Example sentences of "might [be] [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 2 | If we were to seek an explanation in the fact that Gandhi , as we have seen , does not equate ahi sā with non-killing and notes the distinction between ahi sā and hi sā by indicating that hi sā means killing from motives of anger or selfishness and ahi sā means refraining from so doing , then it might be possible to be a believer in ahi sā and yet kill , provided the killing is not prompted by angry or selfish motives and is performed with detachment as one 's duty . |
| 3 | ‘ But being a woman and not able to inherit , I suppose she might be used to being a second string . |
| 4 | Put him in a coach now and by morning Russell might be used to being close to white people again . |
| 5 | The thought that it might be right to be a monk kept coming back . |
| 6 | The intended words might be able to be suggested for examples 1 and 4 if a method of whole word recognition were employed , because sleep and steep , boots and books have the same overall shape . |
| 7 | It looked as though at least some progress in that experiment might be able to be made soon . |
| 8 | Maybe the assertive person might be able to be more flexible certainly cos he can move between . |
| 9 | It might be fun to be there . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought you might be prepared to be there as well … but if you do n't consider this is in your line of business … do n't worry , I 'm quite used to it ; Graham Rowell could n't be bothered with counselling either , but I happen to think … ’ |
| 11 | ‘ If he were to institute proceedings for infringement before the patent for the invention was sealed , the procedural requirement of the proviso would not be satisfied but a statement of claim could not be struck out as disclosing no cause of action although it might be liable to be struck out as an abuse of the process of the court . |
| 12 | If it was now , they might be inclined to be physical ’ . |
| 13 | You know , we , it might be alright to be a nice , to be likened to nice little furry lambs and all the rest of it , but to be likened to a sheep is not a compliment , it 's a bit of an insult , because there 's no more helpless , stupid creature harpi , God ever created than sheep ! |