Example sentences of "[noun] might be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , we are equally conscious that some colleges may find the pace of development too slow for their needs and are concerned to explore ways in which some of the aims of the Programme might be accelerated for those colleges which wish to develop their provision rapidly . |
| 2 | We also have to recognise that certain rhetorical strategies might be adopted for tactical reasons , especially the ploy of using one 's opponents ' arguments against them in order to discredit their position . |
| 3 | The kind most widely favoured for jewellery , at least in the west , was a delicate pale pink , but in and around Hawaii a black variety might be used for this purpose , and the Chinese were particularly keen on deep red coral for their carvings . |
| 4 | A case might be made for this ( although there is no other evidence for it ) and so substantive interference in Ulpian 's text could be taken to be limited to generalization or to the addition of per omnia . |
| 5 | It was unexpectedly suggested by United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher , following her three-day visit to the Soviet Union ( from June 7 , and including meetings with Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev on June 8 ) , that this issue might be left for subsequent negotiation . |
| 6 | Under the risk theory , therefore , compensation might be awarded for public law wrongs , but it might also be awarded for action which is perfectly legal in the public law sense . |
| 7 | Two pence per half-year might be taken for each cart , and one halfpenny for each pack-horse . |
| 8 | In such cases a prosecution might be brought for attempted murder — and will succeed if the intention to kill can be proved . |
| 9 | Homes of suitable shape and size might be made for each individual creature . |
| 10 | Several quite different kinds of explanation might be suggested for these observations . |
| 11 | There did not appear to be any certainty that the RHA would make capital gain out of the exercise , whether or not such gain might be applied for non-mental health purposes . |
| 12 | Comparative findings might be used for normative , or even polemical , purposes in order to support or oppose certain aspects of a country 's domestic industrial relations policy . |
| 13 | The Americans hope that the installation of Mr Mesic would bolster Croats and Slovenes who hang back from independence now ; that Mr Markovic and his economic reform would win a reprieve ; and that time might be gained for Serbian opposition to Mr Milosevic to grow . |
| 14 | But how many synapses and cells might be involved for any single memory ? |