Example sentences of "[noun sg] might [be] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There survives a copy of a letter sent to a priest Ælf. , almost certainly Ælfwine , which says that none of the royal councils are hidden from him , and asks for his intercession with the queen so that the writer might be given a fishery . |
| 2 | Although supervision was the most common form of disposal in truancy cases under section 1(2) ( e ) ( and may become even more standard practice under the Children Act 1989 ) , the practice adopted in Leeds magistrates ' court of adjourning such proceedings as a threat to the parents to improve the child 's attendance or else the child might be made the subject of an order , was claimed to be more effective as well as reducing overall levels of local juvenile delinquency . |
| 3 | The lines on his brow might be etched a touch more deeply and there was the stray glint of silver among the thick dark hair at his temples , but Vitor d'Arcos remained … not handsome — his nose was too arrogant and his jaw too hard-hewn for that — but an arresting-looking man . |
| 4 | The argument might be taken a step further . |
| 5 | Georgia O'Keeffe ( sic ) , who exhibited very worthwhile things last year , shows a few good flower studies , notably a fine one of calla lilies , but the rest of her show might be termed a flop both in colour and design . |
| 6 | Only a person of non-servile status might be ordained a clerk or become a monk or nun . |
| 7 | Welfare , in the broader view of which this approach to child care might be deemed a part , is construed in individual terms : individuals are deemed responsible for their conduct , and little weight is given to structural , environmental and material determinants of behaviour . |
| 8 | The first and traditional conception of the company might be labelled the fiction/concession theory . |
| 9 | Sugar beet might be given the capacity to produce new amino-acids of value to man which could be extracted at the same time as the sugar . |