Example sentences of "might be [vb pp] to [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He insisted that this was a voice with characteristic qualities which might be exploited to some purpose on the air . |
| 2 | But we are concerned with a fundamentally different matter , the possible ways in which some entity ( or property ) , already accepted mentally , might be identified by a speaker , either for the purposes of his own thought or for communicating some idea to an audience ; in the latter case , there is no reason at all to object to the suggestion that the same item might be referred to either by ( 7 ) , or by ( 4 ) or ( 5 ) . |
| 3 | It is assumed that social values , which are also placed on a single linear dimension , might be assigned to each variant . |
| 4 | Secondly , although certainly important , the current preference by some writers to relate creativity to the affective forms of psychosis should not divert us from the fact that it is actually schizophrenia which has inspired most of the theorising — and generated a good deal of the empirical evidence — about how psychotic and creative traits might be related to each other . |
| 5 | The laird of Stracathro , from the urgency of his correspondence , was clearly in terror that the land in question might be granted to another , for he was not attempting to secure a gift of the land but offering to pay full market value for it . |
| 6 | What reply might be given to all this ? |
| 7 | When we recognise that for the three Near Eastern traditions there is a clear emphasis upon God 's presence as well as His transcendence , their approach is seen to be closer than might be imagined to that of the Indian religious traditions . |
| 8 | Can you foresee any circumstances when an exception might be made to this rule ? |
| 9 | The body 's limitations for stress might be compared to all of us having a glass inside our bodies . |
| 10 | There is a range of possible meanings that might be attached to these rather ambiguous words ; but , if no mortal man could be the doorway into the Lord 's sheepfold , it would scarcely matter from whom the bishop received the emblems of his office : the reality could come only from Christ . |
| 11 | Within the farmstead , the farmhouse might be attached to some , or all of the other farm buildings . |