Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | To take another example : Radioactivity in the surface and coastal waters of the British Isles , 1977 might be converted to an alphabetical description such as : Water pollutants Radioactive materials — Great Britain or into a classification notation such as 628.16850941 . |
| 2 | Or you might be invited to a party , start to feel uncomfortable and have the courage to comply when your inner voice tells you to go , knowing that your guide will keep you safe from harm . |
| 3 | If I had a little light , I thought , I might be tempted to a bit of a read in bed . |
| 4 | Below are some examples of how the different note-systems might be applied to a specific topic . |
| 5 | An example of how this might be applied to an inventory record would be to control the format of named collections , e.g. ‘ Sloane Bequest , Miscellanea ’ . |
| 6 | The ‘ LOB-H ’ texts are business and government documents such as might be dictated to a speech input workstation . |
| 7 | Beneath them , in France , there existed an ordered and fairly hierarchical structure which saw to the day-to-day defence of the country , from those with wide territorial jurisdictions to those who might be sent to a particular area , town or castle to organise its defence in time of crisis . |
| 8 | These reconstructions are often made of the organic elements of a composite implement : a reconstructed wooden shaft might be fitted to a bronze spearhead to give a better impression of its original appearance . |
| 9 | Otherwise , the patient might be transferred to a specialist Stroke Unit or have a private consultation with a specialist physiotherapist . |
| 10 | But the suggestion that this basic Christian principle might be extended to a more explicit set of Christian values makes them uneasy . |
| 11 | Hood has standardised on modular 386DXs , which might be upgraded to a 486DX by a single board swap . |
| 12 | Property might be given to a trustee upon trust for the separate use of the married woman , free from the control and liabilities of her husband . |
| 13 | The Syrians watched impassively as one of the Christian gunmen produced a camera , the kind of small pocket camera that might be given to a child as a Christmas present . |
| 14 | A different answer , however , might be given to a soldier who followed a leader of his own choosing — for pay ; he could not plead obedience if his conscience left him uneasy . |
| 15 | My good sister , how happy should I be if I might be admitted to a conversation with you at your grate . |
| 16 | It is exactly the kind of work that might be suited to a poet of Smart 's mind recovering from a severe mental illness . |
| 17 | Bacon said that there were three kinds of gift that might be offered to a judge : the first were bribes given in advance to pervert the course of justice ; the second were presents given when the judge thought the case was over . |
| 18 | There was a nationalist fear that they might be confined to an internal Northern Ireland settlement , but this has been denied . |
| 19 | ‘ 37(1) Any notice , demand or order against which an appeal might be brought to a county court under this Part of this Act shall , if no such appeal is brought , become operative on the expiration of 21 days from the date of the service of the notice , demand or order , and shall be final and conclusive as to any matters which could have been raised on such an appeal , and any such notice , demand or order against which an appeal is brought shall , if and so far as it is confirmed by a county court judge , or the Court of Appeal , become operative as from the date of the final determination of the appeal . |
| 20 | In addition to vigilance we need education in the responsible uses of this new extension of man 's powers , otherwise we might be driven to a fruitless Luddite destruction of computers because they seem able to take on a life of their own . |
| 21 | So neuronal connectivity can be altered not merely by increasing or decreasing the actual number of synapses between two cells , but by altering the size or position of any particular synapse — for instance , one located on the dendritic shaft might be shifted to a spine . |
| 22 | With the frame frozen the attention of the class might be drawn to a particular gesture , or to an expression on someone 's face . |
| 23 | We can not say how many of these are primarily curricular in nature , and how many were motivated by the prospects of additional money which might be attached to a statement under local formula funding arrangements . |
| 24 | A poet might be attached to a household , or , increasingly , be dependent on travelling between households , performing his work and looking for hospitality and support . |
| 25 | Perhaps even worse , you might be subjected to a disciplinary inquiry when you believe that you have done nothing wrong . |