Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] [vb pp] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ritual might properly be considered a stage between this present section , on preparing the hearth , and the next , on lighting the fire , for U can be a means of enlivening a situation and of allowing positive energies to flow into the structure prepared . |
| 2 | One problem , however , is that only a subset of all texts do in fact have what might loosely be called a story structure . |
| 3 | The Irish management team of manager Noel Murphy , captain Phil Danaher and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald will slip into New Zealand hoping the All Blacks will be so concerned with their tilts at the World XV , the Australians in the Bledisloe Cup and the South Africans on their August tour that they might just be caught a bit unawares when Ireland arrive . |
| 4 | Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours . |
| 5 | Kandy was the ancient capital of Sri Lanka and might still be called the capital of the high country of the island . |
| 6 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 7 | But for one or two better clad of the group , the place might truthfully be designated a shopful of rags . |
| 8 | It might also be called a form of ‘ negative power ’ — the power to disrupt . |
| 9 | The de-emphasising of hair and breasts as sexual attributes which are usually fetishised by male spectators might also be considered an improvement . |
| 10 | If the Emperor encouraged Haussmann by taking a personal interest in his plans , it was the Empress who worked with Alphand , a man who might well be called the gardener of Paris , for it was he who was responsible for the landscaping and planting of all the new parks . |
| 11 | The librarian The librarian is what might today be called the college 's chief information scientist — responsible for the policy and running of one of the college 's principal physical assets — its information base , contained in books , journals , computer and microfiche stores and archives . |
| 12 | Their subordination to adults in general is minimized by what might almost be called an avoidance of them : from the age of five or six , they return home only to eat and sleep , and spend the rest of their time in unsupervised gangs . |
| 13 | If that is so he might almost be considered the initiator of scholasticism with its dialectic method . |