Example sentences of "might [be] [verb] [adv prt] by 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 The social worker might be called in by the general practitioner , district nurse , physiotherapist or the carer .
3 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 .
4 ‘ It occurred to General Schellenberg that you might be caught out by the weather . ’
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 The other , much more recent development , has been to pay serious attention to modelling how cognitive functions might be carried out by the brain .
9 My impression — and without a full inquiry such as might be carried out by the social service inspectorate it can be little more — is that the assessment of the father and his partner had scarcely advanced .
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