Example sentences of "might [be] [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the control and data manipulation units might be timed by one clock , the store by a second , and each transput device by its own clock . |
| 2 | The true theory of the Nicol prism was not clearly understood even by its inventor , but in a neglected paper by Edward Sang the mathematical theory is given completely for the first time ; this also contains a suggestion , made forty-seven years later by M. E. Bertrand in the Comptes Rendus , that a polarizer might be constructed of two glass prisms separated by a suitably placed thin layer of Iceland spar . |
| 3 | The travel pattern might be influenced by such factors as convenience , minimizing travel time and the nature of the business ( for example , the businessman might wish to visit suppliers , manufacturers and retail outlets , in that order ) . |
| 4 | He insisted that this was a voice with characteristic qualities which might be exploited to some purpose on the air . |
| 5 | There 's concern that the authorities in the East might be exploited by foreign investors racing to acquire parts of the increasingly valuable empty sites . |
| 6 | From the safety of space , it would prove an interesting experiment , one that might be duplicated on other worlds , far away , should it succeed . |
| 7 | However , we are equally conscious that some colleges may find the pace of development too slow for their needs and are concerned to explore ways in which some of the aims of the Programme might be accelerated for those colleges which wish to develop their provision rapidly . |
| 8 | The figure that my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Employment gave included those who might be affected in other ways by premature closure . |
| 9 | This controls the proximity of any adjacent parts which might be affected by excess heat . |
| 10 | This did not immediately lead to what might be defined as specific growth policies . |
| 11 | At the same time , the parents were asked about family smoking habits and any other way in which the baby might be exposed to passive smoking . |
| 12 | This might be decided by higher management . |
| 13 | The problem might be covered by environmental grants . |
| 14 | By 1934 there were about 2,500,000 families , or 21.3 per cent of the total , who might be regarded as middle class , based upon the criterion of £4 to £10 per week . |
| 15 | The same technique can be used to identify those descriptions which were never matched by comments in the potential risks condition , these might be regarded as peripheral details in the stimuli in the sense that they do not appear to be related to risks . |
| 16 | A cursory glance at some laws that might be regarded as typical components of scientific theories indicates that they satisfy the falsifiability criterion . |
| 17 | The following might be regarded as excessive restrictions : ( 1 ) an attempt to prevent a qualified solicitor from setting up a specialist practice in a field in which his former firm has never before undertaken work and has no plans to start accepting instructions ; ( 2 ) an attempt to prevent an outgoing partner from accepting instructions from any person or firm ( whether or not a client or former client of his former firm ) within a prescribed area ; ( 3 ) a general area restraint where the outgoing partner 's former firm has its offices in a location where competition is already intense . |
| 18 | Rated least important in Yorke 's survey were what might be regarded as literary qualities , concerned with acquiring literary and critical values and gaining knowledge about books and authors . |
| 19 | If positions and viewpoints are too easily set aside they might be regarded by other people as not having , even in the first place , amounted to much . |
| 20 | Also , when Chas behaves in what might be regarded in this book as a ‘ non traditional way ’ , for example , in aiming to look after Nicky whose family has been killed , his endeavours in this regard are also portrayed positively . |
| 21 | So , in seeing the transvestite boy , the male member of the audience might be moved to lascivious thoughts about women , which then transfer to the boy himself . |
| 22 | Very often the appeal to the appellate tribunal can cover matters that might be raised on judicial review . |
| 23 | Since it is possible that more than one defence might be raised in each case , sometimes in combination with a defence of lack of intent , a system of criminal law which offers seven qualified defences to murder risks undue complication and confusion in contested cases . |
| 24 | But there are two further objections that might be raised against this theory : one of them concerns compresence , the other completeness . |
| 25 | If the NCC 's account falls short of plausible history , then it might be explained in two ways . |
| 26 | Empirically based hypotheses were subject to revision ; for , as he put it himself , the facts might be explained in another way as yet unknown to men . |
| 27 | It is assumed that social values , which are also placed on a single linear dimension , might be assigned to each variant . |
| 28 | The possibility that a ceasefire might be imposed in late July spurred the NGC forces into heavy military action against the SOC regime during June , despite the onset of the rainy season . |
| 29 | The sceptics did not deny that by means of what was traditionally called an ‘ empirical ’ sign we might be led to indirect knowledge of something temporarily hidden : smoke from over the building is a sign that there is a fire behind . |
| 30 | In 1966 the applicant was appointed as a lecturer to the university by a letter stating , inter alia , that his appointment might be terminated by either party giving three months ' notice in writing . |