Example sentences of "might be [verb] to be a " in BNC.

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1 What might be seen to be a hurdle is that the ‘ likely adverse effects on the animals concerned ’ will be weighed against ‘ the benefit likely to accrue as a result of the programme ’ ( 5.4 ) .
2 They hoped for no benefit of internal interpretation or the construal of favourable terms ; rather , they hoped that a disposition in dubious form might be admitted to be a disposition of legal force , or that a disposition in an invalid will might not sink into the oblivion of intestacy .
3 For example , if a word-processing program is acquired which is claimed by the supplier to be a " professional package " and it does not have a built-in thesaurus , this might be considered to be a breach of warranty .
4 Although ‘ teleworking ’ might be considered to be an old idea — anyone who has done the odd bit of paperwork at home while keeping in touch with the office by telephone can be said to have been doing it — the opportunity to have computer-aided design , back-office and data entry work carried out full-time away from the office has widened immeasurably .
5 This might be thought to be a good thing .
6 To illustrate , I will take what might be thought to be an example posing relatively few problems — the case of the Loch Ness monster .
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