Example sentences of "might be [verb] [adv] [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 | Both these cases might be decided similarly on the Seymour test , but that can not be said of Lamb ( 1967 ) . |
| 3 | The unique contribution of the discourse of the Report to this " social conscience " was its offer of English as the instrument of an affective strategy for educating the emotions of the " victims " so that as individuals they might be raised spiritually above the mass while at the same time remaining excluded from political and economic power and the decision-making processes . |
| 4 | 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 ) . |
| 5 | The results indicate problems for hearing people in using sign language effectively which might be traced directly to the problems of the language learning situation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer . |
| 8 | Fletcher also indicated that England 's batting line-up might be shaken up after the humiliation by India . |
| 9 | Pray , pray and continue to pray that the missionaries might be filled continually with the Spirit ( Acts 4 : 31–33 ) . |
| 10 | This matching ( usually , but not necessarily , on a one-to-one basis ) might be done prospectively at the start of the study , but , if that degree of control is possible , it is usually preferable to use randomization as discussed later ( in Section 15.4 ) . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | One difficulty with testing recognition memory is that inferences might be made only at the time of the recognition test . |
| 14 | It would be wonderful if Peter Sebastian did come to Venice for the opening of his exhibition , though it had been suggested by the Press that he had an American fiancée , and might be staying permanently in the States . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It 's only that she might be passed out in the back yard . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | ‘ If he gave his parole he might be let out of the walls , ’ said David with no great conviction . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | A lot of time might be spent fruitlessly before the entry that one wants is found . |
| 23 | As a safeguard against apostasy ( 17:7 ) , sacrifice might be offered only in the proper place , and to the proper Person . |
| 24 | ‘ I know it 's a cliche , ’ she said , standing with David 's hand in the crook of her arm , ‘ but it really does look as though it were floating , as though it might be washed away by the next tide . ’ |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Rich and protean , his word-seam seemed to me to be the very fount of knowledge itself , a mulchy conceptual bed which might be sown merely by the fact of being listened to , thus engendering all ideas for all time . |
| 27 | With luck , she might be buried forever under the wet newspapers , stinking food remnants and empty cornflake packets . |
| 28 | ‘ It occurred to General Schellenberg that you might be caught out by the weather . ’ |
| 29 | Meanwhile the court organist at Salzburg , Adlgasser , had died suddenly in December 1777 and it was suggested to Leopold that Mozart 's name might be put foward for the post . |
| 30 | 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 . |