Example sentences of "might be [vb pp] [subord] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anne was excited and happy about the baby , but she began to worry that John might be killed before the child was born . |
| 2 | For example , if the patient says ‘ I can not possibly measure my own blood glucose because I am at work all day ’ , the patient might be lost if the doctor were to insist . |
| 3 | While the house in the wife 's sole name with a fixed charge in favour of the husband facilitates the wife 's control of the property , this does not offer her the flexibility to move house that might be incorporated when the house is held by trustees until a specified event ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 4 | Even making allowances for these factors , a person might be insulted if the actor makes it plain by his words or conduct that he holds in contempt those ( including the victim ) who do not share his point of view . |
| 5 | Alternatively , an option to renew might be granted where the tenancy has been " contracted out " of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 . |
| 6 | Defensive measures might also be justifiable as being for the good of society as a whole ( i.e. because society has an interest in the efficient operation of the business that might be damaged if the company is taken-over ) . |
| 7 | Their conclusion that apparent inconsistencies in this epidemiology might be resolved if the age of diagnosis of breast cancer is taken into account is well taken . |
| 8 | The number of casualties near the reactor was less than might be expected because the radiation plume was made especially buoyant by the intense fire and so , like the effect of a tall industrial stack , local deposition of radionuclides was reduced whereas the long-range transport of radionuclides was enhanced . |
| 9 | Recall that among the possible reasons for a loss of conditioned responding with a change of context was the generalization decrement that might be expected when the event designated by the experimenter as the CS is presented in a different context . |
| 10 | Nevertheless , chapter 41 embodied in statutory form a principle which was to be resoundingly extended and proclaimed a century later by Wyclif : that church property might be recovered where the purpose of the original benefaction was neglected . |
| 11 | Foreign Office sources confirmed the news yesterday , only hours after Mr Brown , 32 , was warned the penalty might be doubled if the appeal failed . |
| 12 | Mr Brown , 32 , who allegedly called staff ‘ idle bastards ' , ' was warned the penalty might be doubled if the appeal failed . |
| 13 | The following day Mandela was reported as having softened the ANC 's line , telling diplomats at a meeting in Cape Town that the deadline might be shifted if the government showed a commitment to addressing the issue of township killings . |
| 14 | The committee would be likely to consider a suggestion by Lord Donaldson that case separation might be needed where the public had an interest in the outcome of a case but it would also play a role as representative of those who actually used legal services , he said . |
| 15 | The book is not confined to the needs of the conveyancing practitioner , however ; it is thought that the divorce practitioner should also have knowledge of the different types of conveyance which may be ordered by the court or agreed between the parties and the points which should be taken into account at that time , the protective measures that might be taken before the conveyance is concluded and the documentation that may be required in dealing with life policies . |
| 16 | ‘ If it were n't for me old bones and the fact that I might be overlooked when the bidding starts , I would n't want you within a mile of that sale room . |
| 17 | The high incidence of metastatic and thus incurable disease at presentation is sufficient evidence that a large group of patients might be helped if the disease was detected earlier . |
| 18 | Of course , if government spending were financed by an increase in the money supply , the curve would also shift to the right to and the interest rate increase might be avoided as the economy would move from to rather than from to . |