Example sentences of "might [be] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Working from these definitions , it seemed that secondary prevention included two very different situations , that is , early identification of comparatively mild problems with a hopeful outcome , and more serious problems involving risk , in which amelioration and containment might be all that could be achieved . |
| 2 | As for Monica Seles , her desire to play at Wimbledon this year , coupled with the fact that she already has the Australian title under her belt , might be all the incentive that she needs to go for that Grand Slam this year , that same Grand Slam which she passed up last year with her refusal to play the British leg of the four majors . |
| 3 | So the little sketchbook doodles I made from the car might be all that is needed : a few slight marks pointing to the lack of incident in a country where you can travel a long way without seeming to get anywhere — which is what I felt about my own artistic journey . |
| 4 | His obstinacy up to now might be all bravado . |
| 5 | I thought it might be all a trap . |
| 6 | Her foolhardy Aries courage might be all that stood between her and a lifetime of misery . |
| 7 | There might be all sorts of things about me … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I thought it might be all the people in your squadron . ’ |
| 9 | He might be all the rotters of the universe , but he had a gentle , magical touch with the child . |
| 10 | Suddenly she felt quite overcome with shame to think that Kirsty 's illness might be all her fault . |
| 11 | They might be all sorts of sub-contractor . |
| 12 | er , well I 've got to go erm last week and even er oh well if you 've got erm , they 're are well I think twenty might be all I need |
| 13 | And er I say , I du n no , he might have got a solicitor , it might be all going on , who knows ? |
| 14 | I think it might be all er noisy thump thump stuff . |
| 15 | At the lower end of the scale , this might be little more than a garden allotment worked in spare time to supplement the income from a full-time job . |
| 16 | These basic requirements were not often met , and teachers were confronted with , and expected to adopt , ideas which might be little more than expressions of officially endorsed belief . |
| 17 | Indeed , there might be little to prevent some of the orders being cancelled when the new year commences . |
| 18 | I had never heard of otter hunting and it did n't occur to me that there might be such a sport . |
| 19 | Before setting off I had a thought that just possibly there might be such a tool at the surgery that would save me the extra journey . |
| 20 | The imagery might be such that you can work it out for yourself ( e.g. always in pursuit of a partner but never quite catching him or her ! ) . |
| 21 | But the laws of physics are valid only until further notice " , i.e. until instances are found that falsify them , and this conceivably might be such an instance . |
| 22 | Though it is possible that the facts of such a case might show merely the legitimate compromise of a claim to damages , on the other hand , the facts might be such as to constitute extortion and blackmail of a serious type . |
| 23 | If the investor were to return to sterling at some time in the future , the rate of exchange might be such that the extra interest earned would be completely eroded away . |
| 24 | The facts of political geography are alone sufficient to suggest that there might be many occasions when the Duke of Aquitaine found himself at odds with the Taillefers and the Lusignans . |
| 25 | Ponman and Bertram suggest that there might be many such ‘ fossil ’ groups in the Universe and , if so , that these might be detectable by Rosat . |
| 26 | Adam Burns might be many things , but she doubted if ‘ handyman around the house ’ was one of them . |
| 27 | One reason might be that androgyny typically envisages a unity ostensibly beyond sexual difference , but in fact inseparable from it ; androgyny especially has too often been a genderless transcendent which leaves sexual difference in place . |
| 28 | Of course there are ethical problems here but , in the absence of these control experiments , it might be that light is exerting its effect by some other means , say , by encouraging the patient to become more active . |
| 29 | The pedant 's argument might be that Pulex irritans is a very specific term for an otherwise undistinguished little insect . |
| 30 | Whereas Brian Way 's answer might be that drama helps with ‘ the release of the real me ’ ( 1951 ) , Dorothy Heathcote 's might place ‘ stumbling on authenticity ’ ( 1950 ) high on her list of enrichments . |