Example sentences of "and it might [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , the descent of one brother may have been prolific , the other 's attenuated ; and it might be imagined that the smaller group would create less fear of reprisals in the hearts of the stronger . |
| 2 | All too often they are accused of exploiting cats to satisfy the competitive urges of the exhibitors , and it might be imagined that they would favour the de-clawing operation to facilitate the handling of cats when they are being judged at shows . |
| 3 | There 's only one source that can give you the answer and it might be pointed our that their refusal to divulge this information might put the whole future of NATO at risk and that the individual ultimately responsible for the negative decision would be answerable directly to the president of the United States . |
| 4 | Occasionally the pressure for favours from a voter who felt that the obligation was on the other side , because of the applicant 's voting record , could be excessive , and it might be pushed far beyond what the politician would consider reasonable . |
| 5 | And it might be snowing tomorrow . |
| 6 | If , alternatively , it was a gift then it was incomplete , since the transfers of property had not been made and it might be said , therefore , that the cousins could revoke the incomplete gift . |
| 7 | Reagan was supported by an exceptionally talented staff in his first term and it might be said that his legislative triumphs can best be explained by the quality of the team around him . |
| 8 | The very large majority of our sample , having been born between about 1885 and 1895 were in that special , and it might be said tragic , generation who were young adults during the Great War , then spent their middle years living through the Depression and the Second World War . |
| 9 | English court procedure at present gives no rights of intervention to third parties ; and it might be argued that if they were significantly extended , this would increase even further the role of the courts in resolving disputes which ought to be settled by political , not legal , means . |
| 10 | This case did not concern the availability of coercive remedies against the Crown and it might be argued that this statement is of no relevance in that context . |
| 11 | Well , actually and it might be based on a true story , do n't know if it |
| 12 | Robyn herself would disapprove of it on ideological grounds , and it might be interpreted by other students as creeping . |
| 13 | In West Sussex the English elm ( Ulmus procera ) is nearing extinction and it might be expected that the large numbers of standing dead trees will , at least temporarily , provide large amounts of insect food and sites for hole-nesting species . |
| 14 | This module would , Minsky suggests , alone have access to the model ( again possibly false , of course ) of how it itself related to all the other , lower , modules , and it might be expected to have some property of the type we refer to as consciousness or self-consciousness . |
| 15 | This aspect of the decision in Levison is open to question ; the parties had agreed the price and the date for the collection of the carpet , and it might be thought that that would indicate that a binding contract had been made on the telephone . |
| 16 | The significance of this was discussed in Chapter 1 , and it might be added here that there is some evidence to suggest that concentration may have an adverse effect on the level of invention and innovation in the economy . |