Example sentences of "might be [verb] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sir : The ongoing debate about the suggestion by the Committee of Vice-Chancellors and Principals ( CVCP ) that universities must identify the full costs of their undergraduate programmes and should examine various ways in which these costs might be met seems to me to have largely missed the main point at issue . |
| 2 | Has the time not come to investigate the factors which led to the move west from the 13 colonies in North America , to consider how these might be created to apply to a move east from the Urals to provide a similar development in potentially the greatest storehouse of raw materials and energy ? |
| 3 | In the midst of a world crisis of such magnitude and given the ‘ dangerous potentialities ’ of the USSR for weakening the relative world position of the US , ‘ sufficient resistance ’ that was required from the US and other non-communist countries might be presumed to extend to Indo-China . |
| 4 | In the sphere of aesthetics , Lessing , Herder , and , a generation later , Friedrich Schlegel not only base their diverse theories on material or formulations put into currency by Winckelmann , but might be said to owe to him , as Schlegel put it , " the very idea of a history of art " , conceived as the development of a series of individual works towards a perfect beauty . |
| 5 | It is of interest to compare the positions of Brumfit and Krashen in this collection , positions which might be said to typify to some degree the attitudes to applied linguistics and language teaching on each side of the Atlantic . |
| 6 | This is not to imply that they are exceeding their disciplinary mandate in examining topics which might be said to belong to some other discipline ; simply that their interests in doing so are different . |
| 7 | Mr Stapleton added that he thought ‘ the ASB might be trying to run to the perfect OFR a little too quickly ’ . |
| 8 | Billeting allocation was frequently chaotic : host families could be hostile ; children might be selected according to their good looks and manners ; in rural areas , farmers often gleefully snapped up the strongest boys and set them to work on the land . |
| 9 | Having seen how it is possible to tell a story within a particular sequence , let's take a step back to consider how this might be made to relate to the story of a whole day on the sands . |
| 10 | To some extent , the government 's policy of affordable housing will enable an element of affordable housing to be provided , but it wo n't satisfy the needs of either people who are currently on the bottom of the housing rung and seeking to move up , nor will h help people who might be seeking to afford to c to come in as first time buyers as opposed to people who are otherwise er some other arrangement through an affordable housing provider . |
| 11 | Its obvious injustice would entirely destroy all confidence in the integrity of Government , and any reliance professional men might be induced to give to official programmes in the future ; while its realisation would inflict a serious and almost irreparable injury on the dignity and integrity of a liberal profession . |
| 12 | Vehicles might be grouped according to colour , use , whether ‘ broken down ’ , number of wheels , etc . |
| 13 | The employee 's claim was , however , effectively refused in the British Steel case because such benefits as might be expected to flow to the employer from refinements to the patented product had not ( yet ) materialised . |
| 14 | Conversely , strong ‘ selection pressure ’ , we could be forgiven for thinking , might be expected to lead to rapid evolution . |
| 15 | Furthermore , Mary is scarcely a woman whom women today might be expected to find to be a symbol who represents them . |
| 16 | Measures directly towards the amelioration of these conditions might be expected to contribute to the prevention of attempted suicide , although other factors — such as the availability of drugs , cultural attitudes , and the level of services available — might have a more immediate effect . |
| 17 | Alfieri senses that he might be becoming attracted to her , and that this is the root of the problem . |
| 18 | The blast has led to concern that the bank might be forced to decamp to another set of temporary premises — its third resting place in the 18 months it has been in existence — although this now seems unlikely . |
| 19 | Referring to " President Bush 's own misconduct " in the matter , Walsh also hinted that Bush might be required to submit to questioning in connection with the affair . |
| 20 | If the latter become aware of this , they too might be encouraged to switch to agency working . |
| 21 | They might be sorted according to any combination of these , such as things which are ‘ green and made of metal ’ , but such sophisticated sorting is seldom within the range of the very young child . |
| 22 | I 'll play the odd game for the Harlequins Gentlemen for some exercise and also in charity events , but that is all ’ — PAUL ACKFORD ( former England lock ) on rumours that he might be persuaded to return to the international scene . |