Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He insisted that this was a voice with characteristic qualities which might be exploited to some purpose on the air . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But there are two further objections that might be raised against this theory : one of them concerns compresence , the other completeness . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is assumed that social values , which are also placed on a single linear dimension , might be assigned to each variant . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Letters , photographs with captions and telephone calls reporting news or events that might be featured in this University newspaper are all welcome and should be addresses to . |
| 9 | For example strategically placed peat mounds might be created on either side of the path . |
| 10 | The hope is that an outpatient procedure under local anaesthaesia might be achieved with this procedure , with preservaton of the gall bladder . |
| 11 | They do , it is true , have to lower their affective filter to allow the input to flow in , but this might be achieved in all manner of ways . |
| 12 | What horoscopy or even psychic sorcery in extremis might be enacted in this crypt ? |
| 13 | Secondly , although certainly important , the current preference by some writers to relate creativity to the affective forms of psychosis should not divert us from the fact that it is actually schizophrenia which has inspired most of the theorising — and generated a good deal of the empirical evidence — about how psychotic and creative traits might be related to each other . |
| 14 | The sing-song voice took all overt menace away , yet there was still a suggestion that collars might be felt at any minute . |
| 15 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 16 | Those with such an awakened spirit might be blessed in this life with divine dreams and revelations . |
| 17 | Patients with ‘ non-ulcer dyspepsia ’ who seem refractory to all treatments might be assessed in this way to ensure they do not have a gross disorder of gastric emptying , but the likelihood that the result will advance clinical management seems small . |
| 18 | What gives a name as a name its special status is that it represents the transcendence " of the object relative to any particular description that might be given of that object . |
| 19 | If the force consisted of personnel from WEU member countries , it was argued , then it might be deployed under that organization 's auspices in pursuit of agreed objectives . |
| 20 | Tanberg had already realised that vast amounts of energy might be extracted from this process . |
| 21 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 22 | Can you foresee any circumstances when an exception might be made to this rule ? |
| 23 | The point that might be made in this connection is that without the particular there could be no way of understanding what might be meant by the ultimate . |
| 24 | It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world , without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace … there must be some agreement among the countries of Europe as to the requirements of the situation and the part those countries themselves will take in order to give proper effect to whatever action might be undertaken by this government . |
| 25 | Note : This table provides an indication of the possible benefits which might be paid under this policy . |
| 26 | In order to provide an indication of the possible benefits that might be paid under this policy , LAUTRO ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) has made rules which lay down two bases on which future benefits may be illustrated . |
| 27 | In order to provide an indication of the possible benefits that might be paid under this policy , Lautro ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) has made rules which lay down two bases on which future benefits may be illustrated . |
| 28 | In order to provide an indication of possible benefits that might be paid under this policy , Lautro ( the regulatory authority for the marketing of life assurance and unit trusts ) has made rules which lay down two bases on which future benefits may be illustrated . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , reviews within the periphery did begin to deal with the relationship between form and content in far more radical ways than left or core reviews were prepared to do and were even able to hint at possible political meanings that might be derived from this process . |
| 30 | The following are examples of interventions which might be instituted in this way . |