Example sentences of "might [be] [adv] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I and the temple precinct , however , is reminiscent of Godmanchester , suggesting that this is the mansio , while the larger structure might be tentatively identified as a market building or small forum complex , given the potential administrative status of the town ; this would be unique among the small towns . |
| 2 | They too , spoke enthusiastically about , for example , the opportunities offered by The Machine Gunners for emotional empathy with the world of the child versus the world of the adult ; the emotional pleasure pupils frequently found in empathizing with Billy 's relationship with the hawk , and the themes and topics raised by Kes ; the complex nature of the link between humans and animals offered as a theme in The Red Pony ; the thematic possibilities of the Irish location of Across the Barricades together with its handling of prejudice ; and the understanding of allegory and its special features which might be well illustrated by a reading of Animal Farm . |
| 3 | To give parables to very young children for example is likely to be unhelpful unless they are done in a particularly skilful way , because they might be just accepted as a story ( Ainsworth 1968 ) . |
| 4 | There will be no compromise between safety and commercial motivation , but occasionally the divulging of information might be commercially damaging to the business involved . |
| 5 | This awkwardness which might be successfully exploited by a writer in a different context , forces itself on the reader 's attention , detracting from the force of discreet . |
| 6 | Retreating to her bedroom , flinging things into her suitcase , she was furious to find that tears were pricking the backs of her eyes , and her heart felt as if it might be slowly breaking into a million pieces … |
| 7 | The common European grass snake and the American hog-nosed snake both employ a death-feigning act which , although elaborate , suffers from what might be aptly described as a fatal weakness . |
| 8 | The Manor might be aptly described as a spiritual College . |
| 9 | There are a number of men only too anxious to buy themselves a knighthood who might be most attracted to a project that catches the public sympathy . ’ |
| 10 | Reassessing the skills you bring back to nursing or health visiting can be a worthwhile preparation for returning to practice , even if you feel a poor judge of what skills might be most needed in the future . |
| 11 | But the momentum of reducing waits of over two years does not seem to have been sustained beyond the election and might be partially offset by a rise in waits of between one and two years . |
| 12 | Perhaps some consideration might be additionally given to the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the interiors of unlisted buildings within conservation areas … ’ |
| 13 | Quality teaching often leads to striking conclusions that call for what might be best described as an ‘ intensification of activity ’ at crucial periods . |
| 14 | Provisional PFGE data had indicated that sequences from KOX ZNF gene cluster A might be physically linked to the ZNF25 ( KOX19 ) gene ( L.Papi et al. , unpublished data ) . |
| 15 | Moreover , the ERG gene is alternatively spliced in vivo ( 3 ) , and some splice sites might be not activated in the COS-7 cells . |
| 16 | There is some limited evidence that the administrative model might be more suited to the needs of people with a physical disability ( Pilling , 1988 ) whereas people with mental illness may find the administrative model unacceptable and less effective ( Huxley and Warner , 1992 ) . |
| 17 | While Egypt might be sufficiently advanced for a liberal democratic experiment , other states in the region were certainly states and elevated local leaders , such as religious or tribal chiefs into monarchs . |
| 18 | This connection might be sufficiently shown by the residence of the defendant . |
| 19 | The cabinet of curiosities might be rudely described as a well-organised attic ; and national museums are the national attic , where things too good to throw away are kept safe . |
| 20 | Ideally an entry which is at present only a cross-reference might be better made into a full entry , while the existing entries might be better turned into cross-references , and so on . |
| 21 | A volatile file with relatively little processing might be better handled by a balanced tree index . |
| 22 | Fisher saw that this mind was not the grammarian or writer of Greek and Latin prose such as Cambridge liked , but was a meditative , half-philosophical mind , which might be better suited in the Oxford school . |
| 23 | Court action was expensive , time consuming and might be psychologically damaging for the families of the patients involved . |
| 24 | She asked the question half fearfully , almost afraid at what she might be about to hear after the event of the previous day . |
| 25 | These details facilitate planning , and give the police greater opportunity to protect those who wish to engage in tree speech ; the police are enabled to warn those who might be significantly inconvenienced by a proposed march to take avoiding action . |
| 26 | To dismiss this comment simply as Bridgeman being a poacher turned gamekeeper would be to miss the point , which is that the war had allowed the Conservatives to become gamekeepers again , whereas from 1902 to 1914 there had been genuine concern that they might be permanently banished from the estates of power . |
| 27 | However , the structure and type of interpersonal relationships varies ; most importantly , an individual 's personal network might be relatively closeknit in the sense that the ties contracted with others are dense and multiplex . |