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Example sentences of "what might [be] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1	Let us take a simple three-sentence exchange between two parties , and ask what information it provides us with above and beyond what might be given by the semantic content of the component sentences .
2	Paul and Malcolm Bream first spent time exploring possible sources of voluntary funding , and then saw what might be done with the local authority , but have now turned back to their original search for their own place .
3	There was so much anger in her she could not see what might be done with it .
4	Imagine what might be done with the collected works of Alexander Hamilton when the Founding Fathers project eventually provides them on CD-ROM sometime in the not too distant future .
5	The producer should reasonably foresee what might be done with the goods , such as predictable misuse by a child .
6	It is about what has happened since , and why and what might be done about it .
7	No one took issue with this , but there was no one present to say what might be done about it .
8	The Court did not however read section 14(3) as restricting what might be done by different courts on different occasions .
9	Thank you Chairman erm I do n't I need to say a great deal because the comments that have been made I think are very thoroughly and expertly covered most of the ground in terms of the the issues that are being raised and can I say that although er a number of Chief Officers , a number of departments and I suspect a number of committees will be looking at what has happened and er seeking in both to find out why it has happened and what might be done in the future erm I certainly recognize that it 's er a role responsibility of this committee and of er me and the Planning Department to consider the implications for strategic planning and for the related functions and that erm it wo n't be a , a , a happy task because er purely it 's something that all of us would have hoped had n't happened at all but I will er very er thoroughly er explore the issues and report it back .
10	Both Britain and France found difficulty in obtaining sufficient volunteers for their fleets , partly because the wages they offered their sailors compared very poorly with what could be obtained by service on a merchantman , and still more so with what might be made on a successful privateer .
11	Bell vigorously resisted the attempts by Meese and others to foist on him people he regarded as unqualified ideologues ; he was convinced that movement conservatives wanted to infiltrate his department with appointees who shared their extreme views : ‘ They wanted to be able to monitor deliberations about proposed actions and have early warning of what might be brewing in suspect agencies .
12	this prompted me to speculate not so much on what might be deployed in order to ask different questions from those addressed in the previous galleries .
13	What might be seen to be a hurdle is that the ‘ likely adverse effects on the animals concerned ’ will be weighed against ‘ the benefit likely to accrue as a result of the programme ’ ( 5.4 ) .
14	And that 's money we have to spend , and it in a way that was a controversial decision because members of the Council were genuinely concerned about spending money on what might be seen to be central services , when they were having to face not improving staffing in elderly persons ' homes .
15	Here , he surrounds the politics of his imaginary country with darkness , distinguishes between its politics and what might be seen as the antics of bystanders , and concentrates on these bystanders .
16	Teachers might find their loyalties divided : a wedge driven between what might be seen as opposing interests — for example supply cover for staff or more capitation for pupils .
17	The offences of organisation and participation are made subject to what might be seen as a kind of impossibility defence .
18	Desiderius of Cahors was extremely active in what might be seen as secular aspects of city administration .
19	This did not immediately lead to what might be defined as specific growth policies .
20	providing a pathway through the new thinking on cultural representation and gender developed by feminist artists , critics and writers over the last decade , the book is wideranging ; a useful introduction to what might be defined as the field of feminist cultural studies .
21	We are suggesting the establishment of what might be referred to in shorthand as " Ofbus " , along the lines of Oftel and Ofgas .
22	The section does not create what might be referred to as a permit requirement , since subject to what is said below , it does not empower the police to refuse permission to hold the procession , as is the law in certain other jurisdictions .
23	The medical qualifications which at first gave him distinction tended later to restrict his outlook on what might be achieved in the field of occupational health .
24	‘ He 's gone through what might be regarded as a quiet spell this season , ’ said Clough .
25	This line of reasoning then raises the question of what might be regarded as an accurate description of the language of ordinary children at different ages .
26	What might be regarded as the ‘ problem ’ of pollution resides not simply in the physical environment but in social behaviour .
27	Local authorities were obliged to carry out overcrowding surveys ; to prosecute to enforce the standard ; and to define what might be regarded as ‘ suitable alternative accommodation ’ .
28	Rated least important in Yorke 's survey were what might be regarded as literary qualities , concerned with acquiring literary and critical values and gaining knowledge about books and authors .
29	On the other hand , when she behaves in what might be regarded as ‘ non-traditional ’ ways her failure is dismal ; such behaviour adds nothing to her character 's appeal .
30	Many databases include terms from controlled indexing languages and also support searching on the text of the record , thus offering what might be regarded as the best of both worlds .