Example sentences of "[noun pl] might be [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tenant farmers with a year 's rent arrears might be evicted on a fortnight 's notice . |
| 2 | Or royalist subjects might be faced by a fellow subject who argues that the monarch should revive these former powers . |
| 3 | Yet in the early months of 1543 , it almost looked as though the complexities might be avoided by a pre-emptive strike by the English which would immediately and radically resolve Scotland 's position . |
| 4 | Any employee at Coniston Mines during the 19th Century would fall into one of two distinct categories : ( 1 ) a dayworker , whose wages were generally based upon a rate of so much per day but which was variable depending upon the degree of skill required , yet at times might be calculated on a piece rate , or , ( 2 ) a miner engaged in winning ore from the stopes , tunnelling , raising , or shaft sinking through rock . |
| 5 | There is a particular danger that national competition policies might be used in a protectionist or promotional manner as described above to give advantage to domestic producers . |
| 6 | The shorter prologue of Lex Salica states that With God 's help it pleased the Franks and their nobility and they agreed that they ought to prohibit all escalations of quarrels for the preservation of enthusiasm for peace among themselves ; and because they excelled other neighbouring peoples by force of arms , so they should excel them in legal authority , with the result that criminal cases might be concluded in a manner appropriate to the type of complaint . |
| 7 | One experienced judicial official commented that evidence in cattle stealing cases might be recorded on a stereotyped printed form to be used by judges and magistrates . |
| 8 | It was suggested that the caravan dwellers might be hoping for a house on the new Greenstiles development , but Medstead housing group chairman , David Winter , felt it unlikely . |
| 9 | In the second case , another pass through the camera can fill the remaining space or part of it ( three to six passes might be required for a multi-image effect ) . |
| 10 | The possibility that the amount of the bills might be reduced on a taxation which has still not been initiated is not a sufficient reason in this case for setting aside the demand . |
| 11 | There are several ways in which the five responses might be summarized into a single score for each month which could then be traced over time . |
| 12 | Estimates of future inflation rates in various countries might be used as a guide . |
| 13 | So , for instance , a temple with eight columns might be shown on a coin as having eight , six , four or two ; it was sufficient to show that it had a columned portico . |
| 14 | Nor does he specify what kind of effects might be achieved by a reformulation or explain how it achieves those effects . |
| 15 | The following ingredients might be combined into a simulation : |
| 16 | Below are some examples of how the different note-systems might be applied to a specific topic . |
| 17 | Rebuilding costs might be calculated on a rule of thumb basis but the assumptions would be relatively arbitrary . |
| 18 | Such ideas might be translated into a more secular context nearer home . |
| 19 | Equally , seasonal workers might be engaged on a casual basis , on fixed-term or performance contracts , or even on open-ended contracts . |
| 20 | Napoleon III had already found it useful as a place where a few quiet days might be spent with a friend . |
| 21 | It is a thick volume measuring approximately 8½ins. by 6½ins. , squarish , and for everyday purposes might be described as a quarto . |
| 22 | Any touch of white on their black coats might be taken as a sign that they were not , after all , cats consecrated to the Devil . |
| 23 | That is , when performance in the field is difficult to measure satisfactorily , body temperature or adrenalin rhythms might be used as a substitute . |
| 24 | Alternatively , these topics might be reflected in a set of link types , such as ‘ principles ’ and ‘ systems ’ . |
| 25 | There is another indirect way in which an award of damages might be obtained against a governmental body which would not be available against anyone else . |
| 26 | The solution of such limited problems might be seen as a triumph of " method " as much as a source of new knowledge . |
| 27 | Because everyone realises that all research is flawed , not attaining a quota of bon mots might be construed as a sign of inexpertise or even worse , weakness , Then , too , there are those who believe that catcalls truly pass for constructive criticism . |
| 28 | However , in keeping with the somewhat critical approach adopted in Chapter 1 , and because we also wish to indicate how our studies might be put upon a set-theoretical base ( the soundness of which is the concern of set-theorists ) we propose definitions rather more formal than many a reader might expect . |
| 29 | In fact , it is only a slight exaggeration to say that the main deterrent effect of monopoly policy has been not the threat of what changes might be required as a result of the MMC investigation , but the threat of having to tie up a large quantity of senior executives ' time to argue the firm 's case in the event that its activities attract a reference to the MMC . |
| 30 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |