Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] [verb] [art] " 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 | The accounts which local sign theorists have given of what might loosely be called the ‘ experience ’ of localisation have , in the main , been variations on three themes . |
| 5 | In fact , this might better be termed the de Gaulle — Adenauer relationship , since it was a peculiarly personal form of diplomacy . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | It is vital to any understanding of the present state , both of public debate and personal morality , to realise the part played by what might generally be called the ‘ humanist lobby ’ . |
| 10 | A prime minister might generally be considered the best candidate , but not if he has been dubbed ‘ the butcher of Beijing ’ . |
| 11 | Nevertheless , observers on what might broadly be called the left were generally very much opposed to the creation of enterprise zones ( Anderson , 1980 ; Massey , 1982 ) . |
| 12 | She had n't been as long in this job as her last one , yet she knew there was a positive danger that she might soon be scouring the situations vacant columns again . |
| 13 | These celebratory fanfares do n't sound as though they might just be heralding the very advent of Slavonic culture . |
| 14 | ( A note here to working mums : depriving your sons of a little mothering might just be doing a middle-aged woman a favour in years to come ! ) |
| 15 | The end-result might just be to get a better understanding with his colleagues , or some improvement in team morale . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours . |
| 18 | Kandy was the ancient capital of Sri Lanka and might still be called the capital of the high country of the island . |
| 19 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 20 | But for one or two better clad of the group , the place might truthfully be designated a shopful of rags . |
| 21 | It might also be called a form of ‘ negative power ’ — the power to disrupt . |
| 22 | The de-emphasising of hair and breasts as sexual attributes which are usually fetishised by male spectators might also be considered an improvement . |
| 23 | We adopt , therefore , an approach which might appropriately be termed the unorthodox view as opposed to what could be called the traditional view . |
| 24 | Nicholas Stavrogin has arrived during the summer months of 1870s , and has established himself as the one ‘ who might really be called the chief character of the novel ’ . |
| 25 | But if it had not been for Hillary Clinton 's TV performance and George Bush 's Japanese collapse , neither of them might now be ordering the removal vans . |
| 26 | If she had , she might now be wearing the crown of England instead of being holed up in Gloucester Castle , her supporters scattered and dwindling , and what little popularity she had once possessed destroyed by her own hand . |
| 27 | It sounded to Amiss as if he might even be speaking the truth . |
| 28 | After all , whoever had sent that letter might even be watching the flat . |
| 29 | His wife might even be sparing a thought for the murdered women 's families , never guessing that the man she was married to had been the perpetrator . |
| 30 | She might even be weaving a spell to tangle her feet or make her lose her way in the wood ! |