which might be expected to throw some new light on the broader " aesthetic environment " of mosaic , such as Lucian 's Dream , are of little assistance . |
3 | Having in mind the proposals of the Government for a very considerable increase in the armaments of the country , and also the piling up of armaments in other European countries with a consequent danger of war , the Council in March passed a resolution calling the TUC to discuss measures which might be taken to oppose such an armament programme and to prepare plans for action to prevent the outbreak of war . |
4 | Among those who might be invited to bare all for the show are actress Antonia de Sanchez — ex-minister David Mellor 's former lover — and ‘ Miss Whiplash ’ Sarah Dale , Chancellor Lamont 's former tenant . |
5 | They were paid by these , and by the pennies of helpless men and women who might be forced to cross half of a strange continent before even embarking on the Atlantic crossing : from central Europe to Le Havre , or across the North Sea and via the smoky Pennine valleys to Liverpool . |
6 | She only dreaded that she might be asked to give some positive details of the scheme she and Andrew supposedly envisaged . |
7 | You might be trying to do this via their thoughts , beliefs , attitudes , feelings or by directly attempting to influence their behaviour . |
8 | One might be tempted to dismiss such an enquiry as irrelevant to our discussion : human beings have Newton and Einstein , whereas animals do not , so human knowledge of physics can not be relevant to enquiries about chimps , beavers , or bees . |
9 | While they might be expected to say this , most do not admit to it . |
10 | It is very important that a particular report can be found quickly , even after years ; it might be needed to establish some point or to provide evidence in an argument or court case . |
11 | This module would , Minsky suggests , alone have access to the model ( again possibly false , of course ) of how it itself related to all the other , lower , modules , and it might be expected to have some property of the type we refer to as consciousness or self-consciousness . |
12 | He might be tempted to blame these fluctuations on the sun or a volcano . |
13 | A publisher or distributor may very well be unaware of the contents of what he is circulating , although he might be thought to have some obligation to ascertain what is contained in what he is peddling . |
14 | That was my understanding of what might be meant to cover that point . |