Example sentences of "[noun] might [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | the role of Ptah might appear to be very definitive , but it offers a particular explanation of existence . |
| 2 | Not one of them has enjoyed internal political loyalty and they have therefore lacked the strength or authority to transact formal negotiations in which controversial concessions might have to be made . |
| 3 | Biochemical and genetic influences might come to be better understood in dynamic balance or imbalance with each other , and with others — social , cultural , spiritual and cosmological . |
| 4 | By creating a mode of Repertory Grid Technique specific to visual art and making it available through the personal computer , this area full of complexity and uncertainty might come to be both better understood and more widely valued . |
| 5 | When a waiter asked me , and the people I was eating with , sentence ( 2 ) in Task 2 , we understood him , even though , in textbook terms , his words might seem to be nonsense . |
| 6 | In the heat of the immediate events of 1898 , however , while denouncing the excessive leniency of the law , The Times ( 17 August 1898 ) had boomed out an even more momentous possibility that ‘ un-English ’ violence might have to be curbed by un-English methods : |
| 7 | And he does not like to be reminded of the gaffes he made as deputy chairman — branding the young unemployed as workshy , or musing on Radio Ulster whether Ian Paisley might like to be prime minister of a united Ireland . |
| 8 | Last night analysts were speculating that this figure might have to be increased to cover the overstatements . |
| 9 | It might not be Ramsgate , but Broadstairs might prove to be quite enjoyable after all . |
| 10 | kids might have to be uprooted all over again because it 's too far from her |
| 11 | Ellwood was n't telling Carey how tight things were , or what methods might have to be used . |
| 12 | Against this we have to set the disadvantage that re-investigation might come to be considered as a disciplinary review . |
| 13 | A group of Bengali mothers who attend their children 's primary school in East London to be helped towards an understanding of English language and the mysteries of local government administration might appear to be making an insignificant contribution to their children 's educational well being . |
| 14 | The Coulson Chair was established in the knowledge that Theoretical Chemistry was making significant contributions to Physical , Organic , and Inorganic Chemistry besides becoming an established field in its own right , and it was envisaged that the professor might choose to be associated with the work of any of the laboratories . |
| 15 | Eventually the experience might have to be repeated , in her own defence , but she could not hope to find much more in it than she had found in this first venture . |
| 16 | At first sight this provision might seem to be a contradiction in terms , but some light is cast upon it by the Declaration appended at the end of the Single European Act , which , whatever its legal status may be , states that the conference considered that the provisions of Article 130R(5) ( 2 ) did not affect the principles resulting from the judgment handed down by the European Court in the ERTA case . |
| 17 | A decision might have to be made about the number of elderly people for which it is possible to take responsibility in any one family . |
| 18 | ‘ If they are unable , the decision might have to be re-considered . ’ |
| 19 | 40 On this basis , nitrates might have to be cut by more than 25 per cent to achieve a real reduction in leaching . |
| 20 | It said that while recovery in east Germany had begun , the east would remain dependent on the west 's financial aid for longer than expected , while taxes might have to be raised again . |
| 21 | For example measurement is possible in the presence of spreading , though a correction might have to be applied , but it is impossible in the flooded state . |
| 22 | Industry feared that even quite harmless products might have to be subjected to lengthy and costly hearings as a result . |
| 23 | The video depicts in graphic detail some of the most difficult sexual positions and even admits that experimenters might need to be double-jointed . |
| 24 | One task while this is going on is to observe how the groups are working , who is too dominant , who is too isolated , and what adjustments to the groups might have to be made . |
| 25 | Sex is a taboo subject for both young and old , and many of the restrictive and repressive attitudes might have to be overcome by both counsellor and counsellee . |
| 26 | The next case might appear to be a bit shorter , but in fact it asks you to consider rather more factors , over a longer period , and from a rather higher management level . |
| 27 | Our next case might appear to be a return to the single unit problem , but it is actually more complex than that . |
| 28 | Peter Palumbo also hinted that , in the current squeeze , public money might have to be limited to centres of excellence and innovation . |
| 29 | Weary with the struggle to be understood , and fearful , like Solzhenitsyn after him , that to collect his prize in Stockholm might prove to be a one-way journey , Pasternak declined his honour , writing to Khrushchev that , for him , exile would mean death . |
| 30 | But although at first the converse might appear to be true , I believe it 's actually more difficult ( and therefore expensive ) to assemble a worthwhile bass that functions with pleasing efficiency — particularly in this cost-conscious area . |