Example sentences of "it might [be] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Joan 's use of Creole is so limited that it might be called tokenistic . |
| 3 | In 1819 the Board of Kandyan Commissioners stated that this ‘ practice is sanctioned by such long usage that , until by some proclamation it is declared illegal , it might be deemed harsh to visit the act by punishment . ’ |
| 4 | It might be deemed unethical , however , to perform a controlled trial . |
| 5 | It might be considered surprising that the firm refused to supply British Rail with a copy of its report prior to publication , even though much of the information it used was obtained in its capacity as consulting engineers to the BR board in relation to a planning appeal for a location to the north end of the King 's Cross site . |
| 6 | It might be thought reasonable to treat all cases of NSU so diagnosed when they initially present to the clinic as if they had a sexually transmitted disease and prescribe appropriate antibiotics , and , indeed , this is common practice in most clinics . |
| 7 | It might be thought odd that the desperately poor spent hard-earned pence on providing for a ceremony they would never see . |
| 8 | For disability rights reform , it might be thought sufficient to take the framework of the British discrimination statutes , add the terms ‘ disability ’ and ‘ disabled person ’ where appropriate , and supply a definition of the newly protected class . |