Example sentences of "it might be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The idea that it might be channelled in worthier directions , the development of team spirit and the inculcation of self-discipline , was already being ventilated . |
| 2 | ‘ I think it might be connected with this , ’ she said , reaching into the top drawer for the picture and handing it to Bridget . |
| 3 | If not , consider how it might be adjusted to different categories of student while preserving its efficacy as a means of encouraging orientation within a discourse . |
| 4 | The calf is supposed to miss its mother as it might be said of a 4-year-old child . |
| 5 | Some of that evidence , it might be said in parenthesis , appears to be adverse to the appellants . |
| 6 | The way that this has been done in the past is the subject of the next chapter ; the way that it might be done in the future is the justification for this book . |
| 7 | It might be noted at this point that in recent years there has been a dramatic growth in the volume of business conducted in the interbank market and this has become a major source of liquidity for banks . |
| 8 | ( It might be noted in passing that there were scarcely any examples known to the social workers from any team of elderly people being referred from households where other family members were also clients . ) |
| 9 | Well , actually and it might be based on a true story , do n't know if it |
| 10 | The Normans valued the defensive function no less than the English , but feared it might be turned against them . |
| 11 | ‘ It may be said that the duty is difficult to define , because when the act of negligence in manufacture occurs there was no specific person towards whom the duty could be said to exist : the thing might never be used : it might be destroyed by accident , or it might be scrapped , or in many ways fail to come into use in the normal way : in other words the duty can not at the time of manufacture be other than potential or contingent , and only can become vested by the fact of actual use by a particular person . |
| 12 | It might be referred to as ‘ intensive information processing , ’ where data on upstream events are continually released downstream , and vice versa ( see Figure 2 ) . |
| 13 | This working party is considering the resourcing and coordination of such a network and how it might be related to the role of the inspectorate , the advisory service and the library service . |
| 14 | It might be argued by some that his approach was too prosaic , but it would perhaps be more true to say that he cloaked classical ideals in the trappings of his own environment . |
| 15 | There are complicating factors , of course In the depression of the thirties suicide rates for those out of work were at an all time high , but the suicide rate among the retired also increased It might be argued from this that economic uncertainty rather than unemployment per se is the cause . |
| 16 | Furthermore , it might be argued from Case 131/86 United Kingdom v. Council , where the Court looked at the preparatory measures to the legislation in question in order to determine whether it was genuinely intended to be agricultural legislation , that the Court might investigate whether there had been a genuine consideration of the question of subsidiarity . |
| 17 | This is not to say that self-referral must be sought with undue enthusiasm , although facilities for it might be extended with benefit to many youngsters . |
| 18 | Er there 's a book , which I do n't think is on your list but it might be called By Thorn and Henley er which might be worth looking at . |
| 19 | I 'd suggested to Sarah it might be covered by Q P10.5 which actually says that the research approval form is signed by the researcher which she felt was n't really enough . |
| 20 | A Hollywood studio decided it was not safe to make a picture about the peacemaker , Hiawatha , because ‘ It might be regarded as a message for peace and therefore helpful to Communist designs ’ . |
| 21 | Working with a series of transparent resin models in polarized light , Marsh was able to show that a step was just as bad a stress concentrator as the equivalent crack , in fact it might be regarded as half a crack . |
| 22 | However , if it went on , on a grand scale , it might be regarded as benefit in kind and be taxed . |
| 23 | He recognizes that it might be regarded in a pejorative sense as indicating a readiness to compromise and to accept something inferior , but he uses the term , nevertheless , for the want of a better word and tries to give it a different connotation . |
| 24 | Accordingly , it is necessary to define what should be considered as bribery in the context of the period , rather than as it might be regarded in the twentieth century . |
| 25 | Many times it appears to be used so that other qualities of the work — the wide assortment of materials it might be constructed of , say , or the way it is attached to the wall — can take centre stage , much in the way that a black and white photograph allows you to concentrate on matters otherwise obscured or de-emphasized by colour . |
| 26 | The question was intended to discover the reasons why it might be perceived to be SF , given that it already is so perceived . |
| 27 | On the other hand , it might be seen as an opportunity to enhance family life by the more equal opportunities offered to women to take up employment , as well as bringing up a family ; or by the enriched experiences children bring back into the family as a result of their attendance at nursery school or playgroup . |
| 28 | ‘ If we were to put a full description of the girl , and of the clothes she was wearing , in Saturday 's paper , it might be seen by her parents or someone who knew her . |
| 29 | In a long dissertation it might be justified as a way of helping your reader remember your starting point ; in a short essay , however , it is redundant and simply shows that you do n't know how to finish . |
| 30 | In principle , it might be applied to English . |