Example sentences of "[noun] might be [vb pp] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several reasons for this extension but the most important in the case of the declaration is that , being a non-coercive remedy ( which means that failure to comply with a declaration does not amount to a contempt of court ) , it is available against the Crown ; and it is very useful in other situations where the seeking of a coercive remedy might be thought unnecessarily aggressive , and where the plaintiff is confident that the defendant will do the right thing once a court says what it is . |
| 2 | The external appearance might be considered typically Japanese — matt black folded steel case , drum feet , extruded black anodized aluminium front panel — yet one pauses : perhaps it has rather less in the way of lights , button and switches than usual . |
| 3 | Just as a State may act on behalf of another State or other legal entity , so too an organisation might be seen as acting as agent for its member States . |
| 4 | This leaves only two ( Nos. 1 and 2 ) where , without further checking , evidence might be considered too slight . |
| 5 | As Hill ( 1983 , p. 124 ) observes , the ‘ attacks on Quangos have obscured , rather than illuminated , the serious issue of how ministerial patronage might be replaced by alternative selection procedures , and how these bodies might be made more accountable , without losing that very semi-independence which was a major reason for establishing them in the first place ’ . |
| 6 | A priori this latter feature might be thought somewhat undesirable as it implies that the higher the rate of growth of wealth the lower the share of the total portfolio held within the UK . |