Example sentences of "might be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she might be under the front part of the colonnade , and peered cautiously round the corner . |
| 2 | Professor Ferguson and I said that a routine clinical history and examination ( preferably in private ) were essential in helping to establish the correct diagnosis and treatment of all patients , particularly in people who might be under the mistaken impression that their symptoms were due to allergy . |
| 3 | As she continued her searching look , trying to make out what might be at the far end , she became aware that she was gliding . |
| 4 | I think she I think she might be at the far side . |
| 5 | This might be at the local golf club , the WI , the church , the Ratepayers Association , trade union , bird-watching club and so on . |
| 6 | If by working with Roirbak it meant she had to leave Star Eye , it might be for the best . |
| 7 | It would have been a distressing upheaval indeed — I think Elizabeth found ‘ Braemar ’ so depressing that she did not enter as deeply as I into Ivy 's sufferings ; she could not help hoping that a change might be for the better . |
| 8 | If it is the latter kind , then you can be rather more technical and detailed than you might be for the general readership . |
| 9 | It might be for the last time . ’ |
| 10 | I went along to see Ray Talbot , of Norfolk-based The Real McKoi , to see what the trends might be for the coming pond season . |
| 11 | And he put his sons to read , that they might be of the better understanding , and he made them take arms , and be shown how to demean themselves in battle , and to be huntsmen . |
| 12 | Mary paused , some distance from the little settlement of Buttermere , and steadied herself inside this deeply protected , world 's end valley , the home as might be of the hidden enchantments of fairy tales as Mr Fenton had said . |
| 13 | It might be on the other ones . |
| 14 | she ai n't mate , she might be on the outside but she really ai n't , cos Penny 's such a lovely girl and I thought , and I thought , I 've seen Penny butter up |
| 15 | In the distance he could hear the sound of water dripping and he kept a look out for puddles , holes , fallen beams or any other dangers that might be around the next corner . |
| 16 | Our Unix bigots initially thought these long-term investments might be among the first to go . |
| 17 | Mr Chavan did not say who might be behind the alleged conspiracy , but such statements are usually aimed at Pakistan , predominantly-Hindu India 's Islamic neighbour . |
| 18 | Mr Chavan did not say who might be behind the alleged conspiracy , but such statements are usually aimed at Pakistan , predominantly-Hindu India 's Islamic neighbour . |
| 19 | This might be in the long-term interests of English football , if the FA exercised their authority to discourage greedy club chairmen from out-shouting moderate colleagues , and so prevent acceptable reform from deteriorating into a reckless gold rush . |
| 20 | On the contrary , they would have the normal reason for disregarding any belief or information on that score : that the law is the law and must be followed , no matter how unpopular it might be in the present climate of political opinion . |
| 21 | It was a discernible unity , embedded though that unity might be in the economic order of the rest of the world . |
| 22 | I guessed we might be in the latter years of her reign — Shakespeare would still be alive ! |
| 23 | I might be in the other car . ’ |
| 24 | It might be in the other room actually . |
| 25 | Labour might be in the extraordinary position of winning a general election with its Leader outside Parliament . |
| 26 | There 's erm there 's always a tension for those of us who are parents , particularly those of us who erm send our children to the state schools , as to erm what 's in the best interests of our own particular individual child and what might be in the best interests of all the children in the area in which we live , and erm this vote was an invitation to think only , very selfishly , of what might be the situation for our children , and I 'm very glad that erm many parents in Banbury thought of children in general living in North Oxfordshire and erm realise that you ca n't just take one limb of an education service and send it off spinning into its own orbit and not expect the rest to suffer . |
| 27 | Again , think about it could it be useful do n't know , might be in the long term . |
| 28 | I did n't begin here , with you and Dad , I began with an unknown woman called Elaine , a girl really , and a father who is n't in New Zealand after all , but who might be in the next street , the next house . |
| 29 | One was not then justified in thinking and functioning in terms of what might be in the national interest , what might ultimately be a desirable development for NATO strategy or defence strategy . |
| 30 | Lord Donaldson attacked the White Paper 's suggestion that it might be in the public interest to allow other professions , such as accountants , to be given rights of audience in the courts . |