Example sentences of "they might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the other hand , they might be reasonable . |
| 32 | The statements can be from other children in the class or they might be standard scientific explanations . |
| 33 | Mr and Mrs Chambers were more like proxy parents than servants ; they might be upset at his sending back so much food . |
| 34 | Perhaps they might be good for you after all ? |
| 35 | ‘ They might be available — but someone else will sign them . |
| 36 | Just point out that they might be redundant and |
| 37 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 38 | Some banks are already reported to be refusing to repossess land that is polluted or contaminated , on the grounds that they might be obliged to pay the costs of cleaning up the property . |
| 39 | Certainly , if convertability did not exist , few would accept the notes of banks if there existed the chance that they might be worthless in future years . |
| 40 | Guy Linley-XXXX Adams , pollution officer of the Marine Conservation Society , commented that : " We are pleased that the onus of proof is now on the makers and users to show that the disinfectants are safe , rather than on us to demonstrate that they might be harmful . " |
| 41 | ‘ They might be dreadful . ’ |
| 42 | Tutors can give the pupils more individual attention , and encourage them to ask questions they might be reluctant to ask the teacher for fear of being thought stupid . |
| 43 | Even if the messages were not true ( and she had no hope that they might be true ) at least somebody believed sufficiently in their truth to pay cash for them , to rent hoardings and to put up posters for them , and that in itself offered some kind of alternative : Christianity meant nothing to her , but she was glad that in despite of her mother 's defection , it existed . |
| 44 | If it was now , they might be inclined to be physical ’ . |
| 45 | They told themselves that they might be frightened off if they knew that Derek was backed up by other members of his family . |
| 46 | They might be short of one or two quality players , but in such a yo-yo season Villa have as good a chance as any , particularly if Dalian Atkinson returns from injury to give them the sort of finishing power they lacked last night . |
| 47 | Yes they might be lucky . |
| 48 | He felt the first dabs of rain , and held out his palm to inspect the circles of water as though they might be gold or a map of the city . |
| 49 | In Russia itself , parliamentary deputies hinted that they might be open to a spot of bribery when , earlier this year , they discussed a bill to guarantee them various privileges for life — a flat in Moscow , a salary , priority booking on aircraft and trains . |
| 50 | Yeah but they might , yeah , they might be open . |
| 51 | However , on the principle of ‘ look before you leap ’ , company car owners should first check whether they might be entitled to purchase their present car on favourable terms : over the past few years , the number of employers allowing this has been on the increase . |
| 52 | We can not discriminate between those who happen to have been advised that they might be entitled to claim and those who , of their own volition , decide to claim . |
| 53 | They might be OK after all , hell , it 's an evening out at least — ’ |
| 54 | They might be excellent at math — but they stumble over their tongues saying good morning to the mailman . ’ |
| 55 | They might be ideal for daft holiday-makers , but certainly not for him . |
| 56 | They might be astonished to find , soon after , that those very same cartons and bottles and tins have perhaps been thrown out in people 's , in people 's . |
| 57 | His self-reproaches had been in pickle for a year , and the notion that they might be out-of-date escaped him . |
| 58 | When these reluctant reformers are willing to take their chance , they might be wise to do the opposite of what Poland did . |
| 59 | Freudians , like Marxists , can not step outside their own forms of thought to admit that they might be wrong ( unless , like Crews , they undergo a deconversion ) . |
| 60 | They might be wrong , but that does not affect the issue ( not at the time of the bid , anyway ) . |