Example sentences of "might be [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I thought she might be under the front part of the colonnade , and peered cautiously round the corner . |
| 2 | Professor Ferguson and I said that a routine clinical history and examination ( preferably in private ) were essential in helping to establish the correct diagnosis and treatment of all patients , particularly in people who might be under the mistaken impression that their symptoms were due to allergy . |
| 3 | As she continued her searching look , trying to make out what might be at the far end , she became aware that she was gliding . |
| 4 | I think she I think she might be at the far side . |
| 5 | This might be at the local golf club , the WI , the church , the Ratepayers Association , trade union , bird-watching club and so on . |
| 6 | If it is the latter kind , then you can be rather more technical and detailed than you might be for the general readership . |
| 7 | I went along to see Ray Talbot , of Norfolk-based The Real McKoi , to see what the trends might be for the coming pond season . |
| 8 | Mary paused , some distance from the little settlement of Buttermere , and steadied herself inside this deeply protected , world 's end valley , the home as might be of the hidden enchantments of fairy tales as Mr Fenton had said . |
| 9 | It might be on the other ones . |
| 10 | she ai n't mate , she might be on the outside but she really ai n't , cos Penny 's such a lovely girl and I thought , and I thought , I 've seen Penny butter up |
| 11 | Mr Chavan did not say who might be behind the alleged conspiracy , but such statements are usually aimed at Pakistan , predominantly-Hindu India 's Islamic neighbour . |
| 12 | Mr Chavan did not say who might be behind the alleged conspiracy , but such statements are usually aimed at Pakistan , predominantly-Hindu India 's Islamic neighbour . |
| 13 | This might be in the long-term interests of English football , if the FA exercised their authority to discourage greedy club chairmen from out-shouting moderate colleagues , and so prevent acceptable reform from deteriorating into a reckless gold rush . |
| 14 | On the contrary , they would have the normal reason for disregarding any belief or information on that score : that the law is the law and must be followed , no matter how unpopular it might be in the present climate of political opinion . |
| 15 | It was a discernible unity , embedded though that unity might be in the economic order of the rest of the world . |
| 16 | I might be in the other car . ’ |
| 17 | It might be in the other room actually . |
| 18 | Labour might be in the extraordinary position of winning a general election with its Leader outside Parliament . |
| 19 | Again , think about it could it be useful do n't know , might be in the long term . |
| 20 | One was not then justified in thinking and functioning in terms of what might be in the national interest , what might ultimately be a desirable development for NATO strategy or defence strategy . |
| 21 | Lord Donaldson attacked the White Paper 's suggestion that it might be in the public interest to allow other professions , such as accountants , to be given rights of audience in the courts . |
| 22 | His briefer letters to Harry Hooton — avoiding those ‘ terrible letters I used to throw at you last term as it might be from the fruitless monotony of this place ’ — now explain his reading . |