Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] on [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Such patterns might be based on prey size , prey distribution , prey abundance or prey value .
2 They might be paid on presentation .
3 This took the place of a pre-release course ( which would be impossible to plan in an institution where some men were so far away from release and others might be released on parole licence at very short notice ) but it covered many of the same topics .
4 Eighteenth-century observers often argued that naval battles between opponents of more or less equal strength were almost certain to be indecisive , that naval warfare was by its nature unlikely to produce victories of the kind which might be expected on land .
5 Referrers also agreed to pass on relevant new information ( giving advance notice to social services of cold admissions to hospital if social care might be needed on discharge , and notifying changes in circumstances of existing social services clients ) .
6 In the same way a temple which was situated at the top of a flight of steps might be shown on top of steps , though the number of steps on the coin would normally be fewer than in reality .
7 The 1988–89 Committee was particularly concerned — as , indeed , were the Speaker and many Members — about the possibility that demonstrations from the public gallery or grave disorder on the floor of the House might be shown on television ; it emphasised that ‘ deliberate misconduct designed to secure televised publicity ought not to achieve its aim ’ .
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