Example sentences of "what might be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some pattern of what might be done needed to be worked out , and after a great deal of discussion and searching for funds , we transferred one of the men 's teacher training classes from Kemmendine to a Delta village . |
| 2 | Most of these demonstrators appeared to be intellectual , or at least what might be called middle class . |
| 3 | The force within can also be manipulated through … Dieting , in which you are discouraged from eating meat because it provokes unhelpful vibrations and produces what might be called static interference in meditation . |
| 4 | An alternative to the expulsion procedure exists in what might be called compulsory retirement ( Clause 18.03 ) . |
| 5 | The problem is to distinguish this type of rejection of psychoanalytic propositions — the result of the feelings aroused in people by uncomfortable material — from what might be called genuine objections of a kind which are reasoned and scientific . |
| 6 | At the same time the Island women showed greater signs of what might be called normal anxiety . |
| 7 | Scott Cunningham has developed the practice of magical aromatherapy , where he uses these natural aromas for effects such as stimulation of the mind , protection , purification and psychic awareness , thereby attaining what might be called magical states of consciousness . |
| 8 | Although nowadays a certain amount of mechanical testing is done for what might be called academic reasons , by far the most of it is done for strictly practical ends and in fact a thorough knowledge of the actual strength of its materials is , like drains and income tax , one of the things which no advanced civilization can do without . |
| 9 | Implicit agreements or what might be called self-imposed regulation ( as in the Building Society sector and the Stock Exchange in the past ) have tended to be eroded by competition or the need to compete . |
| 10 | So tomorrow would have to do , and the obvious move now was to see Mrs McDougall myself and get what might be called hard evidence from her . |
| 11 | The mood is one of what might be called creative compliance rather than avoidance as such . |
| 12 | And this distinction between an hour as sixty minutes and an hour as a section of complex human experience , is I suppose the distinction one would make between clock time and what might be called existential time , time as it 's humanly experienced . |
| 13 | Let us deal first , with what might be called methodological problems . |
| 14 | Their view of the seriousness of Iraq 's action , and the reaction it demanded , was different enough from Mr Bush 's to scupper talk of global partnerships and replace it by what might be called contingent leadership . |
| 15 | It might be thought , for example , that the arbitrator is typical of adjudicative authorities , and that what might be called legislative authorities differ from them in precisely these respects . |
| 16 | Our biggest problem is non-attendance authorised by parents for what might be considered unacceptable reasons . |
| 17 | I have so far dealt only with what might be considered extraneous matters which are of little concern to the non-collector , who can read and enjoy a book without worrying about endpapers , half-titles , advertisements and the rest ; though even the ordinary reader must reach a point where bibliographical matters begin to impinge . |
| 18 | The third part describes the ways in which children acquire the forms of language , and develop their ability to use and understand them , with consideration of what might be found easy or difficult at different stages of development . |
| 19 | In addition , there are many more millions of migrants and what might be termed environmental refugees — people leaving because of natural disasters or because the land , as the result of soil erosion , deforestation and the spread of deserts , can no longer support the population . |
| 20 | I have been arguing here for what might be termed appropriate research , analogous to the notion of appropriate technology . |
| 21 | Back in Via Manzoni , continue north to pass the church of San Francesco di Paola , a fine example of what might be termed flowery Baroque . |
| 22 | All the semantic tallies we have considered so far have been what might be termed pure tallies , in that they have no perceptible semantic connection with any other elements in the language . |
| 23 | Over many years these features have produced what might be termed tremendous institutional depth . |
| 24 | Only 11 fathers , outside these sectors , were in heavy or what might be termed Semi-skilled or unskilled jobs : docker , coalminer , dust-man , general labourer , worker in rubber factory . |
| 25 | In the latter cases , capital gains are being made from what might be termed special kinds of consumption property , only available to the rich . |