Example sentences of "might be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 Cahervillahow ran no race in the Gold Cup but he might be turned on by the National as was the case with Attitude Adjuster who was also trained by Mouse Morris .
2 The fiscal and institutional roots of stability might be traced back to the 1690s , with the financial revolution ( which meant that England 's ruling elite finally worked how to finance government effectively ) and the growth of bureaucracy ( which laid the foundations for firm executive control by the central government which emerged in the eighteenth century ) .
3 If the word is too long ( i.e. longer than some upper bound ) then do not attempt correction , in which case the word might be sent back to the user to be re-written .
4 The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer .
5 Fletcher also indicated that England 's batting line-up might be shaken up after the humiliation by India .
6 He even suggested that a few such representatives from outside the government might be co-opted on to the State Council , the supreme bureaucratic body beneath the Tsar .
7 We made no attempt to select particular kinds of subjects , since our main aim was to see how different kinds of subjects would carry out this decision problem , though we appreciate that in a market setting some of the less efficient decision-makers might be weeded out by the market process .
8 It was argued on behalf of the plaintiff that : ( a ) the proviso quoted above constituted an unlawful restraint of trade ; ( b ) the proviso was severable and might be struck out of the contract without affecting the remainder ; ( c ) the plaintiff 's entitlement to post-determination commission accordingly continued notwithstanding his admitted breach of clause 9A .
9 If the assault proved successful , Egypt would no longer be vulnerable to attack ( the Turks had already sent a force to attempt to seize the Suez Canal ) and Turkey 's traditional enemies in the Balkans might be won over to the Allies .
10 It 's only that she might be passed out in the back yard . ’
11 Times was hard , and he had the advantage over the insurance company of knowing that his profits might be tapering off in the near future , and he thinks , ah , I 'll get , er , I 'll take out a Permanent Health Insurance , based on my present income to protect seventy-five , because I know in about three or four years time , my income would have gone down to about sixty per cent of what it is , so .
12 ‘ If he gave his parole he might be let out of the walls , ’ said David with no great conviction .
13 Forester 's fear was not so much that the room might not have been available , but that if Hennessy had moved out the hotel might be closed down for the off-season altogether .
14 They must be independent , not mention in the will you ca n't have a beneficiary who 's a witness , you ca n't have a husband or wife of a beneficiary as a witness either because not I 'm told very first clause there are n't , to get a duplicate made bungalow or something like that he might be missing out on the bungalow and the was The course leader at the time told me the story that saw him and he would n't tell me who it was I want my ten percent commission .
15 As autumn arrives , the birds migrate south , leaving the foxes to scavenge from the bird and reindeer carcasses and anything that might be washed up on the shore .
16 ‘ It occurred to General Schellenberg that you might be caught out by the weather . ’
17 The concept of indirect discrimination was , according to the councils , at first unfamiliar to police , who also saw no reason why black candidates might be put off by the former question three — which asked the country of origin of spouse or lover 's parents .
18 Girobank also makes loans , with the attraction for people who might be put off by the image of conventional banks that the transaction is entirely postal .
19 I have heard it suggested that there is some danger that prospective buyers might be put off by the idea that their units have been used in this way .
20 I knew if I cut the anchor rope at the wrong moment , the Hispaniola would make a sudden move out to sea , and my boat might be knocked out of the water .
21 I have founded my judgment upon the grounds which I have already expressed , but I do not wish to be understood as thereby negativing the proposition that a defence might be set up on the alternative basis mentioned by Willes J. In my opinion this appeal should be allowed .
22 A small table might be set out for the three bears ' breakfast with three sizes of chair , bowl and so on , together with three sizes of bear for the children to play with .
23 The fact that there were no projections for South West Water has fuelled speculation that this authority might be left out of the flotation process .
24 And that takes us to the question of what it is that might be going on behind the screen — a question which leads not only forward and to Ulysses and beyond , but backwards , into a reconsideration of Dubliners and The Portrait of the Artist .
25 The other , much more recent development , has been to pay serious attention to modelling how cognitive functions might be carried out by the brain .
26 My impression — and without a full inquiry such as might be carried out by the social service inspectorate it can be little more — is that the assessment of the father and his partner had scarcely advanced .
27 Their task was to suggest experiments that might be carried out in the College , and to act as an examination committee for awarding certificates after pupils had completed the course .
28 The British contribution to the philosophy of free speech might be summed up in the Duke of Wellington 's phrase , " publish and be damned " .
29 But yesterday , on his 91st birthday , Trafford , whose wife died in sheltered accommodation four years ago , told a community nursing conference in London that , though a Tory voter all his life who thought most of what Mrs Thatcher was doing was good , he saw a danger that old people might be heading back towards the workhouse if the Government went ahead with NHS cuts and changes in community care .
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