Example sentences of "[be] that [art] [noun] might " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he had already been interviewed four times and been in police custody for over 24 hours , the expectation would be that a solicitor might well consider that , at least for that evening , enough was enough and that he ought to advise his client not to answer further questions … . |
| 2 | The only difference is that a scheme might , as mentioned above , enable the bidder to save stamp duty . |
| 3 | Of course , the wider implication is that a Cabinet might lose its majority if Scottish MPs do not vote . |
| 4 | The fear is that a bank might promote shares in companies underwritten by its own securities affiliate , even when more profitable investments are available elsewhere . |
| 5 | A third possibility is that an animal might be able to recognise its own genetic relatives . |
| 6 | This is that the dance might have been the only way , given apine physiology immediately before its evolutionary debut , to solve that problem . |
| 7 | One hypothesis consistent with our findings is that the defect might occur in genes coding either for MHC proteins or for T-cell receptor proteins . |
| 8 | One thing parents ca n't afford — especially our sort of parent — is that the whisper might be put about that they had been willing to toy with their own children 's safety . |
| 9 | The problem with encouraging the creation of pressure groups is that the pressure might be applied against you ! |
| 10 | ‘ The worry was that the ankle might go during a game and that is why it was felt best for me to play in the reserves . |
| 11 | His real fear was that the interloper might set down roots and eventually steal the bulk of his clientele . |
| 12 | And I 'll tell you something else : what really frightened Roxie was that the kid might cooperate with Uncle Bow . ’ |
| 13 | My next thought was that the stone might be closing the outlet from the bladder . |
| 14 | Although preliminary speculation was that the crash might have been caused by a bomb , accident investigators revealed that the plane had nose-dived after the right engine suddenly went into reverse thrust ; electronic safety systems designed to cope with this had apparently failed , and a warning light had either malfunctioned or had not been believed by the pilot . |
| 15 | My immediate anxiety was that the authorities might forbid my journey , since the Asaimara of Bahdu had recently renounced their allegiance to the Government and refused to send tribute to Asba Tafari . |
| 16 | For the Tory Opposition , the only hope was that the Bill might be delayed ; that , with the delay , the working man would come to realise that , if the Bill became law , he would have been wholly disenfranchised ; and that , with the realisation , the lower classes would unite with the aristocracy to secure the rejection of the proposals contained in the Bill and their replacement by others much more modest . |
| 17 | There was always more than a hint , of course , that the real source of anxiety was that the bicycle might be enlarging the freedom of women in undesirable directions , because both in terms of class and sex the bicycle was a great leveller . |
| 18 | One argument given earlier was that the processor might treat a proper name as signalling the status of main character , and so bring about a relatively high proportion of singular continuations made to this character . |
| 19 | Her greatest dread , however , was that the vicar might suggest that , together , he and Olivia should kneel in prayer . |
| 20 | In the matter of an application for a warrant of further detention ( H.C. , 1988 ) , the continued detention was found to be invalid as the stated reason was that the suspects might impede the arrest of others , a factor which was irrelevant in terms of section 37(2) . |
| 21 | Their concern was that the lenders might find themselves debtors . |
| 22 | A further reason was that the Bank might wish to influence the net inflow of funds to the UK by means of either a different application in respect of the type of deposits , or a different rate of call . |
| 23 | The idea was that the package might be tempting enough to follow all the other leaks down whatever conduit somebody was using . |