Example sentences of "might be [verb] [adv prt] [prep] [art] " 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 | Being treed by the great wonder-rabbi Shmuel ben Issachar might be written off as an occupational hazard ; being trapped — on an assignment officially aborted-by an undead amateur is unforgivable . |
| 3 | John Stevenson has noted the importance of transport networks , with riots occurring not only at sea ports but also along inland waterways where corn might be moved out of a district , such as on the Trent or Avon . |
| 4 | You might be locked up for a long time , or you might be given a fine , which is taken out of your weekly allowance . |
| 5 | She was in danger of losing her beloved Mrs Howard , who might be setting up with a brother-in-law in a public house , and I wrote : |
| 6 | Through the provision of contracts on admission , and ongoing reviews of each resident 's career in the Home , difficulties might be ironed out at an early stage . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | A small budget might be swallowed up with a few very expensive cases . |
| 10 | She might be go out for a hike later in her slippers . |
| 11 | The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer . |
| 12 | Fletcher also indicated that England 's batting line-up might be shaken up after the humiliation by India . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Such incentives might be made up of a share of the surplus which the bureaucrats could appropriate ; ‘ deferred prizes ’ for keeping a bureau 's output within what was promised in a budget-output proposal and for returning money to the general fund during an official 's tenure of office ; and allocations towards supplementary activities such as travel budgets . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Anxious that his client might be mixed up with a terrorist organisation . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Miki was worried that this important development might be passed off as a fad , a ‘ scene ’ people will get tired of : ‘ To some people it 's already a gimmick , but it 's very important , a lot of people have a lot to say . |
| 20 | It 's only that she might be passed out in the back yard . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | ‘ If he gave his parole he might be let out of the walls , ’ said David with no great conviction . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 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 | ‘ It occurred to General Schellenberg that you might be caught out by the weather . ’ |
| 27 | By refusing office , Labour would lose all the parliamentary advantages it had gained by becoming the official Opposition in 1922 ; its position in the country might be put back by a decade . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | 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 . |