Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] [conj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since quite serious charges have been made against the foster mother and her ‘ family , ’ it might be said that fairness to her requires that such an investigation should take place . |
| 2 | The first phase , that of the theologians of the 1950s and the central issues of the Council itself , might be characterized as ultramontanism versus what we may call ( using an old term , now largely abandoned ) Cisalpinism . |
| 3 | It might be argued that violation of the treaty by its parties constitutes a fundamental change of circumstances justifying Protocol States in terminating their commitments . |
| 4 | There were no significant differences in the present study between the never and the previously married although it might be expected that people with children might be less likely to go into a home than those without any and the widowed , divorced , or separated are much more likely to have children than the single : 75 per cent compared with 6 per cent . |
| 5 | If it is true that verbal questions primarily engage the left hemisphere while spatial questions tap the functions of the right hemisphere , it might be predicted that responses to such questions will be optimal when the appropriate hemisphere is activated rather than if the opposite hemisphere is aroused . |
| 6 | For instance it might be predicted that aspects of situations which were highly inconsistent with a pre-existing schema would be better recognised than relatively consistent aspects , but less well recalled . |
| 7 | A national assessment of about 70,000 – 80,000 hides should have produced something like 9,000 – 10,000 of them , and if this figure seems high , it might be remembered that Thietmar of Merseburg heard that there were 24,000 byrnies in London in 1016 . |
| 8 | It might be thought that combinations of restraints would help to solve the problem . |