Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pron] might be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So , for example , the paper by Benjamin Jowett ( 1817–93 ) ‘ On the Interpretation of Scripture ’ pointed out that it was not always easy to know what might be meant by ‘ proving a doctrine from Scripture ’ , and insisted that the Bible must be interpreted like any other piece of literature . |
| 2 | It is here that the ingenious suggestion of Finsinger and Vogelsang ( 1981 ) comes in , to provide what might be called an almost ideal constraint . |
| 3 | The new development gains tax , introduced by the Finance Act , 1974 , represents the latest attempt to impose what might be considered as an adequate tax on gains which result from the to development or potential development value of land situated in the United in the Kingdom . |
| 4 | They are not intended to confine police investigation of crime to conduct which might be regarded as sporting to those under investigation . |
| 5 | Local authorities were obliged to carry out overcrowding surveys ; to prosecute to enforce the standard ; and to define what might be regarded as ‘ suitable alternative accommodation ’ . |
| 6 | This may require him or her to use what might be called ‘ metaphysical ’ terms . |
| 7 | She then goes on to consider what might be changed by the inclusion of more women . |
| 8 | None the less , it is necessary to point out that there have been a number of attempts to develop what might be called , " theories of data " , that is to specify what can count as suitable data for scientific disciplines : some of these we shall be looking at in this book . |
| 9 | If the teacher had had no obvious part in planning or organising an activity , it was difficult to see what might be learnt from it that would be of help to other teachers . |
| 10 | Well you 'll see that in that apology Milton appears to be conscious of the very point that I am trying to make , that is to say it might be considered out of place in this prose work to speak of myself in direct factual terms , although a poet — a poet intending to write of things unattempted yet in prose or rhyme — a poet soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , in other words where we ca n't or are n't really invited to make out his individual identity very clearly because it is his role as poet that concerns us , there he clearly feels it would be proper . |
| 11 | But really , to lay what might be deemed a ‘ soulful ’ voice over a track this jerky and irritating is a dunder-headed thing to do . |
| 12 | No one took issue with this , but there was no one present to say what might be done about it . |
| 13 | Bearing this in mind , I sought to develop an approach which would try to distinguish what might be termed the ‘ players ’ in an industry , from those who are not players , whom I have termed the ‘ commentators ’ : |
| 14 | My favourite way is to introduce what might be called a ‘ gathering row ’ . |
| 15 | And , as is often the case in the media , literary texts have the habit of not turning out to mean what might be expected at first sight . |