Example sentences of "[adj] might have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | there is some potential for testing consistency of marking — it is a big worry to most of us , when marking a hundred different pieces of coursework , that the hundredth might have been marked to a different standard to the first . |
| 2 | The stationery cupboard had not provided paper similar to that used for the note and when Richard Beales left a systematic search was still going on of shelves and desks where some might have been overlooked . |
| 3 | Some who were interested might have been unable to think of a method . |
| 4 | Once upon a time , this might have been 95 per cent . |
| 5 | I wondered if this might have been from surprise over the fact that I could write , but it was just one of a fair catalogue of mannerisms he had to offer . |
| 6 | This might have been the moment for Britain to transfer her loyalties to the European Community , but her ties with the Commonwealth and the special relationship were too strong . |
| 7 | This might have been expected to mitigate fear of death ; unfortunately , with the general decay of faith towards the end of the century , it was not only terror of hell that was declining , but also hope of immortality . |
| 8 | None of this might have been necessary ! |
| 9 | This might have been the case in France or West Germany ; but , as the administration rapidly found out , it was not the case in the United States . |
| 10 | It is not immediately apparent which house this might have been ; however , the six properties are separated by little more than a hundred yards . |
| 11 | This might have been a drawback of such accounts but for the fact that linguistic accounts understood in accord with the current consensus among analytic philosophers either are not possible or lack any philosophical interest . |
| 12 | Even this might have been bearable if the King had not been tainted with the vices of meanness and frugality . |
| 13 | Uneven and limited though this might have been , the gulf between Disraeli 's two nations in the early and mid-nineteenth century became blurred and attenuated by the twentieth . |
| 14 | He suggested this might have been because at the time an aircraft 6km up was dropping laser-guided bombs onto the next platform ( or target as they are usually known ) . |
| 15 | Modern medical thinking suggests this might have been due to what is commonly known as a ‘ bunch of grapes pregnancy ’ . |
| 16 | Veneers appear in the 1880s although an eighteenth-century example was discovered during the 1983–4 excavations at St Augustine-the-Less , Bristol , but this might have been no more than an attempt on the part of the coffin-maker to mask some splits at the shoulder caused by over-zealous saw-cuts when kerfing . |
| 17 | If your original application was rejected by some or all of the institutions you listed , this might have been because it was delayed and did not reach the admissions tutor until after the course was full . |
| 18 | This might have been because he 'd been kept in an aviary and not given enough exercise , and i felt sure I could put that right . |
| 19 | In different circumstances this might have been my skin . ’ |
| 20 | This might have been less dangerous had the Ottoman Empire held together , but it was crumbling fast and something was bound to take its place . |
| 21 | This might have been all very well for my ego but it put me in the position of a complete novice , with my boss listening critically from the platform to everything I said on his behalf . |
| 22 | ‘ God knows what a creature like this might have been capable of had it realized its ruse had been discovered . |
| 23 | ( The fact that this might have been the case seems to be beyond the imagination of many even of liberal disposition in the church . ) |
| 24 | Of course , this might have been no more than a diplomatic ruse by the Russians to initiate a dependence which would permit a later imposition of heavier tribute payments without negative results . |
| 25 | Actually , this might have been quite productive since therapy is supposed to be a microcosm of your relationships , with the therapist taking on multiple roles . |
| 26 | In the 1912 London dock strike , the Transport Workers ' Federation had been willing enough to agree to a joint board and but for Lord Devonport 's stubborn resistance this might have been achieved . |
| 27 | This might have been five knots , five miles an hour , |
| 28 | This raises questions at present unanswerable , and complicated by the existence of a second long base in the sanctuary which seems to have supported a pursuit-scene ( possibly Zeus and the Nymph Aegina on whom he begot Aiakos , Telamon 's father ) ; and this might have been a first west pediment . |
| 29 | ‘ And so , ’ said Floy , looking at Fenella , wondering how all this might have been received on Renascia , ‘ and so , we will set off . ’ |
| 30 | This might have been appropriate , the Colonel reflected , but it was n't the case . |