Example sentences of "might [be] [verb] on a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , seasonal workers might be engaged on a casual basis , on fixed-term or performance contracts , or even on open-ended contracts . |
| 2 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 3 | There are in effect only two types of private purpose which might be imposed on a beneficiary . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | What economic security there might be depended on a strong overlordship . |
| 7 | This might be based on a psychiatric clinic or a voluntary agency such as the Samaritans . |
| 8 | This implies a local tradition already current in the twelfth century and might be based on a lost source . |
| 9 | Well , actually and it might be based on a true story , do n't know if it |
| 10 | One experienced judicial official commented that evidence in cattle stealing cases might be recorded on a stereotyped printed form to be used by judges and magistrates . |
| 11 | Rebuilding costs might be calculated on a rule of thumb basis but the assumptions would be relatively arbitrary . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Both Britain and France found difficulty in obtaining sufficient volunteers for their fleets , partly because the wages they offered their sailors compared very poorly with what could be obtained by service on a merchantman , and still more so with what might be made on a successful privateer . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Customs officers , moreover , might be located on a particular station as a favour to burgh councillors , some of whom were not infrequently deeply involved in smuggling , and there is a suspicious insistence in some of the correspondence upon the placing of an individual in a very specific place , particularly in those districts distant from Edinburgh . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ( The items might be set on a particular occasion as a test of the attainment of the criterion or they might arise in the context of more holistic tasks on separate occasions . ) |
| 19 | Tenant farmers with a year 's rent arrears might be evicted on a fortnight 's notice . |