Example sentences of "might be [vb pp] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As a result , there came an increased acceptance of the view that persistent , and unacceptable , inequality and want might be built into the economic system unless the state made key interventions along the lines of the German model . |
| 2 | A team from the Centre assessed the route to be taken by Shell 's North Western Ethylene Pipeline to determine how archaeological sites close to its path — from Grangemouth on the Firth of Forth to Stanlow in Cheshire — might be affected by the proposed construction work and how potential damage might be mitigated . |
| 3 | In practice , even the threat that a merger might be referred to the MMC was often sufficient to induce the companies to drop their merger proposals . |
| 4 | ‘ Final salary ’ might be defined as the average salary of an employee 's last three years of employment . |
| 5 | Now and then there were proposals for reforming the entire system , and it was even suggested that the 12 constellations of the Zodiac might be named after the 12 Apostles . |
| 6 | The top players might be exposed to the ruthless rigours of international rugby four times a season , with perhaps a fortnight between games . |
| 7 | The presence of former United States President Jimmy Carter as an observer during the December 1990 elections and at Aristide 's inauguration was an indication of Haiti 's re-entry into world affairs ; the Jamaican Prime Minister , Michael Manley , said that he hoped that the country might be incorporated into the Caribbean Community and Common Market ( CARICOM ) . |
| 8 | In particular , an investigation is proposed to establish how HNCs and HNDs might be incorporated into the general SVQ framework at level IV . |
| 9 | The random production might be regarded as the normal state of affairs , periodic production occurring through a rather special mechanism . |
| 10 | Many databases include terms from controlled indexing languages and also support searching on the text of the record , thus offering what might be regarded as the best of both worlds . |
| 11 | Accordingly , it is necessary to define what should be considered as bribery in the context of the period , rather than as it might be regarded in the twentieth century . |
| 12 | An impressive university department might be staffed with the established academics who have lately confessed , in print , to basic doubts about the validity and purpose of English literary studies ; and it is hard today to think of any branch of formal literary study that does not reflect something of the same malaise . |
| 13 | According to the WEU Secretary-General , Willem van Eekelen , as many as 50,000 troops might be assigned to the new force , most of them from existing units , including an Anglo-Dutch amphibious division , a planned multinational North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO ) division and the recently formed Franco-German corps [ see pp. 38931-32 ] . |
| 14 | I quite agree that certain difficulties might be imposed on the Inland Revenue if they were to pursue every deposit account and find whether or not there had been an addition to the account during the course of the year . |
| 15 | Dick Spring has even suggested that something might be imposed by the two sovereign governments , if the stalemate continues . |
| 16 | The occurrence of older age Carboniferous subcrop beneath the Cleveland Hills suggests that a similar argument might be applied to the estimated amount of 2500 m uplift . |
| 17 | The research aims to establish just how such ‘ gains ’ might be generated from the commercial development of land by looking at the roles of , relationships between , public and private interests in shaping the development process . |
| 18 | In any case , my point is that it was during the course of this interview , when I raised the question of the difficulty of recruiting suitable staff in these times , that Mr Farraday , after a moment 's reflection , made his request of me ; that I do my best to draw up a staff plan — ‘ some sort of servants ' rota ’ as he put it — by which this house might be run on the present staff of four — that is to say , Mrs Clements , the two young girls , and myself . |
| 19 | Our study was designed to investigate whether evening primrose oil was effective in AD , and whether any additional response might be gained from the simultaneous administration of fish oil . |
| 20 | Thus , for example , all versions of positivism which rely upon an exhaustive sources thesis might be refuted by the undoubted circumstance that criminal law incorporates and generates moral standards . |
| 21 | No other ship could stand up to their guns , but some sailors thought they might be defeated by the new weapon of the torpedo . |
| 22 | At other periods more emphasis might be placed on the political role of the coin design and this allowed a greater variety of designs to be used . |
| 23 | If it should be made in conjunction with the Corvedale line , assuming that the capital is raised for that line , it may be too late then to enquire how trains are to run from Lydham village to Bishop 's Castle , which now might be placed on the main line , or what expenditure will be necessary to make the roads to Lydham village as suitable for the inhabitants of Norbury , Wentnor , &c. , as those over which they at present travel to Lydham Heath . |
| 24 | IN THESE PAGES I want to discuss the possibility that the goal of theoretical physics might be achieved in the not-too-distant future : say by the end of the century . |
| 25 | For instance , a forecast for sales month t+1 might be based on the actual figures for months t-4 to t-1 inclusive . |
| 26 | One possible prediction might be based on the inverted-U relationship between arousal and performance , this would imply that with increasing risk memory would first improve and then decline . |
| 27 | Indeed , it would damage that person 's recovery if he or she could be " fixed " ; the recovery would be insecure and might be based upon the fragile integrity and perception of one counsellor . |
| 28 | Something similar might be said of the following : ( 192 ) Thus by reducing the temperature of matter in the gaseous state it can be made to pass through all three physical states . |
| 29 | Karsten Greve will follow his compelling exhibition of the hieratic images of little-known , self-taught Miami painter Purvis Young ( with luck , the show might be extended to the second week of May ) with new works by Californian artist Carole Seborovski ( until 4 July ) . |
| 30 | A general problem that might be explored in the other place is how , if there is to be such a separation , we can ensure that fruitful , easy relationships continue to exist . |