Example sentences of "they might [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were a lot of young drunks staggering about , too — most at that noisy and unattractive stage where they might want to be your pal or pick a fight or just throw up on you , so I gave them a wide berth . |
| 2 | In these ways , our relationship with others grows and deepens , freeing them to be in Christ as they might long to be . |
| 3 | There is nothing essentially new in thus narrowing the scope of will ; most of mankind throughout most of its history seems to have taken it for granted that they were moved by forces from beyond them and mysterious to them , which might lift them above or drag them below the capacities of which they might presume to be in command ( in Christian theology , the unpredictable visitations of divine grace assisting a will otherwise impotent to resist the Devil ) , and in the present century , ever since Freud demonstrated that the same conception of man could be translated from a religious into a psychological language , we have found ourselves thinking our way back to it . |
| 4 | They might prefer to be irresistibly appealing in the nude , so would we all , but that ca n't always be the case . |
| 5 | But it also suggests that many –normal , healthy' people are not as immune from everyday chemicals as they might appear to be . |
| 6 | With their broader streets and freshly painted houses they might appear to be so , but , as Engels remarked , those streets were often unpaved and lacked a sewer , the paint was bound to fade within a decade , and their apparent solidity of build would then be revealed as no more than that of bricks laid end to end . |
| 7 | In fact , those who most seem to be themselves appear to me people impersonating what they think they might like to be , believe they ought to be , or wish to be taken to be by whoever is setting standards . |
| 8 | If partnerships find the case proven they should consider how the tensions towards fragmentation might be reduced and how they might come to be a better understanding of the responsibilities and common commitments which are essential in any decentralised organisation . |
| 9 | I argued that there was a lack of clarity ( or clear research evidence ) concerning what these appropriate qualities might be , an unfortunate tendency to abstract approved-of skills from consideration of the contextual circumstances in which they might need to be employed , and an inclination to present a one-sided interpretation of the implications of specialist subject expertise for teaching quality . |
| 10 | The Greeks pondered this image lovingly and urged Christians to realise that all our human ideas about God , no matter how inspiring or helpful they might seem to be , must be treated with the very greatest caution and cast aside if necessary . |
| 11 | I think that they might seem to be an indulgence to supporters more than partners , even if they offered training/education . |
| 12 | Each client 's portfolio is tailor-made to avoid investing in companies they might consider to be unethical . |
| 13 | But they might have to be supplemented by mercenaries from Flanders and the Low Countries , where the rapidly expanding population forced large numbers of young men into military careers . |
| 14 | Superman ( Christopher Reeve ) himself was sometimes hung by wires ( the disadvantage of which is that they might have to be matted out frame by frame by hand ) or supported on a hydraulic arm that came out of the screen at 90° and which , like his shadow , was hidden by his body . |
| 15 | A spokesman for the Assembly stated that it was hoped to hold elections by the end of 1992 , but that they might have to be postponed for a few months given the parlous state of the country . |