Example sentences of "might [adv] be [vb pp] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Much of Taskopruzade 's work is concerned with scholars of the period before there was what might properly be called a learned hierarchy ; and though in his own lifetime a hierarchy of learned offices existed and certainly the basic principles of the hierarchy had been formulated it was by no means as thoroughly elaborated or rigid as it was to become even in the few decades after his death . |
| 2 | Ritual might properly be considered a stage between this present section , on preparing the hearth , and the next , on lighting the fire , for U can be a means of enlivening a situation and of allowing positive energies to flow into the structure prepared . |
| 3 | One problem , however , is that only a subset of all texts do in fact have what might loosely be called a story structure . |
| 4 | What this means might perhaps be made a little clearer with reference to what Kant had to say about his " Ideas " , provided , of course , the comparison is not taken too literally . |
| 5 | Two or three years later he might suddenly be appointed a full-time magistrate , even though by that time he had probably forgotten all of the law which he had learnt . |
| 6 | Perhaps sometime I 'll be able to devise a way round my official non-existence and apply for a gun myself , though even then , all things considered , I might not be granted a licence . |
| 7 | At another tennis tournament , the Braniff Airways men 's doubles tournament , Dan Maskell allowed patriotism to run away with him when David Lloyd and Mark Cox put up what might best be termed a ‘ spunky ’ performance , ‘ The British boys are now adopting the attacking position — Cox up . ’ |
| 8 | The Irish management team of manager Noel Murphy , captain Phil Danaher and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald will slip into New Zealand hoping the All Blacks will be so concerned with their tilts at the World XV , the Australians in the Bledisloe Cup and the South Africans on their August tour that they might just be caught a bit unawares when Ireland arrive . |
| 9 | Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours . |
| 10 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 11 | But for one or two better clad of the group , the place might truthfully be designated a shopful of rags . |
| 12 | It might also be called a form of ‘ negative power ’ — the power to disrupt . |
| 13 | In Vologsky 's case , as an elitist member of the armed forces , it might well be considered a serious crime . |
| 14 | Picasso , it has been seen , was anxious to introduce into his paintings what might almost be called a ‘ sculptural completeness ’ . |
| 15 | It seemed necessary to argue ( that it was relevant both proponents and opponents seemed agreed ) that Phoebe of Romans 16 might indeed be accounted a ‘ deacon ’ and not simply a ‘ deaconess ’ . |