Example sentences of "[noun] might [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be the keystone of the defence as well , although the defendant might be prepared to accept the plaintiff 's evidence if it contains nothing controversial . |
| 2 | Perhaps I mean it 's , we do n't know in nineteen , October nineteen forty seven whether the Communist Party actually really did think that absolute egalitarianism might be able to work . |
| 3 | But as fear of Soviet intentions increased , so some in Britain began to feel that concessions might be necessary in order to secure at least a degree of American backing in the region . |
| 4 | The aminosalicylate reduced the fever , but as salicylates are known to do this it was thought that the effect might be non-specific . |
| 5 | This effect might be welcome in the cities . |
| 6 | It is further suggested that funding for such a programme might be available through the European Community 's information technology programmes . |
| 7 | Fearing that Austrian reprisals might be possible if she stayed on the continent , Hortense decided to take her son to England , stopping off in Paris on their way in the hope that the new King , Louis-Philippe , might allow her to stay there , at least for a time . |
| 8 | Pound replied that Aristophanes might be depressing , and that to raise the heavy phallus to its desired height Dixie folk melodies might be more effective . |
| 9 | Snobbery might be innate in their parents ' way of life , but it could never be admitted . |
| 10 | Ltd v. Heller & Partners Ltd there was considerable debate as to how far monetary loss might be recoverable . |
| 11 | For quiet study conferences , remote old-fashioned , ill-equipped venues in places like Scarborough and Buxton might be great . |
| 12 | There remains one way in which the cost of equity might be low , albeit for a limited period . |
| 13 | He explained that there were a limited number of places , with sixteen or seventeen taken up for September already ( I wondered whether this meant Balbinder might be unlucky , but did not like to ask ) . |
| 14 | This might be adequate to identify the speaker , indeed the expression Ellen might be sufficient . |
| 15 | " Great-grandfather , you must know already that I did all I could to stop Kim taking the gibbon , " he said , whispering aloud in the hope that his fervent words might be audible to his father and grandfather standing a few feet away . |
| 16 | The intended words might be able to be suggested for examples 1 and 4 if a method of whole word recognition were employed , because sleep and steep , boots and books have the same overall shape . |
| 17 | One problem of working in limited specialty areas is that existing clients might be averse to the idea of employing the same search firm as their rivals ; so Merton , approached by another major retailer with an assignment , cleared the matter with Tesco first . |
| 18 | ( Note that unc need not be a normal form program if P is , since the clauses in the IFs might be false or not all distinct . ) |
| 19 | The type of sampling used in the five community studies is quotasampling , and our main concern is not to claim absolute representativeness for the whole city , but to guard ourselves against the accusation that our informants might be hand-picked from amongst friends and neighbours — or , worse , from our students . |
| 20 | It challenges the myth that refuges might be safe but they 're squalid . |
| 21 | But some advocates of public service broadcasting — citing the BBC as an example opposed the ‘ commercial logic ’ advertising would entail : competition between the two state channels might be healthy professionally , it would be pernicious otherwise — ratings wars , lowering of standards , especially during prime time . |
| 22 | Second , as already mentioned the debtor 's evidence is that he was never advised on whether legal aid might be available to him . |
| 23 | In such cases again regional policy aid might be important : the grants were sometimes significant subsidies to the updating of technology , for instance . |
| 24 | We must also avoid branch meetings seem like a gathering of old chums into which an outsider might be shy of intruding . |
| 25 | Thus yellow and roundness might be intrinsic properties of a yellow ball as being among the properties in virtue of the possession of which another ball might be exactly like it . |
| 26 | The new men in the Kremlin might be unsure of themselves and their thinking open to outside suggestions . |
| 27 | Likewise , the floating vote might be indicative of some electors making up their own minds on the issues of the day ; it might equally reflect pressure brought to bear " from above " , perhaps by those attached to the Court who wanted a change in the complexion of the House of Commons , to " persuade " those electors to change their allegiances . |
| 28 | A member of the group mentioned that an uncle of his , a retired coal miner , had been telling him about Highlander , and it was suggested that Highlander might be willing to help in some way . |
| 29 | Although the case is similar on the facts to Glasgow Corpn v Taylor , the approach on the statute might be different from the old common law approach . |
| 30 | This may lie in some very personal adjunct , in which case a psychologist might be able to throw some light on the matter . |