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 | 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 ) . |
4 | The 1980s might usefully be thought of as the ‘ decade of regulatory reform ’ . |
5 | Cattle eat grass , and might therefore be thought of as enemies of grass . |
6 | 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 . |