Example sentences of "[det] might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some might be worrying about their dancing and how it looks to onlookers , others might be worried about their partner 's nervous shuffling from foot to foot — what will people be thinking ? |
| 2 | It is even possible that some might be low ‘ g ’ sensitive and be at risk if a low ‘ g ’ situation suddenly occurs . |
| 3 | There is no sense of the various nuances involved in the attributions , nor that some might be inconceivable without language . |
| 4 | The young Lolita — the sexually precocious girl — is a familiar figure for most people ( although some might be horrified if they knew how young she can be ) and within the experience of most social workers . |
| 5 | There ca n't be a man alive who sees you and does n't want to take you to bed , who does n't wonder what you 're like , although some might be able to resist the temptation to try and find out once they realise what you are . |
| 6 | Some might be happy to see it pushed , temporarily , to the margins . |
| 7 | Some might be willing to grant the general thrust of what has been said , that teaching and research are different kinds of activity , but still be reluctant to accept that teachers in higher education do not have a major responsibility to conduct research . |
| 8 | The Report failed to specify the conditions under which the past experience of the few might be safe ground on which to shape the future experience of every child and teacher in the country . |
| 9 | Wonder if this might be right moment to make arrangements for my own . |
| 10 | This might be useful for the psychiatric inpatient who cuts repeatedly , although the limits of therapist-patient contact would have to be very clear . |
| 11 | It was submitted that whilst this might be correct , such an approach is inconsistent with sections 38(6) , 43(8) and 44(7) of that Act and with paragraphs 4 and 5 of Schedule 3 . |
| 12 | With some people this might be mere bravado , but when Wordsworth was on his way back to England he seems to have lingered in Paris far longer than was necessary , and possibly considered active participation in practical politics ( Prelude 1805 , x , 129 ff ) . |
| 13 | It is unreasonable to expect them to tackle problems through their consultants , although if they had independent supervisors this might be possible . |
| 14 | In another , this might be offensive . |
| 15 | ( Some people think that this might be dangerous for inexperienced students , but it does not seem to cause any particular problems in Australia . ) |
| 16 | This might be due to the ineffectiveness of treatment , to a slow rate of progression of tumours , to competing causes of death , or , most likely , to a combination of all these factors . |
| 17 | This might be due to the accompanying reduction in synthesis of the 4 series leukotrienes . |
| 18 | This might be due at least in part to the inability of the pSPL1 system to trap the terminal exons . |
| 19 | This might be legal assistance to recover unpaid fees or help with the negotiations after a cancelled engagement . |
| 20 | This might be necessary and advisable if the issuing bank 's credit standing is suspect or country risk exists . |
| 21 | How could he explain that something inside him , experience , foreboding , sick terror , told him this might be necessary ? |
| 22 | This might be relevant to the understanding of the pathogenesis and the treatment of duodenal ulcers in chronic NSAID users . |
| 23 | This might be relevant for National Curriculum history Attainment Target 2 on interpretations of history , for instance . |
| 24 | Unfortunately , the designer has integrated them in the text , and while this might be admirable for coffee table books or even guide books , it is quite wrong here as it makes them look cramped and mean . |
| 25 | Since writing to you — and a very nice surprise it was too ! — I have received the Chairman 's 1992/93 Award from ‘ BAIE Communicators in Business ’ , BAIE being the British Association of Industrial Editors , and thought this might be pertinent ! |
| 26 | Increased oesophageal alkaline exposure has been previously demonstrated in patients with Barrett 's columnar lined lower oesophagus and it has been suggested that this might be secondary to increased duodenogastric reflux using discriminant analysis in a small number of patients . |
| 27 | This might be direct ( inquiries into " what went wrong " which include examination of internal memoranda by the principal — it is easiest to think of the military example of courts martial ) or indirect ( examination of a run of decisions to assess their quality ) . |
| 28 | They force consideration of the marginal relationship between the variables where this might be important . |
| 29 | The Court of Appeal admitted that Ms Mountford did have exclusive possession of the property and that this might be important evidence in determining the intentions of the parties . |
| 30 | If you need to ask , then you probably are n't , that 's my only advice ( and even this might be wrong ) . |