Example sentences of "might be [vb pp] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At least by then some of his pupils might be converted to the idea that there 's more to the cinema than the Addams Family and Terminator 2 . |
| 2 | The factors differentiating metastability of gall bladder bile in two populations might be ascribed to the CSI and the distribution of vesicular cholesterol . |
| 3 | THERE are renewed fears that the scenically spectacular Cairngorm estate of Mar Lodge — which contains Ben MacDhui , the second highest mountain in Britain — might be lost to the nation following a failure by conservation bodies to put together a financial package to buy it . |
| 4 | In the light of this discussion I offer some indications as to how a strategy of reading might be applied to the study of racist discourses , and invite readers to try out this approach on the two study texts , not in order to produce ‘ the right answer ’ but to compare what is gained and what lost in detail and depth of understanding by applying this kind of model compared to the others . |
| 5 | Procedurally , it tests in the field a set of methodological propositions that suggest ways by which a mode of analysis that concentrates upon the social actors ' constructions of reality might be applied to the study of complex societies . |
| 6 | The trauma which might be caused to the victim by the publication of the criminal 's story might well outweigh any potential pecuniary receipt . |
| 7 | Thus the first two bits might be connected to the gates which control the data paths from the accumulator to each side of the adder , the next two to the gates which control the data paths from the SDR to each side of the adder , and the next one to the gate which controls the data path from the adder output to the accumulator . |
| 8 | In regional courts like the Councils in the North and the Marches of Wales , bishops might be appointed to the presidency and other clerics could sit upon the bench , but the offices of profit went to laymen . |
| 9 | British representative John Robson was concerned that the ban might be extended to the North Sea and the Atlantic , possibly affecting British fishing plans for the future . |
| 10 | Such an assumption requires the invocation of additional processes to explain precisely how what a child does or does not do in one setting might be related to the child 's performance in a different setting . |
| 11 | This working party is considering the resourcing and coordination of such a network and how it might be related to the role of the inspectorate , the advisory service and the library service . |
| 12 | We 're giving two and a half thousand doctors computers on their desk , where they can tap in to the computer anything which happens to the patient which they suspect might be related to the medicine and also put in to the computer , of course , the medicines which the patient is taking , so that these records , covering about five million patients altogether , will be all centrally brought together in order to give very early warning of any harm which medicines are doing , so that 's a very important development . |
| 13 | As an acute phase reactant , the role of group II PLA2 in infections and inflammatory diseases might be related to the host 's defence against invading micro-organisms and tissue destruction . |
| 14 | The messages from her brain to turn and walk away seemed to take so long reaching their destination , she thought she might be riveted to the ground forever . |
| 15 | There were exceptions , recognised by the statute and the courts , but this was not such a case ; all that could be said was that economic damage , perhaps very severe , might be done to the defendant if publicity were not withheld . |
| 16 | And , warm with dancing , he pulled off his jewelled hat , so that the brown hair fell free , and opened the close-pearled band of his doublet so that his throat might be bared to the air . |
| 17 | Penn , Topham , Burgess and Benezek were asked to deal with any proposals that might be made to the committee regarding a building that would be suitable as a hospital , and Messrs Shepperson and Reynolds of Oxford Street were appointed ( for what immediate purpose is not clear ) booksellers and stationers to the institution . |
| 18 | Alternatively payment might be made to the head of the department concerned , or money might be spent not so much in buying the office itself as on the influence necessary for securing it . |
| 19 | This shows that in 1986 the judges , with the concurrence of the Inns , resolved and confirmed that from 1987 disciplinary powers over barristers should be exercised in accordance with the provisions of that constitution and that no alteration might be made to the power or composition of disciplinary tribunals without the consent of the Lord Chief Justice . |
| 20 | Indeed , the a cappella early-music scene in England might be compared to the Whitehall Civil Service , being sustained almost entirely by graduates from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge . |
| 21 | This meal of horse might be compared to the draught of air that a drowning man who has fought his way to the surface manages to inhale before being whirled down into the depths again . |
| 22 | The process of evaluating and matching symptom pictures as a whole , which takes place in this more intuitive process , might be compared to the difference between a mathematician and a child when presented with a simple sum such as 4 + 3 . |
| 23 | Thus one might be perceived to the left of the other , or to the right of the other , or above the other . |
| 24 | As potential functional weaknesses emerge during the design appraisal further consideration is given to what functions might be allocated to the man or machine to provide greater mutual support . |
| 25 | That report will make recommendations on the pay increase to be given to schoolteachers next year , with particular regard to any modifications which might be introduced to the system of selective payments to increase the flexibility of employers in meeting the needs of recruitment and retention . |
| 26 | He recommends that the reader attempt to identify questions through the figures ( such as ‘ Why is the tax charge so low ? ’ ) which might be directed to the company 's management ( or an analyst ) or which might lead the reader to avoid investment if he does not like the answer . |
| 27 | When the Tate Gallery embarked upon its programme of annual reorganisation of the permanent collection in autumn 1989 , it was hailed as a bold and novel decision through which the works of neglected artists buried in the museum 's extensive storage facilities might be brought to the surface . |
| 28 | But they might be drawn to the sound of a group of females socialising — think that this is something worth investigating — and help us to lure them out again . ’ |
| 29 | This chapter discusses these forms of the logical schema and also shows how the data structures might be described to the database . |
| 30 | The crime was paradoxical , namely , the mere profession of Christianity , the name itself , rather than any crimes that might be attributed to the name by association . |