Example sentences of "[coord] might [adv] have [be] " in BNC.

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1 Other unions which had either supported the earlier feasibility study , or might otherwise have been expected to be sympathetic , came up with only feeble amounts .
2 These issues were in dispute in long-running legal actions for negligence between parents and the drug manufacturers , and might ultimately have been tried by a judge .
3 Singh , while holding a Green Card , was not a full US citizen and might simply have been released as a gesture .
4 Every order made in such a cause or matter by an English court , is an order in a criminal cause or matter , even though the order , taken by itself , is neutral in character and might equally have been made in a cause or matter which is not criminal .
5 Faraday was a friend of Turner and an admirer of his work , and might well have been more sympathetic to his attempts to catch the effects of light in paint .
6 It was their own indolence which had landed them with a murder which could probably be explained and might even have been prevented , if they had taken a bit more trouble .
7 Thomas Meehan , one-time caretaker of the Bartram Garden , stressed his early dedication , ‘ So earnest was John Bartram in the pursuit of learning that he could scarcely spare time to eat and might often have been seen with food in one hand and a book in the other .
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