Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For as long as a Stephen , in his moments of strength , has been able to despise the arbiters of fortune and culture — the English and the Anglo Irish — as degenerate and unworthy inheritors of the language of Shakespeare , he has done so from somewhere , from a somewhere intimately known , and yet never entirely placed , from what might loosely be called Irishness . |
| 2 | Some species are named after their collectors , so if our new species of Tyrannosaurus were collected by a Mr Jones it might eventually be christened Tyrannosaurus jonesi . |
| 3 | 4.4 We have left aside the suggestion that predicate qualifiers might perhaps be reduced forms of clauses even if postnominal attributives are not . |
| 4 | Every announcement , public statement or document as aforesaid made or published by it or on its behalf in the course of KPMG 's engagement hereunder will contain all particulars required to comply with all applicable statutory , legal and regulatory provisions ( other than particulars required by the rules and regulations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales arising out of the involvement of any Indemnified Person in the Offer ) and all requirements of The Stock Exchange and of the City Code , all other information which might reasonably be considered material in the context thereof and all facts , expressions of opinion , expectations or intentions or other information reasonably required by KPMG ; |
| 5 | the children will be out of school , they might even be sighted people . |
| 6 | It takes place at night and might almost be called ordeal by fire . |
| 7 | Following the decision to commit US ground-based forces , estimates as to the numbers which might ultimately be deployed rose quickly and , on Aug. 10 , it was widely leaked that the administration had adopted a " contingency plan " involving the use of 250,000 ground troops should full-scale fighting break out with Iraq . |
| 8 | It follows that any proposal for a use with potential odour emission problems could not be classed as ‘ light industrial ’ and might therefore be refused planning permission on the grounds of conflict with the local plan . |