Example sentences of "might be [verb] to a [adj] " 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 | Below are some examples of how the different note-systems might be applied to a specific topic . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The Labour party might be looking to a new future , but it was not going to forget its ancient roots . |
| 5 | He might be legitimising Goldsmiths ' current practice ( in which , ironically , women are very active participants ) and he might be pandering to a new Europeanisation … but the notion that Arte povera , in this limited manifestation , is ‘ representative of a crucial revolutionary moment — even of the last possible revolutionary moment ’ is a load of cobblers . |
| 6 | There was a nationalist fear that they might be confined to an internal Northern Ireland settlement , but this has been denied . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | With the frame frozen the attention of the class might be drawn to a particular gesture , or to an expression on someone 's face . |
| 9 | Perhaps even worse , you might be subjected to a disciplinary inquiry when you believe that you have done nothing wrong . |