Example sentences of "might [verb] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases , for example the high profile job of a Press Officer or the technically demanding role of Planning Secretary , committee members might want to be sure they are filled by people with the right qualities . |
| 2 | Now , er , I do n't know er why you might want to be unlisted , ex-directory , not in the book . |
| 3 | You might want to be able to sort of get to their flat very quickly . |
| 4 | I thought he might want to be alone . ’ |
| 5 | The relational perspective simply explores the social features of any knowledge process , regardless of any claims it might make to be independent of social determination . |
| 6 | The video depicts in graphic detail some of the most difficult sexual positions and even admits that experimenters might need to be double-jointed . |
| 7 | Yeah there 's one little minor adjustment that you y you might be aware you might need to be aware of . |
| 8 | I would argue , however , that there is a difference between what one might consider to be reasonable use by passenger traffic during the day , and the disturbances that might arise from that , and the use of the line at night by heavy goods traffic . |
| 9 | But once we add this functional criterion we create a different problem : sometimes non-governmental bodies perform functions which we might consider to be governmental ( or ‘ public ’ ) in nature ( or , in other words , most appropriately conducted by government ) . |
| 10 | Each client 's portfolio is tailor-made to avoid investing in companies they might consider to be unethical . |
| 11 | To advocate the starting of the process on a very young child might appear to be heartless , but the overriding need to generate within the child mind the beginning of a conscience and the instinctive urge to activate it , must be the guiding factor . |
| 12 | But although at first the converse might appear to be true , I believe it 's actually more difficult ( and therefore expensive ) to assemble a worthwhile bass that functions with pleasing efficiency — particularly in this cost-conscious area . |
| 13 | Such a huge number might appear to be excessive but Sheila Whitaker , the Festival Director , assures film-goers that the quality never wavers . |
| 14 | Not all birds fall victim to the cuckoo — many small birds that might appear to be ideal cuckoo hosts will not tolerate any strange egg in their nest and will remove it straight away . |
| 15 | The Norton Antivirus can detect all the common viruses in the field , but while version 2.1 might claim to be able to detect all 1,400 viruses known to the NCSA , it still ca n't detect many old , well-known , ‘ laboratory ’ viruses such as Pogue , Starship , Slovakia or Slovakia-2 . |
| 16 | And he does not like to be reminded of the gaffes he made as deputy chairman — branding the young unemployed as workshy , or musing on Radio Ulster whether Ian Paisley might like to be prime minister of a united Ireland . |
| 17 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 18 | If you can help PLEASE tick the jobs you feel you might like to be involved with : |
| 19 | SDLP and UPNI each had one less seat than first preference votes might suggest to be appropriate . |
| 20 | He might endure to be forsworn and dishonoured , but he would not endure to be defeated . |
| 21 | For some tastes these measures , and particularly the last , might seem to be simplistic responses to public outrage — based on the old principle of having to be seen to be doing something , anything in a crisis . |
| 22 | If necessary , such a person could then be sent on a suitable training course to learn any technical skills which might seem to be appropriate . |
| 23 | Using similar materials in joint replacements , heart valves , membrane oxygenators and haemodialysis membranes presents specific problems associated with , for example , their biocompatibility , strength and permeability that might seem to be absent in contact lenses . |
| 24 | So these first results indicated that quantum mechanics is adequate even for those situations where nonlocal effects might seem to be necessary . |
| 25 | There is one well-known materialist account of different modes of knowledge that might seem to be useful here in preserving the ‘ mode of knowledge ’ approach against the need for the more drastic behaviouristic alternative . |
| 26 | He points out that such a provision bans any invasion of sovereign territory , air space and maritime zones , even where there might seem to be good grounds . |
| 27 | If the situation is not resolved within months , the rescue plan might cease to be viable . |
| 28 | It is a conception that might not be true of it , or all of it , and which might cease to be true of it or of all of it . |
| 29 | He might prove to be useful but would have to be handled carefully . |
| 30 | Those problems aside , Acousticubes might prove to be good , quality nerve-centres for a touring , pro musician 's setup . |