Example sentences of "might [verb] been [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Watson 's lament might have been couched in Shakespearian speech . |
| 2 | In 1849 even Richard Owen hinted briefly that the modifications of the vertebrate archetype might have been unfolded by non-miraculous causes : |
| 3 | All conventional religious structures would be excluded from this sanction , as they were utterly ineffectual , and presented a useful distraction for some souls who might have been tempted towards esoteric practices . |
| 4 | Wider social policies , which might have been incorporated into regenerative programmes effected by local government , have been muted if not abandoned . |
| 5 | This way , everyone — including the other mums — has a chance to forget her bad behaviour , and you 'll break the habit of aggression that your child might have been getting into early . |
| 6 | Gould had arranged to rendezvous with Gilbert in Sydney before leaving for England , but so eager was he to set sail with his precious cargo that when it seemed Gilbert might have been delayed in Western Australia , he left without seeing him . |
| 7 | A half-mile south of the bridge the first French staff officers were rifling the mail in Charleroi 's post office in search of letters which might have been posted by Allied officers and thus provide clues of British or Prussian plans . |
| 8 | At one time — probably at any time between the Restoration and , for a terminal date , the Second World War — those questions might have been rejected by literate folk as quite foolish and empty ; because Horace has been , after all , almost an honorary Briton , so pervasive is his cultural presence . |
| 9 | Indeed , the Stamford Taurus might have been formed by early Mycenean settlers , as a representation of a Mycenean dagger carved into Stonehenge proves that people of that race were in Britain at the time . |
| 10 | Defence experts indicated that the incident , which occurred during naval exercises some 80 miles west of Izmir , might have been caused by excessive stress among junior officers prompted by a long spell at sea . |
| 11 | The higher skin damage measurement in the lower layer indicates that loss circulation material possibly was stuck in the producing rock , a condition that might have been caused by initial drilling operating practices , says Chris Drysdale , Well Evaluation group leader . |
| 12 | The move came amid reports that Iraq 's success in initiating its post-war reconstruction programme might have been assisted by systematic sanctions-busting by some countries . |
| 13 | He might have been discarded at international level by Ireland boss Jack Charlton . |
| 14 | Without a doubt it had been Greg 's backing which had propelled him into the big league ; without him , for all his talent , Hugo might have been trapped in small-time design and manufacture for ever . |
| 15 | The same words might have been spoken through tight lips by the old Taheb . |
| 16 | Although the scribes no doubt made ‘ errors ’ , it should be possible to investigate variable texts in extenso to determine the extent to which variation in spelling ( or indeed in other linguistic dimensions ) is in fact orderly , and whether this variation can help us to work out what might have been happening in spoken English at the time . |
| 17 | They might have been refused by mainstream publishers or alternatively , and this is the more likely , they are making a positive choice to do it this way , since self-publication means that the writers can determine exactly what goes into their printed work . |
| 18 | The vast foyer was carpeted in the softest green imaginable , the walls were even paler , so that at first glance they might have been taken for white , and the venetian blinds were a perfectly blended shade of moss . |
| 19 | Dunkirk , Boulogne and Calais , through which British munitions and troops could pass in growing numbers , might have been taken at little cost during the Germans ' initial advance , now they would have to be fought for . |
| 20 | Best-known to the general public perhaps , are experiments where reconstructions of early boats and ships have been used to follow and thus test the feasibility of migration routes which might have been used by ancient people , such as the experiments conducted by Thor Heyerdahl . |
| 21 | In a parliamentary debate on Aug. 28 this was challenged by the opposition Union of Democratic Forces ( which like all major parties roundly condemned the attack ) , the UDF secretary Petur Beron hinting instead that the attack might have been instigated by communist provocateurs . |
| 22 | This is not the support that might have been expected for fellow Germans stuck on the communist side after 1945 . |
| 23 | Certainly in the matter of military aid , as the working party concluded , the US ( without sending troops ) was in a position to make a unique contribution : but even more positive results might have been expected from economic assistance . |