Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] on [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 2 | There is indeed an immense amount of relevant work appearing from several directions that might be cited on the effect of organisational setting on individual information behaviour : see , for example , Boisot ( 1987 ) ; Tricker ( 1988 ) on cultural factors ; an interesting paper from an R & D perspective : |
| 3 | Tyndale was nervous , and , when Vaughan offered him the King 's promise of safety if he returned to England , he expressed his fear that the promise might be broken on the persuasion of the clergy , who would affirm that promises made with heretics need not be kept . |
| 4 | There are in effect only two types of private purpose which might be imposed on a beneficiary . |
| 5 | Mr Allan was also found liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Committee as the same might be taxed on a Solicitor and Client basis . |
| 6 | Mr Soper was also found liable in the expenses of the Complainers and of the Committee as the same might be taxed on a Solicitor and Client basis . |
| 7 | She considers this to be a more realistic figure than other estimates which might be based on the literature since there is probably a tendency to over-report cases of crossed-aphasia ( i.e. presumptive lesion and preferred hand on the same side ) in dextrals because of their rarity . |
| 8 | And such a claim might be based on the notion of " tacit consent " . |
| 9 | The argument for this might be based on the claim that when we speak to someone we are using a ‘ code ’ , and the most efficient codes do not use unnecessary symbols . |
| 10 | Moore 's way of putting it might be defended on the basis of a realist view of universals for which individual horses are horses because they participate in a universal object horse , and do so in virtue of the fact that they have parts participating in universal objects which are parts of the universal object horse and related to each other in ways which participate in the universal relations linking part to whole in the universal object . |
| 11 | It has been suggested therefore that the monitor panel might be sited on the pillar between the two windows so that it is in the line of vision of staff . |
| 12 | That control might be exercised on the basis of considerations of sovereignty ; some countries in the civil law tradition see service of process as an act of State , an exercise of its judicial power , and are reluctant to permit within their borders an expression of the sovereignty of another State ; in Switzerland service on behalf of the plaintiff of foreign process without the permission of the Swiss authorities appears to be an offence punishable by imprisonment ( and even , theoretically , solitary confinement and hard labour ) 11 . |
| 13 | Any employee at Coniston Mines during the 19th Century would fall into one of two distinct categories : ( 1 ) a dayworker , whose wages were generally based upon a rate of so much per day but which was variable depending upon the degree of skill required , yet at times might be calculated on a piece rate , or , ( 2 ) a miner engaged in winning ore from the stopes , tunnelling , raising , or shaft sinking through rock . |
| 14 | Rebuilding costs might be calculated on a rule of thumb basis but the assumptions would be relatively arbitrary . |
| 15 | A fall-back plan , if the opening attack failed to take the Isle of Wight , called for the combined fleet to anchor in Torbay , from which raids might be made on the Channel Islands and Plymouth . |
| 16 | New shares are applied for on the expectation that the issue will be underpriced and hence a profit might be made on the difference between the immediate market price and the issue or striking price . |
| 17 | A further question that arises ( and that might be perceived on the face of this problem ) is whether dismissal by the Crown can only be for misbehaviour in office or whether it can be for an offence not related to judicial office or affecting judicial ability . |
| 18 | Thus in relation to conceptual criteria , research might be criticized on the grounds of inconsistency of reasoning or imprecision of terminology or general intellectual ineptitude , using the standards of argumentation approved by our culture ( though not necessarily by others ) . |
| 19 | This procedure might be criticized on the grounds that the sample is too small to justify it . |
| 20 | For example , agricultural production might be organised on the basis of the master-slave relationship , as in Ancient Rome or in the southern states of the USA , or based on the lord serf relationship , as in feudal Europe , or on the capitalist-proletarian relationship , as in modern Western societies . |
| 21 | The possibility that the amount of the bills might be reduced on a taxation which has still not been initiated is not a sufficient reason in this case for setting aside the demand . |
| 22 | In the final year of the transitional period a repeat referendum to confirm the decision to secede might be held on the initiative of the republic 's Supreme Soviet or of 10 per cent of its permanent Soviet residents . |
| 23 | Thinking that the heart of the mystery might be found on the Brocken in the Harz mountains , he journeyed there in May 1799 . |
| 24 | He might be told that his client ( a ) has been arrested on a serious charge , ( b ) might be arrested on a charge yet to be defined , or that ( c ) the police are following a line of enquiry . |
| 25 | It is envisaged that there would be terminals in the library but three people might be needed on the reception counter at busy times . |
| 26 | Therefore , the same sort of techniques as those of acupuncture might be used on the landscape to obtain equivalent results . |
| 27 | So , for instance , a temple with eight columns might be shown on a coin as having eight , six , four or two ; it was sufficient to show that it had a columned portico . |
| 28 | A more specific prediction might be produced on the basis of Easterbrook 's hypothesis , this would state that memory for central details would be enhanced with increasing risk , while memory for peripheral details would be impaired . |
| 29 | Patterns might be drawn on the surface with an alkaline solution , generally soda , and the stone heated , allowing the solution to penetrate and leave a permanent white design on the surface . |
| 30 | Tenant farmers with a year 's rent arrears might be evicted on a fortnight 's notice . |