Example sentences of "might [be] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The constructivist answer might be that this is behaviour guided by the input systems , with the added assumption that the behavioural expectation of resistance does not entail knowledge of continuing existence — of a continuing object of thought . |
| 2 | One way of answering the question might be that Stalin was as unorthodox a Marxist as Makarenko , but this avoids the crucial problem of political control . |
| 3 | The brief answer might be that it was an unintended consequence of a largely implicit and undebated policy decision . |
| 4 | It might be that this girl was a con woman and he and Camb the first victims of a colossal deception . |
| 5 | So too with the body clock : it might be that several outputs with different periods are possible and that we tend to concentrate upon the daily or circadian clock because this is the period that is most useful to the organism and which has naturally been accentuated by the environment with its 24-hour period . |
| 6 | Also it might be that those who suffer from SAD differ from most people only because they are more susceptible than the rest of the population to feeling ‘ under the weather ’ when they do not see daylight , particularly in the morning . |
| 7 | One advantage of this amalgamation might be that there would be less potential for the jury to become confused , and yet the jury would still be empowered to reduce murder to manslaughter in appropriate cases . |
| 8 | One disadvantage of the change might be that the more precise moral distinctions currently incorporated within the law would become submerged within the sentencing discretion , where the signposts are less clear and the arguments less structured . |
| 9 | One other consequence of a fresh gradation of sexual offences might be that they would cease to be gender-specific : there are some strange inconsistencies in the law at present , and it is not at all difficult to draft offences which might be committed by males or females against males or females . |
| 10 | It marks the event and the behaviour we all become party to , namely attending a funeral service , sending flowers , writing a letter of condolence , and whatever else it might be that helps us cope with the situation . |
| 11 | It might be that we could ensure that the shopping and household chores are done , or that the children are collected from school , thus alleviating the stress of trying to cope with everyday matters whilst trying to deal with extraordinary ones . |
| 12 | The reason for this might be that it feels more possible to grieve the death of someone or something that is perhaps significant , but not so important as the death of the spouse . |
| 13 | A possible explanation might be that coins were used in the same way as in Italy but by fewer people , namely only those in urban settlements . |
| 14 | It might be that they could only be reached through their elders . |
| 15 | It might be that I ca n't be objective about my own songs , ’ he told City Limits . |
| 16 | Or it might be that you have to learn to give yourself credit for what you are able to achieve . |
| 17 | One explanation for the mechanism might be that the experience of unemployment leads to a generalized lack of trust in the institutions of authority and the state , which in turn makes people prepared to contemplate breaking the law . |
| 18 | In rural areas it might be that people will tell the parents of youths whom they see committing some offence ; and although crimes may be committed they will often be dealt with informally and so will not figure in the criminal statistics . |
| 19 | It might be that the reason working-class criminals far outnumber middle-class criminals ( proportionately , given that there are more working-class people in this country ) is because middle-class crimes are less regularly recorded and middle-class offenders are less severely punished . |
| 20 | It might be that some of your own domestic banks participate regularly in syndicated euro.credits . |
| 21 | It might be that you are having a hectic day at work and you feel that things are getting to you , or you might be stuck in a traffic jam with your pulse racing and the frustration making you angry . |
| 22 | It might be that in a list of names every tenth name is the leader of a section of ten people ; to sample by every tenth would then result in either a sample of nothing but leaders or a sample with no leaders at all . |
| 23 | It might be that the survey was aimed at testing a hypothesis that happily-married couples tend to vote more conservatively , while unhappily married couples vote more radically , but if this was not apparent to the informant the questions on marital relations would probably seem irrelevant and impertinent . |
| 24 | Our first thought might be that the easy way out is to develop a subject-orientated curriculum . |
| 25 | So , one reason for getting less plural continuations with ( 10 ) might be that the proper name serves as a strong cue for treating the named character as special and separate from other individuals . |
| 26 | A partial answer might be that he was confident at the time that Argentina would be the first country to exploit atomic energy for industrial purposes . |
| 27 | Another explanation for the skewing of sexual ratio might be that there is heavier mortality among females , particularly lactating ones , during times of drought . |
| 28 | A first criterion might be that the treatment at least has to be considered acceptable to the majority of the local culture . |
| 29 | But Meg , it might be that he had stole her cubs , was not for his surrender . |
| 30 | It might be that ‘ the climate of opinion ’ had changed . |