Example sentences of "might [adv] [be] think [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It might additionally be thought to be undesirable that trivial assaults have to be prosecuted with an offence carrying the heavy maximum penalty of ten years ' imprisonment . |
| 2 | This should not be taken at face value ; our ‘ individuals ’ might better be thought of as neuter , reproducing themselves unaided . |
| 3 | That she might not be thinking of them , but simply indulging herself , is the only factor in the situation that would worry me at all . ’ |
| 4 | A court might not be thought to be a particularly suitable body to make such a decision because , in many situations , the decision , whichever way it goes , will be politically highly contentious . |
| 5 | Those who do might also be thought to be insincere , but some policemen showed real regret and disappointment when they were unable to provide the service they felt they should , whether because of the nature of the call or because of unrealistic public expectations ( such as finding lost budgies , preventing sheep-worrying , or reconciling warring spouses and quarrelsome neighbours ) . |
| 6 | The 1980s might usefully be thought of as the ‘ decade of regulatory reform ’ . |
| 7 | Cattle eat grass , and might therefore be thought of as enemies of grass . |
| 8 | He had been able to appear " normal " because he was abnormal , he was an outsider , he was mad , he saw and desired normality with a piercing vision of what it might ideally be thought to be . |