Example sentences of "might be [verb] for the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then , perhaps far back in the dim Permian Age , sufficient harm might be done for the further development of life forms to cease . |
| 2 | Such a distinction would require fine tuning but an a priori case might be made for the financial reports of the two groups being different . |
| 3 | A case might be made for the Christian church , but there were many more stations than churches , and the railway penetrated cultures which were resistant to Christianity . |
| 4 | After passage of the 1974 Act , however , the authorities had to contemplate the prospect that they themselves might be prosecuted for the polluting effluents from their sewage works . |
| 5 | The phase of shock and somatic distress is normally followed by a restless searching , mixed with anger and irritability towards the deceased , and any one else who might be blamed for the present distress . |