Example sentences of "might [adv] be [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The continuing Gulf crisis was characterized during September by ( i ) the progressive strengthening of the military position of the multinational anti-Iraq coalition , as forces arrived to take up positions in the region and further commitments were made ; ( ii ) the tightening of the economic embargo , extended to include interdiction of air traffic from Sept. 25 ; and ( iii ) the growing perception on the diplomatic front that a negotiated solution might only be achievable in the context of a wider consideration of conflicts in the region . |
| 2 | The reason for this may be because God was increasingly called ‘ the Holy One ’ ( there was a slightly increasing tendency in intertestamental writings and the Dead Sea Scrolls to speak of ‘ the Holy Spirit ’ ) but might just be due to the character of Jesus . |
| 3 | An example is the terrace around Lake Harrison at a little above 120 m ( 400 ft ) OD ( see Chapter 14 ) , which might easily be confused with the well-known British marine terrace at about the same level but probably much earlier in date . |
| 4 | And we might still be doubtful of the existence of causally effective mathematical facts , without wishing to say that no mathematical beliefs can therefore be justified . |
| 5 | Whilst we might still be envious in the UK of Japan 's bankruptcy statistics , the Tokyo Commerce and Industry Research Company recently reported 677 cases there in February involving amounts above Y10M ( £39,200 ) . |
| 6 | It was not unreasonably feared therefore that the strength of wet aeroplanes glued with casein might also be one-fifth of the strength of dry aeroplanes . |
| 7 | This remodelling might also be contemporary with the decision to provide earthwork defences , though it could have preceded it by several years on current dating evidence ; either way , such changes mark a significant watershed in the town 's development and pose important questions about its status and function . |
| 8 | However , computer hackers might also be liable under the law of confidence , depending on the circumstances . |
| 9 | Paul Newman and Robert Redford might now be right for the roles of a pair of outlaws on their last legs who flee to Bolivia to find that civilisation and its increased firepower are after them there as well , but in 1968 they were more an emblem of defiant youth and , rather than be riddled with bullets , they go out with a freeze-to-sepia and some plunky Burt Bacharach music . |
| 10 | How this might be reconciled with the terms of the Maastricht text goes beyond the scope of this article , but it gives rise to the thought that it might even be legitimate for the Community ( given the political will ) to legislate in this area using the general power of Article 235 of the EEC Treaty , which allows the Council , in the absence of more specific powers , to enact legislation which is necessary to achieve the objectives of the Community . |
| 11 | Sorry , I should explain to the committee that I was informed that the secretary who normally does the minutes for the half past one was sick , and had , she 'd been sent home by her doctor at lunch time , so I came back from lunch and had to come straight into committee , and I do apologize if I have missed bits of paper or whatever , I 've gathered up everything I could , but that might well be one of the things that I 've left behind . |
| 12 | This organized disposal of the dead in large communal cemeteries , set aside for the purpose , is a useful indicator of more complex communities , so that the appearance of isolated burial plots can be instructive ; at Ilchester , the late burials within the extra-mural plots might well be indicative of the later Roman decline in standards within a contracting settlement . |
| 13 | Such a degree course would not suit everyone , but it might well be attractive to the late entrants and mature students who are increasingly common participants in higher education , particularly in the humanities , and who bring valuable experience of life and work to their study , but may have rather little formal preparation . |
| 14 | If so , he might well be frightened for the sake of his future ambitions . |
| 15 | I think Lane was attempting to intimidate me in relation to his further questions , answers to which might otherwise be critical of the police , and in this he partly succeeded . |
| 16 | It is not always easy to distinguish cases in which a Convention rule is to be treated as precluding the solution to a question that might otherwise be available under the applicable national law from cases in which the Convention rule is to be interpreted as not covering the question at all . |
| 17 | Increasingly detailed levels of analysis might therefore be concerned with the patterning of sounds within words or , alternatively , with the relationship of words to other words or of words and sentences to the surrounding context ( Skinner 1957 ) . |
| 18 | Bob could I ask you , if I understood correctly , one is that really logging is not the main problem , cutting down rainforests , and two , if their really was efficient logging it might actually be better for the rainforests , the consequence of which if that 's correct would be that we should be concentrating on governments , rather than on timber . |