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

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1 In each case mentioned , therefore , the employer 's commercial assessment and endeavours or the prevailing economic circumstances will significantly reduce or even remove any prospect the employee might have of being entitled to a compensation award .
2 Peter Palumbo also hinted that , in the current squeeze , public money might have to be limited to centres of excellence and innovation .
3 This would mean that safety procedures would not be carried out and all the nation 's pits might have to be scrapped in a mass act of collective suicide .
4 Corrections might have to be made if Single or Double Summertime ( Daylight Saving Time ) is in operation .
5 The length of the queues in Windhoek and Katutura , two of the most densely populated urban areas in Namibia , triggered conjecture that the poll might have to be extended an extra day .
6 This option might have to be taken up in the future when the V-bombers reached the end of their operational lives , unless the TSR 2 turned out to be as effective as the RAF hoped , and was able to extend the life of the airborne nuclear deterrent indefinitely .
7 Neighbours , the show that was her launch pad , might have to be jettisoned .
8 Mr Moore might have to be sent into space as part of the new government 's ‘ Celebrities in Orbit ’ programme .
9 It said that while recovery in east Germany had begun , the east would remain dependent on the west 's financial aid for longer than expected , while taxes might have to be raised again .
10 The most serious objections to the new plan are the effect on county finances of six or seven fewer home matches , the possible resultant loss of members and the fact that cricket on traditional peripheral grounds such as Aigburth , Harrogate or Bath might have to be eliminated .
11 Women mourn the loss of a breast — ‘ which at 50 has no function other than a psychological one ’ — unlike almost any other part of their body which might have to be removed for health reasons .
12 In a previous article ( Triseliotis , 1985 ) it was pointed out that the Adoption Act 1976 and 1978 ( Scotland ) might have to be changed to provide explicitly that adoption orders could be made with a condition of access , where desirable , for members of the biological family .
13 40 On this basis , nitrates might have to be cut by more than 25 per cent to achieve a real reduction in leaching .
14 Apart from the anxiety caused by such uncertainty and the distress concerned , difficult decisions might have to be made about how to proceed .
15 Not one of them has enjoyed internal political loyalty and they have therefore lacked the strength or authority to transact formal negotiations in which controversial concessions might have to be made .
16 The Commissioner said that unless ministers relented , the issue might have to be resolved by an appeal to the European Court of Justice .
17 It was recognised that several sources might have to be approached in order to obtain comprehensive data on this subject .
18 Some power was always available — if only through the mythical Ways and Means Act — although it might have to be handled with kid gloves .
19 The report recognized that in hospitals without a psychiatric unit the initial psychiatric and social evaluation might have to be undertaken by staff from the local psychiatric hospital .
20 In these cases , prevention might have to be in terms of limiting sales from chemist shops .
21 Changes in land use might have to be taken into account .
22 Many of the genes in a family might have to be converted to a new variant before any significant change in the phenotype occurs-but by that time all individuals would have a similar proportion of the new variant and so would be physically very similar .
23 In my ignorance of the situation , however , I conjectured that in these times of diminishing reactor safety research budgets , there might have to be a choice on the part of some countries between the two projects — but , ‘ tremendous hindrance ’ !
24 We 've gone back and forth a couple of times on pickups and pickup placement — one of the problems with having 24 frets is that the pickup has to be slightly further towards the bridge and it 's not such a warm sound , so there might have to be some compromise there .
25 Below another , lower , level , the applicant would normally be refused ( although in some firms this refusal might have to be confirmed by a credit assessor , checking the proposal form for any special circumstances ) .
26 Sex is a taboo subject for both young and old , and many of the restrictive and repressive attitudes might have to be overcome by both counsellor and counsellee .
27 On the other hand , Risk was seen as being a possible focus for dissent on the Board , as someone who would interfere with hard decisions that might have to be made about Distillers , and who would , therefore , behave in a more executive role than had been envisaged , rather than as a figurehead .
28 A decision might have to be made about the number of elderly people for which it is possible to take responsibility in any one family .
29 If he keeps pushing himself so hard , that unacceptable facet of boxing might have to be faced sooner or later .
30 ‘ For the sake of the common good , aggressors might have to be placed in a position where they can not cause further harm .
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