Example sentences of "might [verb] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now we can distinguish what might seem to be two forms or , versions of conventionalism . |
| 32 | If the situation is not resolved within months , the rescue plan might cease to be viable . |
| 33 | Whereas young men as a matter of course would study the classics , women would be instructed in painting , music , dancing , modern languages , or other accomplishments , but rarely would they be expected to achieve real competence Indeed , a learned woman was likely to experience difficulty finding a husband , and education might cease to be any advantage . |
| 34 | It is a conception that might not be true of it , or all of it , and which might cease to be true of it or of all of it . |
| 35 | He might prove to be useful but would have to be handled carefully . |
| 36 | The disappointment for Newcastle , and for the North-East , is that what might prove to be one of the most crucial games in the club 's history has been decided not by skill , flair and courage — but by dubious refereeing decisions . |
| 37 | It was a bold experiment that is almost certain to be rewarded with full houses and , as the acoustics are to be softened , by tonight 's performance it might prove to be one of the better stagings . |
| 38 | Some pundits were , rather foolishly , speculating that he might prove to be better than all of them . |
| 39 | Those problems aside , Acousticubes might prove to be good , quality nerve-centres for a touring , pro musician 's setup . |
| 40 | The main reason for the backwards trace is that decisions about the optimal labelling on the forward pass might prove to be local maxima . |
| 41 | To misjudge the time in which one lived might prove to be disastrous ’ ( Nolan 1976:74 ) . |
| 42 | Difficult as it is to summarize so majestic a body of work as that produced by Hailey in the days when he reigned supreme as the Colonial Office 's oracle on Africa , it seems fair to say that the main impression to be derived from it is of his anxiety to avoid committing the British government to any course of action which might prove to be irreversible . |
| 43 | He hoped — just hoped — it might prove to be conclusive . |
| 44 | She 's about seven years old , fully mature , and might live to be thirty or thirty-five . |
| 45 | 'Course , we might live to be ninety . |
| 46 | She was simply reminding Jaq of how she might continue to be useful . |
| 47 | The words " corrupt public morals " suggest conduct which a jury might find to be destructive of the very fabric of society . " |
| 48 | They need clothes for the prisoners as well as paper , pens , paint , in fact anything that we might find to be surplus in this country they could use , ’ he said . |
| 49 | One might learn to be glad |