Example sentences of "[Wh det] might be [vb pp] the " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Underlying all of them is a form of thinking which might be called the ‘ urge to quantify ’ . |
| 2 | It is the author 's view that , when referring to the interdisciplinary use of law and economics , there is no particular ‘ brand ’ or ‘ mix ’ of economics and law in mind , except that which might be called the ‘ tentative application of economics to law ’ . |
| 3 | I can do this best by way of a personal anecdote , which might be called the Incident of the Taxman and the Philosopher . |
| 4 | A score can be computed which might be called the listener communication repair index . |
| 5 | My own version goes something like this : ( a ) I am trying to comprehend a totality which might be called the " way of life " of the people under study ; ( b ) this " way of life " consists of the acting oui of an endlessly repeated social drama . |
| 6 | But we approach that independent question using a different set of principles , among which might be found the principle just mentioned , that any member of the corporation who is entitled to share in its profits must share in its responsibilities as well . |
| 7 | I have in mind two especially : the first involves what might be called the impossibility of desire , the second the notion of desire and/or identity as involving an ineluctable splitting . |
| 8 | These accounts derive from diverse current perspectives which should not be conflated — psychoanalysis , philosophy , and what might be called the metaphysical vision of the cultural critic and creative writer . |
| 9 | By the time Labour left office in October 1951 , its Cabinet machine — what might be called the Attlee-Brook model — was enormous . |
| 10 | when he or she is expected to adhere to general rules of conduct , what might be called the family 's ‘ standing orders ’ . |
| 11 | However , there is an important difference between what might be called the doctrine of empiricism , and scientific theory , which must be empirical in the sense that statements can be deduced from theory which are about particular events and which can be checked by observation . |
| 12 | So let us consider what might be called the continuum of control in the interview situation ; the one end of the continuum where there is the minimal amount of control can be called the situation of the ‘ informal interview ’ and the other end , where there is maximum control , may be called the ‘ formal interview ’ . |
| 13 | The journal also publishes what might be called The Ten Commandments of New Humanity , though the magazine invites its readers to ‘ make up their own ’ if they prefer . |
| 14 | This may find support in the fact that most of the confusions in terminology are found in what might be called the ‘ editorial ’ parts of the texts , in which the context is being briefly introduced before the decision of the master is quoted . |
| 15 | Evaluation , then , is the process of specifying what might be called the transfer value of ideas . |
| 16 | She had come to believe instead in what might be called the ‘ Obedient Torturer ’ . |
| 17 | The second reason for thinking there will be more back-pedalling reflects shifts in what might be called the strategic and historical experience of some of the EC 's members . |
| 18 | The concerns of what might be called the research and development agencies in the NHS , such as the Nuffield Foundation and the Kings Fund , also provided a stimulus for change . |
| 19 | And in Dworkin it is evident in his views that ‘ government must be neutral on what might be called the question of the good life … [ and ] political decisions must be , so far as possible , independent of any particular conception of the good life , or of what gives value to life ’ . |
| 20 | On the body of the car , on each side of the door and on what might be called the architrave , are two handles . |
| 21 | By the time Chiang fell upon his Chinese communist rivals and destroyed the Canton commune in the spring of 1927 , and thus terminated the League 's existence also , it has been estimated that something like 200 ‘ graduates ’ of Ho 's Canton course had returned to Vietnam and although many of them were arrested , it was a significant infusion to be added to what might be called the natural sources of discontent . |
| 22 | When we visited the big open-air retail market in the upper town at Montpellier , there was an ordinary enough little charcuterie-épicerie stall offering the ingredients of what might be called the small change of French cookery , but to our English eyes it looked particularly inviting and interesting . |
| 23 | They had inhibitions about concentrating on what might be called the Dickensian essentials ; a great deal of specified food and drink , presents wanted and unwanted , the gathering of friends and relations . |
| 24 | Romantic suspense is what might be called the literature of the night side of human experience . |
| 25 | The most important requirement is to improve for all musicians what might be called the infrastructure of opportunity . |
| 26 | However , I propose to begin by first exploring what might be called the " reductivist strategy " . |
| 27 | Consider , first , what might be called the radically mentalist viewpoint , which is shared by both ontological idealists and ontological dualists . |
| 28 | She has become what might be called The professional Daleswoman . |
| 29 | As will be considered further , it is not at all clear , however , that the newly formulated offence entirely cures what might be called the policeman defect . |
| 30 | We are more concerned here with what might be called the roast beef of scoring than with the confectionery . |