Example sentences of "might be a [noun] for [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Galway might be a misprint for Galloway , so that the herd was in fact White Galloways . |
| 2 | Madame Mattli might be a stickler for detail , with a generous helping of the artistic temperament which kept her tight-coiled as a spring and which would explode into frenzy if the smallest detail was not as it should be , but she also had a kind face and deep perceptive eyes . |
| 3 | De Vries at least believed that there might be a struggle for existence between the mutated forms , but most geneticists refused to accept this compromise . |
| 4 | This is , in fact , a common cause of misunderstanding in English conversation , when a question such as A 's above might be a request for information or an offer to provide some . |
| 5 | If your dog has n't presented a problem for years , is getting old but still appears to be healthy , and starts to display antisocial behaviour — check it out with your vet before you start to punish him or her for what might be a cry for help . |
| 6 | Robson said yesterday that he hoped Bull would be a foil for Lineker ; he also thought Lineker might be a foil for Bull . |
| 7 | In the 1950s , it seemed as if there might be a place for literature in the academy , so that the writing of fiction or poetry , of criticism , and the teaching of literature would become a unified form of life . |
| 8 | This might be a display for others to see , a school open day when work is displayed to outside visitors , going on a site visit , bringing in a special visitor to view what has been produced , taking part in a play or pageant , or recreating something like a Victorian school day , or some other event , or compiling a class book to hold the results of their work . |