Example sentences of "that [pron] might [be] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cook believed that there might be evidence for a ‘ young Earth ’ in the fundamentalist sense of literal biblical interpretation , due to the presence of helium-3 in the atmosphere in quantities whose origins are hard to understand unless they are from fusion . |
| 2 | Johnson extracted from him the English meaning of the Gaelic place-name ; it signified a place of , or near , water , conforming , claimed McQueen , to ‘ all the descriptions of the temples of that goddess , which were situated near rivers that there might be water to wash the statue ’ . |
| 3 | Pray for the Mission Board , that there might be unity and a singleness of purpose . |
| 4 | The discretionary nature of the grant of leave to appeal to the House of Lords avoids any suggestion that there might be abuse of such an approach . |
| 5 | Mr Connon when I arrived told me about the letter Jenny received and also about your warning to him that there might be phone calls also . |
| 6 | The Law Commission thought that this would exclude products " designed and normally bought for commercial use " , but that there might be borderline cases . |
| 7 | Again , a situation in which the animal detects that there is danger , or suspects that there might be danger , is something which we need to take account of in considering the welfare of animals . |
| 8 | Our desire is not that others might be relieved while you are hard pressed , but that there might be equality . |
| 9 | I 'm worried that they might be school maths teachers ; but the really terrifying prospect is that they might be designers of ships or bridges . |
| 10 | They thought that it might be leukaemia . |
| 11 | Let me straight away , er , that it might be folly of me to assume that er , you know a great deal about I B M. By the way I B M stands for International Business Machines , not as , some people used to think , International Ballistic Missiles . |
| 12 | There was a feeling in the air that it might be time for a change . |
| 13 | After the damaging Westland affair and the loss of two senior Cabinet ministers , there were even Conservatives who thought that it might be time to change the leader . |
| 14 | THE gentlemanly art of boxing has clouted so many expressions into common usage that it might be time to ‘ throw in the towel ’ . |