Example sentences of "might [be] [verb] at the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , convictions for rape are hard to obtain and defendants very often plead not guilty when charged , so that the symbolic advantages of such a change might be achieved at the expense of even fewer convictions for the conduct concerned . |
| 2 | However this was a matter which he thought might be resolved at the trial . |
| 3 | As in the Z2 Carbonate , a belt of good porosity might be expected at the edge of the platform where a continuous sequence of oolites is though to be present . |
| 4 | It seemed for the barest fraction of an instant that a smile might be knocking at the underside of that granite jaw . |
| 5 | The robe could be in various colours — blue , orange , white — and might be held at the waist by a belt or cord . |
| 6 | Poor Americans might be left at the mercy of luck and charity . |
| 7 | Conveyancers are not normally expected to act as negotiators and , if estate agents are involved , it is important to make certain that they have fully and finally settled the price , both for the legal estate in the property and for any extras , such as fixtures and fittings , or even any chattels that might be left at the property . |
| 8 | The closest thing to an acknowledgement of what this might be comes at the end of the splendid description of a whale-hunt , which has all the care for technical precision of a Del Giudice ( 71–7 ) , when the old whaler asks the narrator why he wanted to join the expedition that day , whether it was just out of curiosity ( 76–7 ) . |