Example sentences of "might be [vb pp] [prep] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately the only categories included in the criteria for grants which might be exploited by the arts do not appear to have been designed for this purpose . |
| 2 | High-ranking officers , notably Hamilton himself , estimated that as many as 50,000 lives might be lost in the operations : in the event every surviving man was taken safely away . |
| 3 | We were very upset when we found out that a dual carriageway might be built in the fields past the wild duck pond behind our home . |
| 4 | The Regulations are presently the responsibility of Building Control Officers within local authorities and it is to them that you should apply if you want to do any work which might be affected by the Regulations . |
| 5 | For the literate community such , along with extracts from earlier written sources , might be incorporated in the lapidaries which served to accumulate and transmit beliefs about different substances . |
| 6 | Sara Maitland says : ‘ I could say something which I thought was warm and friendly , but which might be regarded by the voters of Milwaukee as offensive . ’ |
| 7 | He also pointed out that the apparently prodigious appetites of the clergy might be explained by the droves of tourists and worshippers who ate at Vatican restaurants . |
| 8 | Since the maximum term of imprisonment which might be imposed in the Magistrates ' court for a single offence is six months , the Act effectively took out of the hands of the magistrates the power to impose sentences of immediate imprisonment on the majority of offenders who had not previously been sentenced to imprisonment or borstal training . |
| 9 | Since there are no authenticated figures showing the costs of running the lift , some idea might be gained from the records of running costs of the Anderton Lift . |
| 10 | Thus the first two bits might be connected to the gates which control the data paths from the accumulator to each side of the adder , the next two to the gates which control the data paths from the SDR to each side of the adder , and the next one to the gate which controls the data path from the adder output to the accumulator . |
| 11 | The same might be said of the individuals in Britain considering themselves members of the ‘ middle class ’ : there is not an essential characteristic common to them all , which could be discovered by theoretical reflection . |
| 12 | He had been at a ‘ knickers-off ’ party which he heard might be raided by the police . |
| 13 | There are those whose properties would be directly affected , others who might be isolated by the floods , and others who could be affected indirectly through disruption to transport and communications . |
| 14 | Large mammals too might be warned of the webs , but so might prey . |
| 15 | Here , he surrounds the politics of his imaginary country with darkness , distinguishes between its politics and what might be seen as the antics of bystanders , and concentrates on these bystanders . |
| 16 | They went to the races so that he could study form , so that Lily might be seen in the outfits chosen with such care in London in February . |
| 17 | The producer should reasonably foresee what might be done with the goods , such as predictable misuse by a child . |
| 18 | An account is given which explains present practices without recourse to justifying the feelings of anyone who might be implicated in the practices . |
| 19 | On March 28 an Interior Ministry spokesperson said that it was possible that former Communist leader Todor Zhivkov himself might be implicated in the crimes committed in the camps . |
| 20 | ‘ It seems a suitable present for a respectable unmarried lady who might be visited by the clergy . ’ |
| 21 | Or control might be exercised in the interests of defendants , seeking to ensure that if they are to be proceeded against abroad information reaches them with the speed and security which the use of official channels is supposed ( probably quite unrealistically ) to guarantee . |
| 22 | However , in order to avoid frustrating the purpose of the order the court imposed conditions upon the use which might be made of the affidavits sworn in compliance with the order . |
| 23 | The correspondence of members of parliament was filled with information on the state of health of incumbents in order that timely application might be made for the posts should they die or retire from service . |
| 24 | The Minister said that changes might be made by the trustees only with the approval of the Scottish Transport Group board and also with the approval of those voting at a meeting of members of the scheme . |
| 25 | Were it to do so , literally hundreds of thousands of people would tonight not be sitting at home frightened about whether they might be dragged into the courts and on to prison . |
| 26 | Thus in relation to conceptual criteria , research might be criticized on the grounds of inconsistency of reasoning or imprecision of terminology or general intellectual ineptitude , using the standards of argumentation approved by our culture ( though not necessarily by others ) . |
| 27 | This procedure might be criticized on the grounds that the sample is too small to justify it . |
| 28 | To facilitate this , the conference organisers had prepared a list of topics and drawn up a list of questions which might be considered in the discussions . |
| 29 | Even middle management might be frustrated by the restrictions on their authority , the impersonal nature of their organisation , the inability to earn a just reward for their special efforts ( owing to the standardisation of pay and promotion procedures ) and the lack of information about aspects of the organisation which should influence their work . |
| 30 | How this might be reconciled with the terms of the Maastricht text goes beyond the scope of this article , but it gives rise to the thought that it might even be legitimate for the Community ( given the political will ) to legislate in this area using the general power of Article 235 of the EEC Treaty , which allows the Council , in the absence of more specific powers , to enact legislation which is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Community . |