Example sentences of "might [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The personnel file might be examined to list all the employees who meet the following criteria : |
| 2 | In any notification case of this kind the local planning authority will be given an opportunity to decide whether , in their view , the proposal should be advertised so as to give the public a chance to comment , and also to discuss with the department ways in which the proposal might be amended to overcome any objections to the proposed development . |
| 3 | However , often the best way of challenging a dysfunctional attitude is to test out the validity of the attitude , for example a client who believed he could not stand going to a party might be invited to test this belief out by going , for at least part of the time . |
| 4 | Among those who might be invited to bare all for the show are actress Antonia de Sanchez — ex-minister David Mellor 's former lover — and ‘ Miss Whiplash ’ Sarah Dale , Chancellor Lamont 's former tenant . |
| 5 | I would hope that the vast majority of beer festival organisers take heed of Keith Thomas 's article and try to ensure that quality comes before quantity at beer festivals , then I might be tempted to visit more beer festivals again . |
| 6 | One might be tempted to dismiss such an enquiry as irrelevant to our discussion : human beings have Newton and Einstein , whereas animals do not , so human knowledge of physics can not be relevant to enquiries about chimps , beavers , or bees . |
| 7 | But a librarian , more likely to be an Adonis-type than a Boar or a Goddess , might be tempted to catalogue this book under ‘ Hughes ’ rather than under ‘ Shakespeare ’ . |
| 8 | He might be tempted to blame these fluctuations on the sun or a volcano . |
| 9 | The significance of the concept of the linguistic variable is that it allows quantitative statements to be made about language use , so that Speaker A might be said to use more or less of a particular variant than speaker B , rather than categorically to use it or not to use it . |
| 10 | You might be trying to do this via their thoughts , beliefs , attitudes , feelings or by directly attempting to influence their behaviour . |
| 11 | On an official visit to the Soviet Union on March 11-16 President Özal broached the subject of a Black Sea economic co-operation zone , which he said might be extended to include those Soviet republics in which Turkic languages were spoken . |
| 12 | Tonight Downing Street said that Operation Irma might be extended to include more war victims . |
| 13 | Partly , these relate to fears that state policy ( especially social security and housing policy ) might be helping to create such families ; and partly to disapproval of the way in which absent parents are able to evade their ‘ responsibilities ’ to provide for their families . |
| 14 | She only dreaded that she might be asked to give some positive details of the scheme she and Andrew supposedly envisaged . |
| 15 | EFTA does not want to be a ‘ kindergarten ’ for East European countries embarking on the path to market economies , but the looser 23-nation Council of Europe — to which Hungary has already sought entry — might be asked to play this role once democratic elections are held in individual east European countries . |
| 16 | ( a ) which sets out in summary form the most important information derived from your research and the main lessons to be learned from your interpretation of that information ; ( b ) which spells out the policy implications of your findings and , where appropriate , the follow-up actions that appear to be necessary ; and ( c ) which indicates what further research might be undertaken to pursue some of the findings uncovered by your own research . |
| 17 | While they might be expected to say this , most do not admit to it . |
| 18 | Certainly , the habituation process described in Chapter 2 will be engaged during the first stage of a latent inhibition experiment and might be expected to play some part in determining the outcome . |
| 19 | Even commentaries on those crafts which might be expected to throw some new light on the broader " aesthetic environment " of mosaic , such as Lucian 's Dream , are of little assistance . |
| 20 | This module would , Minsky suggests , alone have access to the model ( again possibly false , of course ) of how it itself related to all the other , lower , modules , and it might be expected to have some property of the type we refer to as consciousness or self-consciousness . |
| 21 | They were paid by these , and by the pennies of helpless men and women who might be forced to cross half of a strange continent before even embarking on the Atlantic crossing : from central Europe to Le Havre , or across the North Sea and via the smoky Pennine valleys to Liverpool . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , there was speculation that Sun might be forced to make another move like it did with the surprise 33MHz Sparcstation 10 Model 20 , or promise very cheap upgrades of the Model 30 . |
| 23 | Church musicians might be encouraged to attend such courses together with the clergy . |
| 24 | Because of the considerable diversity within the industry greater flexibility might be needed to allow all those who wished to participate in training the opportunity to do so . |
| 25 | It is very important that a particular report can be found quickly , even after years ; it might be needed to establish some point or to provide evidence in an argument or court case . |
| 26 | He also saw that the Communist powers were themselves divided and that diplomacy might be used to exploit this situation . |
| 27 | Our discussion in Section 12.1 broadly indicated how fiscal , monetary , and incomes policies might be used to achieve some combination of macroeconomic objectives . |
| 28 | Having in mind the proposals of the Government for a very considerable increase in the armaments of the country , and also the piling up of armaments in other European countries with a consequent danger of war , the Council in March passed a resolution calling the TUC to discuss measures which might be taken to oppose such an armament programme and to prepare plans for action to prevent the outbreak of war . |
| 29 | The Report pointed out that disadvantaged groups were grossly under-represented in adult education and suggested steps that might be taken to remedy that situation . |
| 30 | The right hon. Gentleman may be interested to know that the Government are looking urgently with mortgage lenders at what further measures might be taken to protect those faced with repossession . |