Example sentences of "might be [verb] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Too often , it was remembered only when some chore required to be done as on the night when William Black arrested the men on the covert operation and someone was wanted to allay with a concocted story any suspicions which might be forming in the mind of Seán McNamee . |
| 32 | An account is given which explains present practices without recourse to justifying the feelings of anyone who might be implicated in the practices . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | In this view , teaching materials are to be seen as hypothetical constructs , models or exemplars of abstract principles from which actual instances of pedagogic activities might be developed in the light of particular classroom conditions . |
| 35 | The kind of questions that might be asked in the context are whether the proposal could have wide effects beyond the immediate locality , whether it could give rise to regional or national controversy and whether it could conflict with national policy . |
| 36 | It reminds me a bit of Wittgenstein 's account of how a child might be trained in the practice of ‘ narration of past events ’ : |
| 37 | 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 . |
| 38 | Angela Macleod breathed a sigh of relief at the closing door — never mind that every word they uttered might be heard in the kitchen . |
| 39 | His actions were deliberate , his trained eye looking for any bugs that might be hidden in the room . |
| 40 | As long before as November 1966 , Jenkins had asked the Advisory Council on the Penal System to consider what changes and additions might be made in the range of non-custodial penalties that were available to the courts . |
| 41 | For instance , if someone knew that John and Mary always talk a lot when they go out , then that inference might be made in the face of example ( 4 ) , leading to a further set of mappings in which both John and Mary map into the same role-slot ( both are agents in a talking schema ) . |
| 42 | It has been held by the Court of Appeal that the privilege against self-incrimination can be invoked in this context where , accepting the facts as alleged by the plaintiff , there is a reasonable apprehension on the part of the defendant that he might be prosecuted in the United Kingdom . |
| 43 | The matter of the paper is to present those areas of AI ( some would say that is too parochial and what I shall put forward belongs more generally to Computer Science ) where a mechanical analogue of consciousness might be sought in the future , and to argue that they are not the obvious places , and have not been subjected to much philosophical investigation . |
| 44 | This is not purely a verbal argument since recently Alan Bond has shown how an equilibrium between deception and honesty might be struck in the course of evolution . |
| 45 | We would also welcome any suggestions you may have on subjects that might be included in the programme . |
| 46 | The kinds of activities which we had in mind were problem-solving and investigations , collaborative writing , reading and discussion about books and poems in pairs and groups , group picture or collage making , group construction tasks , group activities on the computer : the sorts of activities whose value is widely accepted and which might be included in the repertoire of any teacher , regardless of differences in overall teaching style . |
| 47 | You will remember that he thought that contextual features might be considered in the way that general phonetic features are considered : sometimes , but not always relevant , and specifiable to variable degrees of delicacy for different purposes ( 2.2 . |
| 48 | 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 . |
| 49 | Here the qualification is the most important criterion in recruitment although other factors might be considered in the interview stage , though in a subordinate role ; |
| 50 | On Jan. 15 Gorbachev went so far as to suggest that the country 's new liberal press law might be suspended in the wake of Soviet media criticism of the leadership 's handling of the Baltic crisis . |
| 51 | Lord Coulsfield said : ‘ In my view the use which is established by the evidence is as great as might be expected in the exercise of a public right . |
| 52 | However , when there is no chance that demand will fluctuate over the duration of the " event " , for example where the " event " is the week or two of heavy bookings at a hotel over Christmas , payment might be offered in the form of a lump sum at the end and might include a " loyalty bonus " for those who stay for the full period . |
| 53 | Initially , we were a little uncertain as to the type of adverts to seek and in both your absences I checked with Gerry Senior who was very helpful in advising that we would be looking for the kind of events that might be held in the Centre and not adverts relating to , for example , recruitment . |
| 54 | With politicians and military leaders the keeping of a diary is not only the gathering of data for a future book but can also be a form of self-defence in preparation for any post-mortems which might be held in the future . |
| 55 | Most of these patients died for reasons unrelated to their strange behaviour , and such microscopic abnormalities as might be found in the brain seemed too obscure to account for the disturbance of the mind . |
| 56 | Dublin 's culture might be found in the ghost city we half remember , half imagine . |
| 57 | A bridge between the legislating church and the law-making king might be found in the role of the clergy who until c. 1290 still dominated the royal judiciary , although by no means were all these men canon lawyers . |
| 58 | In the more symbolic terms , a damning inditement of medieval culture might be found in the situation and behaviour of the wife . |
| 59 | Do n't think I did n't hope that you might be buried in the prison for ever , or hanged for the murder of which you were accused . |
| 60 | Some of his cartoons show what happens when computers go wrong , but the emphasis is on trivial tasks to which computers might be put in the house and office . |