Example sentences of "might [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | One might be forgiven for thinking that the bishops ’ letter had something to do with it and that Haughey was intent on constructing an alliance between those heeding the teaching of the hierarchy and the party faithful . |
| 32 | Hence the traditional alliance between catholicism and nationalism might be split at the popular basis with the ensuing growth of a degree of anti-clericalism . |
| 33 | None of that would of course be comprehensible to Moss and McGrindle , he wrote , to Pizzetti and Baiocchi , to Goldman and Goldstein , though Goldberg , to his credit , has had an inkling , has to some extent faced the thought that he might be wasting his whole life , for that 's what it comes down to in the end , he wrote , wasting a whole life when something useful might have been salvaged , something valuable perhaps , it is the refusal of those alternatives that occasionally makes one shiver . |
| 34 | If only we could bring it into focus , he wrote , if only we could concentrate hard enough , we might be able to understand what it is . |
| 35 | In 1976 the Lord Chief Justice , dismissing Bass Charrington 's appeal against a proposal to ‘ open up ’ the interior at the Romans Hotel in Southwick , Sussex , declared that it might be ‘ undesirable in the public interest to see more public bars disappearing and more mergers of public and saloon bars of the kind in question here … ’ |
| 36 | Perhaps some consideration might be additionally given to the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the current situation regarding the lack of protection for the interiors of unlisted buildings within conservation areas … ’ |
| 37 | FURTHER to your article TECs slammed over funding red tape ( Caterer , 22–28 August ) , I thought you might be interested to hear the other side of the coin . |
| 38 | The Direct Tableware Company sales director Roger Young agrees that it will be next spring before any real growth in catering occurs , but he thinks there might be a slight upturn next month in the top-up business : ‘ It 's heading for the busy time and you ca n't serve customers without knives and forks . ’ |
| 39 | ‘ Yes , madam , ’ he said at last , ‘ I am granting that his conducting of himself is not what might be expected . |
| 40 | The Carabinieri chief had left at once with a promise of finding the man within the hour , to which he added , sotto voce , a pledge to get the truth out of him by whatever methods might be necessary . |
| 41 | ‘ It might be as well , ’ she said majestically , ‘ if we all said where we were when it happened . |
| 42 | He was tall , and he looked as if he might be good at something decent like cricket . |
| 43 | Though it might be fanciful to assert that this passage heralds the arrival of Hercule Poirot on the literary scene , it is clear that the Digression prepares the way for the development of the whodunnit form , and particularly of the private detective , ‘ the righteous unraveller ’ , whose task it will be to solve the murder . |
| 44 | Might be to check the angle of the blow |
| 45 | I applied for the occasional post that I thought might be interesting , but never heard anything back . |
| 46 | A bit more cash in your purse might be a good idea and you said you wanted to work . |
| 47 | I mean , you 've got an education , you 're prepared to work , you 've got the right background and everything … if you could explain more I might be able to help more . ’ |
| 48 | ‘ I had hoped that I might be able to find you some accommodation around here , but apparently it 's the duty of your local council in London to rehouse you and nobody else wants to pick up the bill . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Well with us backing you we might be able to swing something . |
| 50 | ‘ I might be able to swing you a season ticket , why ? ’ |
| 51 | There might be problems with you only being part-time . |
| 52 | I honestly had no idea of what they might be thinking or what to make of it myself . |
| 53 | In older gardens , particularly those that date back to Edwardian or Victorian times , you might be lucky enough to inherit paths laid in old blue paving bricks , or some of those delightful ‘ rope ’ edging tiles that cost a small fortune to buy today . |
| 54 | Of course , if you have a young family and feel water might be a hazard , the feature could become a raised sandpit or planter , which naturally gives you the opportunity of converting it at a later stage . |
| 55 | Although it can be very tempting to splash out on the first splendid specimen that catches your eye , you might be surprised at what you can find once you really start looking . |
| 56 | Could you tell me the name of the maple that has interesting white-striped branches and trunk , and where I might be able to purchase one ? |
| 57 | These tend to rot in the sun and though the treads might be as good as new , they will have to be changed because of the cracks in the walls . |
| 58 | A more important reason not to experiment is to avoid the possibility of getting the glider into an untested mode of spin from which it might be difficult or impossible to recover . |
| 59 | Obviously , if the fields are small , two lengths might be needed . |
| 60 | ( Some people think that this might be dangerous for inexperienced students , but it does not seem to cause any particular problems in Australia . ) |