Example sentences of "might be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What the reader comes across are events , flashes , brief encounters , steps on a journey , though what the shape and direction of the journey itself might be is hard to say . |
| 2 | The first indication of how large or small the yield might be is when the first leaves and tendrils begin to appear , followed by embryo bunches of grapes . |
| 3 | How true the tale of this lemming population might be is beyond verification ; certainly a great deal of the monastic retelling of it could be put down to the strong regional bias of Northumbrian biographers against the strange races of the deep south . |
| 4 | What the legal force and effect of any such directive might be is uncertain ; it is unclear whether health care staff are required to carry out the terms of the directive or whether those who act in good faith with the terms of the directive are immune from civil or criminal prosecution . |
| 5 | What the outcome of seeing him might be is beside the point ; I have become incapable of calculation . |
| 6 | I mean a hundred is probably big enough , twenty five might be is more or less big enough . |
| 7 | What disturbances there had been or might be were or would be caused entirely by ‘ a body of persons opposed to the religious views of … the Salvation Army ’ . |
| 8 | ‘ I found very questionable that it was no ( or little ) concern that investors ’ capital might be being eroded' |
| 9 | Where there is concern that students might be being exploited by Compact employers , the Compact Directors should raise the issue immediately with the organisation concerned . |
| 10 | Any idea what gas might be being produced ? |
| 11 | He thought he could hear voices now ; silvery , gentle voices , dark voices , that made you think you might be being watched . |
| 12 | A Scottish solicitor , George Hann , told the charity it might be being set up but he believes it reacted too slowly and as a result the fraudsters were able to escape . |