Example sentences of "might [be] [vb pp] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet all their study should have been directed to this end , so that they might be consumed with the love of God as well . |
| 2 | To take another example : Radioactivity in the surface and coastal waters of the British Isles , 1977 might be converted to an alphabetical description such as : Water pollutants Radioactive materials — Great Britain or into a classification notation such as 628.16850941 . |
| 3 | At least by then some of his pupils might be converted to the idea that there 's more to the cinema than the Addams Family and Terminator 2 . |
| 4 | In the hotly contested litigation between AM&S Europe Limited and the Commission , the European Court decided that the Commission had the sole power to adjudicate on claims of privilege in relation to advice or other documentation passing between a lawyer and his client which might be examined by the Commission in investigations under the competition rules . |
| 5 | Equally , seasonal workers might be engaged on a casual basis , on fixed-term or performance contracts , or even on open-ended contracts . |
| 6 | In serious mountains that spring might be influenced by the thrill of being at high altitude , while in lower terrain the jauntiness of stride may reflect the rollercoaster of broad panoramas and changing perspectives . |
| 7 | Conflict : As a consequence decisions made in the boardroom — what bank to approach for loans or which underwriter to use — might be influenced by the presence and voting powers of bank directors . |
| 8 | But disposal sites would have to avoid areas containing resources such as manganese nodules which might be exploited in the future . |
| 9 | Unfortunately the only categories included in the criteria for grants which might be exploited by the arts do not appear to have been designed for this purpose . |
| 10 | Marines were honour-bound to board a hulk , to cleanse any threat it posed , and to recover any valuable or enigmatic pieces of ancient technology from millennia earlier which might be encysted in the wreck like pearls held in a lethal clam . |
| 11 | The terms of reference of the Northern Ireland Panel were to commission a programme of research on Northern Ireland within a budget of £350,000 ( 1980 Survey Prices ) ; to consider how the social science research capacity for work on this area , particularly within Northern Ireland , might be enhanced in the commission of that programme ; to commission a register of recent and current research on Northern Ireland ; to liaise with the Northern Ireland Office and other relevant agencies with research requirements ; to establish links with relevant agencies with research requirements ; to establish links with relevant researchers in Great Britain and other countries with a view to the possibility of setting up comparative studies ; and to advise researchers in Northern Ireland , who wish to seek finance from the ESRC general research funds or from other agencies . |
| 12 | Oman 's economy benefited from oil price rises following the invasion and some reports estimated that a projected budget deficit for 1990 might be turned into a surplus . |
| 13 | He might be killed in the fight ; or his father might … |
| 14 | From any clutch it 's possible that one or two would n't hatch , and if food was short a little chick might be killed by an elder sibling ( or by its mother so that the stronger chick would survive ) . |
| 15 | According to King Hassan II and his government , the prison does not exist — or , even if it does , the people all love the King so much it would be unsafe to release the prisoners — they might be killed by the populace . |
| 16 | The discussion that follows is necessarily selective , highlighting some key issues , but inevitably neglecting others , for example around the vexed question of cultural relativism and the problems surrounding the marginalization of ‘ race ’ policies at the institutional level , which might be treated in a text of quite different length and scope . |
| 17 | The factors differentiating metastability of gall bladder bile in two populations might be ascribed to the CSI and the distribution of vesicular cholesterol . |
| 18 | The examples given suggest a flexible scheme whereby criterion statements might be amended in the light of pupils ' difficulties and the identified difficulty factors might provide foci for teaching . |
| 19 | That too might be characterised as a courageous move — but nothing like as courageous as that of James Burke and his cohorts in deciding that the right man to dig IBM out of its hole was outsider Louis V Gerstner Jr . |
| 20 | He glances down at the table , as if the answer might be written on a beer mat . |
| 21 | And we should look also I think perhaps at some quality factors er which might be written into the lease since there are some some things which I think we 're all less than satisfied with er you know customer complaints and the way they 're dealt with . |
| 22 | There were two messages in the press release and maybe that was , that was , that was the wrong move , it should have concentrated on one or other of the issues , and the message might be lost through the double-header . |
| 23 | THERE are renewed fears that the scenically spectacular Cairngorm estate of Mar Lodge — which contains Ben MacDhui , the second highest mountain in Britain — might be lost to the nation following a failure by conservation bodies to put together a financial package to buy it . |
| 24 | some tobacco might be lost in the exchange process ; |
| 25 | High-ranking officers , notably Hamilton himself , estimated that as many as 50,000 lives might be lost in the operations : in the event every surviving man was taken safely away . |
| 26 | For example , a Roman burial alongside a road leading from a Roman town may originally have been deliberately buried , but as the town expanded and the burial was forgotten , a house might be built over the site . |
| 27 | As a result , there came an increased acceptance of the view that persistent , and unacceptable , inequality and want might be built into the economic system unless the state made key interventions along the lines of the German model . |
| 28 | The same relation between pure and applied social psychology can be continued in a social psychology , which might be built around a universal conception of social representation , with or without a rhetorical emphasis . |
| 29 | We were very upset when we found out that a dual carriageway might be built in the fields past the wild duck pond behind our home . |
| 30 | Constance followed close behind , clutching at his shirt in her terror that they might be separated in the crush . |