Example sentences of "might be [verb] [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the convention might be to conduct attitude surveys , the Profitboss actually listens to his people . |
| 2 | I might be getting Sister Act on Saturday . |
| 3 | One major difference is that efficiency audits mix comments on monopoly abuse and performance with a great deal of what might be called management consultancy . |
| 4 | I can only suppose that my name had respectable associations , and he thought it might allay criticism in what might be called Athenaeum circles . |
| 5 | The post , which might be called Deputy Vice-Chancellor , is to be advertised . |
| 6 | Secondly , there are those colleges which in America might be called community colleges : they offer a mix of both advanced and non-advanced courses to students with a wide range of ability and frequently provide a high proportion of part-time courses . |
| 7 | For that is what might be called Dirk Coetzee 's third profession : he is a family man , a policeman , and a hitman . |
| 8 | This is partly because what might be called laws-of-war issues — to do with legitimacy in the use of force , proportionality , restraint and so on — invariably lurk in the shadows of all discussions about nuclear weaponry , and would inevitably return to haunt those who cavalierly denied the importance of such issues . |
| 9 | They were all 6 of them in fact what might be called tourist towns , like Torquay , Exeter , Bath , Weymouth etc. — the very towns which in fact had travel guides published by this firm . |
| 10 | The answer might be to reintroduce transport allowances , but only on Tuesday the Racehorse Owners ' Association voted against that . |
| 11 | It 's worrying how many excellent drama teachers have been troubled by the idea that they might be teaching theatre skills as an integral part of their non-performance work . |
| 12 | A club servant might be taking Moscow gold so perhaps one should not share secrets with them and so might another club member — but since he is likely to be a government official as well you already have a far bigger problem than just his being a member of your club . |
| 13 | The £300m-plus deal might be filling club coffers but controversy about how it will eventually effect the game and most important of all how it will effect fans is burning fiercely . |
| 14 | There have been suggestions that they might be given state funding , or that some RCD members in the Chamber of Deputies might resign to allow the other parties a look in . |
| 15 | Secondly , that it is politically naive , because such an argument could be said to justify the kind of political move I have just mentioned , in which some institutions of higher education might be denied research funding . |
| 16 | In a report in January 1990 AI expressed concern that the screening process in Hong Kong was critically flawed and that asylum-seekers at risk of human rights violations might be denied refugee status and returned to Viet Nam . |
| 17 | That might be won ton soup . |
| 18 | The Belgian state-owned Belgacom says it hopes to pick a partner by July 15 to help it develop its activities in the digital cordless phone market , Reuter reports from Brussels : if the partnership works well , the firm involved might be offered equity participation in a Belgacom mobile telephones company . |
| 19 | Screening would have to be systematic and sensitive to what might be termed trouble indicators , of which the following provide some examples . |
| 20 | And he might be doing guard duty . |
| 21 | We might be doing Robert Titford 's memory a disservice to imagine that his disastrous voyage to South and Central America — his first and last as a master mariner — had any such sinister backdrop . |
| 22 | He also looked as if his mission might be to make South London completely and utterly miserable . |