Example sentences of "might [adv] be [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The gun was a revolver , however , and it did fire , killing V. The Court of Appeal held that D might properly be convicted if his belief that there was no danger of the gun firing was formed in a criminally negligent way . |
| 2 | Too simple a judgment perhaps : it might better be said that , manifested as the Consumers ' Movement , Co-operation had become an alternative presentation of the rights of ownership against the rights of labour , while trade unionism existed to assert the rights of labour against those of ownership . |
| 3 | Could it be , as Kimura ( 1977b ) suggests , that : brain regions considered to he important for symbolic-language processes might better be conceived as important for the production of motor sequences which happen to lend themselves readily to communication ? |
| 4 | There were what Cole calls difficulties , but which might better be identified as disadvantages , for the retail co-operatives in so constituting the production arm as to admit the bonus to labour . |
| 5 | It might perhaps be assumed that families sending girls to be compositors would be those where there was some interest in books , but the evidence is very fragmentary . |
| 6 | The rationale behind data creation is immensely broad , but might perhaps be categorised as as 1 ) the need for a smooth flow of information to make corporate activity possible , 2 ) the need for proof of activity or entitlement , 3 ) the presentation of the ‘ public face ’ of that activity . |
| 7 | The company might perhaps be saying that , as happens throughout Britain , nursery children are drawing on waste computer paper . |
| 8 | It might perhaps be thought that this would always be classified as a matter for unanimity . |
| 9 | These ghastly memorials were frequently laid down during the lifetime of the persons they were intended to commemorate , in order that they might constantly be reminded that they were but mortal . |
| 10 | Most of the houses outside towns might justly be described as ‘ peasant ’ accommodation , for Sussex is one of the few English counties where the term had a real and continued significance . |
| 11 | So , for instance , a variation in ministerial statements on the legislative intention behind a provision in a Government Bill might be sufficient to characterize the statements as unclear , but a similar variation in the statements in the Commons and the Lords by the promoters of a private Members Bill might not be treated as having the same significance . |
| 12 | The farmer begged and prayed that his oxen might not be eaten and promised that , if the tiger would spare them , he would give in exchange a fine fat young milk cow of his wife 's . |
| 13 | The big cats of the Oxfordshire based Jaguar racing team might not be roaring that loud at Le mans this weekend … their three cars are facing exclusion from the 24 hour classic race which gets underway tomorrow … |
| 14 | Even if both agreed the issue might not be withdrawn if the tribunal objected . |
| 15 | ‘ You might not be saying that when the refugees come back from Australia , ’ Fergus said sourly . |
| 16 | Friends of the Earth fear that once the site is full , there 's a risk the expensive process of pumping out leachate might not be continued and that it could then leak through the clay lining and contaminate groundwater . |
| 17 | So she might not be bothered if Louis lost his place to an heir . |
| 18 | But then there are other forms where this description does not suggest itself , or might not be admitted if it did : for example , ballroom dancing , which would be normally set down simply as ‘ a pleasurable social activity ’ ( and as such different from art ? ) . |
| 19 | Land would remain state-owned and might not be bought or sold , but inheritance rights over land would be guaranteed and peasants would be free to set their own prices for their produce . |
| 20 | Third , a relatively small amount of assistance at the earlier rounds could also occur if the Bank estimates of the shortage were unusually uncertain : for example , it might not be known whether a particular tax payment were to be passed through the money market on that day . |
| 21 | It is the latter 's contention that Ultimate Concern , the holy or unconditional , expresses itself in a variety of forms : in painting , which may have no religious content in the traditional sense ; in philosophy , when attempts are made to understand the nature of ultimate reality ; in ideologies which might normally be regarded as secular , such as , nationalism , socialism and humanism ; and in traditional religions . |
| 22 | It was for this reason that it was made clear that the negotiations leading to a settlement might best be described as bargaining hence suggesting a somewhat aggressive method of resolving the matter . |
| 23 | Admitting this , it might nevertheless be claimed that a person 's consenting entails , as a matter of the meaning of ‘ consent ’ , not only that he acted in the way I have described , but that his action has the purported normative consequences . |
| 24 | It might finally be observed that in its short life , Article 100A , which derogates from Article 100 by allowing the Council to act by qualified majority in co-operation with the European Parliament in order to complete the internal market , has already been used to anticipate new competences expressly recognized in the Maastricht amendments : two of these relate to the encouragement of ‘ trans-European networks ’ and measures in the sphere of energy , yet Article 100A had already been used to enact Council Directive 90/547 on the transit of electricity through transmission grids and Council Directive 91/287 on the transit of natural gas through grids . |
| 25 | This , Jenkins 's prognosis of Thursday morning ( ‘ I would put no-one off the official odds of 5–1 against England ’ ) might just be construed as tipping an England win — if they won . |
| 26 | Putting on a Show The Windows aficionado will be well pleased with the look and feel of Presentations 2.0 — it maintains that 3D kind of look that Windows 3.1 is so good at , to the point where you might just be persuaded that you 're actually running a Windows application full screen . |
| 27 | Some festivities were irremediably tainted with profanity , while others might just be excused as games people play , devoid of religious significance . |
| 28 | A cynical observer might argue that the assembly of a £5 million bid might easily be described as ‘ something being done ’ , and the failure of the attempt can hardly be viewed as a positive step , even if the debate on the estate 's future is now reopened . |
| 29 | The right to present was a doubtful political asset , for although it was a means of obliging some who might be useful upon a future occasion , many more might easily be alienated and mindful of the offence every Sunday . |
| 30 | The patient should sit correctly at all times : he should not have to hold his hemiplegic leg up with his unaffected leg , as this is tiring for him , and creates the danger that his outstretched legs might easily be jarred or hit . |