Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] [vb pp] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ritual might properly be considered a stage between this present section , on preparing the hearth , and the next , on lighting the fire , for U can be a means of enlivening a situation and of allowing positive energies to flow into the structure prepared . |
| 2 | One problem , however , is that only a subset of all texts do in fact have what might loosely be called a story structure . |
| 3 | The Irish management team of manager Noel Murphy , captain Phil Danaher and coach Ciaran Fitzgerald will slip into New Zealand hoping the All Blacks will be so concerned with their tilts at the World XV , the Australians in the Bledisloe Cup and the South Africans on their August tour that they might just be caught a bit unawares when Ireland arrive . |
| 4 | Thus there is liability 9–09 for defects in virtually anything which might conceivably be considered a product , including goods , electricity , gas and vapours . |
| 5 | ‘ Nowadays , David might reasonably be thought a part of this , but at that time he too seemed to be running out of steam . |
| 6 | But for one or two better clad of the group , the place might truthfully be designated a shopful of rags . |
| 7 | It might also be called a form of ‘ negative power ’ — the power to disrupt . |