Example sentences of "[noun] might [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | The Commissioner said that unless ministers relented , the issue might have to be resolved by an appeal to the European Court of Justice . |
| 32 | ‘ Ulster Unionists ’ can be patronised as fractious tribesmen ; Northern Ireland Conservatives might expect to be treated as equals . |
| 33 | If the situation is not resolved within months , the rescue plan might cease to be viable . |
| 34 | To advocate the starting of the process on a very young child might appear to be heartless , but the overriding need to generate within the child mind the beginning of a conscience and the instinctive urge to activate it , must be the guiding factor . |
| 35 | This internal seniority structure and pattern of mobility might seem to be the sole mechanism underlying the making and breaking of gangs . |
| 36 | At first sight this question might seem to be a nonsense : since , as we have seen , a reasonable definition of the Universe is ‘ everything that has , does and will exist ’ , surely there can not be more than one of them ? |
| 37 | So these first results indicated that quantum mechanics is adequate even for those situations where nonlocal effects might seem to be necessary . |
| 38 | Profound disappointment and frustration , however , awaited those — especially in Britain — who hoped that American involvement in the First World War might prove to be the first step towards an on-going partnership . |
| 39 | Below another , lower , level , the applicant would normally be refused ( although in some firms this refusal might have to be confirmed by a credit assessor , checking the proposal form for any special circumstances ) . |
| 40 | any sudden crisis might have to be dealt with by key individuals with emergency powers ( power culture ) ; |
| 41 | Do you think Natalie might like to be a Rainbow when she 's five ? ’ |
| 42 | I have alerted the Director of Education to the likelihood that a decision on whether or not to take up the school site might need to be taken sooner than originally thought . |
| 43 | The report also speculated that the move might prove to be a political asset for the ruling Golkar grouping ahead of parliamentary elections scheduled for June 9 , 1992 . |
| 44 | The secretary-general of the UN , Boutros Boutros-Ghali , announced this week that UN troops might have to be pulled out of Croatia unless relations between Croats and Serbs in UN-patrolled enclaves there improved and the world began to pay its peacekeeping bills . |
| 45 | At times , the relationship between my penis and the rest of my body might appear to be a classic case of the tail wagging the dog . |
| 46 | Such a record might appear to be an occasion for delight in consumers and pride in the industry , but it did not in fact arise from efficiency increases ( indeed physical indices of efficiency showed a decline because of inadequate investment in new plant ) . |
| 47 | Recommending that hoop-skirts could be usefully converted into play-pens for children , Punch also pondered on whether Regent Street might have to be widened ‘ in order to accommodate the growing dimensions of the ladies ’ dresses ' . |
| 48 | Stooks would blow down and be set up to blow over again and wet heavy sheaves might have to be stoked over and over again . |
| 49 | It was recognised that several sources might have to be approached in order to obtain comprehensive data on this subject . |
| 50 | Corrections might have to be made if Single or Double Summertime ( Daylight Saving Time ) is in operation . |
| 51 | the less experienced teams might prefer to be placed early on in the programme as it can be unnerving to be left waiting ; |
| 52 | However bad things might prove to be decades hence , in 1984 , they could not be so bad that religious feeling would simply have died out ; and he promises to visit Orwell in his illness , which he did . |
| 53 | Whereas young men as a matter of course would study the classics , women would be instructed in painting , music , dancing , modern languages , or other accomplishments , but rarely would they be expected to achieve real competence Indeed , a learned woman was likely to experience difficulty finding a husband , and education might cease to be any advantage . |
| 54 | One source told The Scotsman yesterday that if the situation deteriorated further , the pit might have to be closed temporarily and kept on a care and maintenance basis only . |
| 55 | the other lecturer might seem to be |
| 56 | Maxwell still thinks he can run this himself , pay up and leave with his daughter rather than keep his money and have the case come to court so that his affairs might have to be examined — that could cost him more than the ransom . |
| 57 | The most serious objections to the new plan are the effect on county finances of six or seven fewer home matches , the possible resultant loss of members and the fact that cricket on traditional peripheral grounds such as Aigburth , Harrogate or Bath might have to be eliminated . |
| 58 | For on the one hand the Athenian type of behaviour might seem to be quite incompatible with local state obligations in law and electorally to majority , articulated , social interests . |
| 59 | ‘ All grist to our mill , ’ said McAllister cheerfully , never thinking that Mr Sands 's grand relations might prove to be Nemesis , arriving in group form , to smoke out Miss Sally-Anne Tunstall , American heiress and the ambassador 's niece , the Marquess of Blaine 's one-time intended , AKA — also known as — in the language of American police reports — Miss Sally-Anne McAllister , skivvy and Dr Neil 's fiancée . |
| 60 | Other spirits were extremely malignant and much to be feared , and if prayer or lasting failed to exorcise them then the mine might need to be closed . |