Example sentences of "might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany argued that a member state might legitimately adopt appropriate criteria with regard to the grant of flag rights in order to safeguard the objectives of the Community system of fishing quotas ; it considered that , if necessary , the criteria adopted to that end might be contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 2 | I hope you do not think me unduly vain with regard to this last matter ; it is just that one never knows when one might be obliged to give out that one is from Darlington Hall , and it is important that one be attired at such times in a manner worthy of one 's position . |
| 3 | Otherwise , the Law Society might be obliged to oppose the current legal aid franchising proposals . |
| 4 | The realization that the US forces might have to be retained in the Gulf for the foreseeable future , or that , having defeated Iraq , the USA might be obliged to address other Middle Eastern issues — particularly the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territory — had caused a small but vociferous revival of right-wing isolationism in the USA . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | … He said it might be fascinating . |
| 7 | The ideas might be splendid in themselves but you must consider how they will contribute to the strategy . |
| 8 | However , partly by design and partly as a consequence of this difference in the degree of explicitness , the block exemption system has ( arguably ) reduced the incentives of firms to notify the authorities of agreements which contain clauses which might be anticompetitive . |
| 9 | The oral papillae appear to be arranged in two series : a superficial series edging the side of the jaw and a series within the mouth slit which might be oral tentacle scales associated with the first and second oral tentacle pores . |
| 10 | And that would mean having to borrow someone else 's name , and that might be embarrassing . |
| 11 | Mr and Mrs Chambers were more like proxy parents than servants ; they might be upset at his sending back so much food . |
| 12 | Nevertheless , the transaction might be upset if the debtor had acted as agent for the lender and had been guilty of misrepresentation or undue influence . |
| 13 | Oh , you thought I might be upset . |
| 14 | But his authority within the Government slipped momentarily , and worse still , there was a danger that the whole Abdication timetable might be upset . |
| 15 | She rushed to tell me , fearing that I might be upset . |
| 16 | Thus the proportion of the population , as opposed to the number of local authorities , under Labour control might be substantial . |
| 17 | This led some writers to suspect that the Third World , like the First World , was not of a piece , but that there might be substantial differences of kind as well as the obvious differences of degree between countries . |
| 18 | Because of the sensitivity of the subjects under consideration , the highest recommendation in considering who might be suitable to sit on these investigations is the fact that they have a safe pair of hands . |
| 19 | But when a building looks a problem to sell , some planning authorities show a dangerous tendency to try to be kind and make encouraging noises that parts of the grounds might be suitable for development . |
| 20 | Palmerston replied that he was glad to have the assurance of ‘ trained men of science and judgement ’ , and although he felt that Gothic might be suitable in the country , he was determined to have Italian for the present purpose . |
| 21 | Thus lectures might be suitable for providing a general introduction to a course on information retrieval . |
| 22 | But how did the idea that sound might be suitable for microscopy arise ? |
| 23 | This problem is not uncommon , as many books on computer applications , which might be suitable for undergraduate case studies , are padded out with material readily found in any good general introductory text . |
| 24 | Statistics and mechanics might be suitable subjects . |
| 25 | I think the grey silk might be suitable . ’ |
| 26 | He could think of two of his fellow students who might be suitable but they too had degree courses to finish and Adam was beginning to think very seriously of not returning to college . |
| 27 | In regions where there is a very distinctive form of metalwork , an extreme example being the disc brooches of Kent , the distribution might be suitable for analysis as the problems concerning the measurement of similarity are less important . |
| 28 | What occasions might be suitable , however , are not clearly apparent , and are certainly not part of what is conventionally regarded as diagnosis and/or medical decision-making . |
| 29 | It is the advice of Consultant Psychiatrists at Banstead and Horton that while there may be a ‘ small number of patients in other categories who might be suitable on an individual basis for transfer to appropriate alternative facilities , there is only one category of patient which can seriously be considered for transfer . |
| 30 | Prices are generally too high for any quality furniture that might be suitable for reworking . |