Example sentences of "they might be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One or two of them might be related to me , but I work on the assumption that my children will have access to most things and personal experience of some . |
| 2 | This means that if a ruler 's commands did not deserve obedience , resistance to them might be justified . |
| 3 | And two of them might be called even pedestrian . |
| 4 | Five of them might be termed allrounders : Asif Mujtaba , Naved Anjum , Wasim Akram , Aamer Sohail and Shoaib Mohammad can all bat and bowl well , while Salim Malik and Inzamam-ul-Haq are also occasional bowlers . |
| 5 | So the group at Shepherd 's Bush has a way to go before some of them might be deemed fit to audition there or at other vocational schools . |
| 6 | In these schools , he implied , people would be falling over themselves to get jobs , and , in certain cases , they might be employed even if they had no formal teaching qualifications , though that was not expected to be the norm . |
| 7 | Indeed , they might be honoured . |
| 8 | It tells where the foods come from , how they are processed , how they should be stored and how they might be served . |
| 9 | They might be hidden behind their curtain of trees , but she felt oppressed by their proximity just the same , as if they were standing guard over her . |
| 10 | It is the task of Philosophy to confront questions which are posed in a variety of areas , to consider to what extent their answers are to be found in such subjects as Mathematics , Physical Science , Sociology , Literary Studies or Religion , and to determine how else they might be answered — where these can furnish no complete answers . |
| 11 | There have been suggestions that they might be given state funding , or that some RCD members in the Chamber of Deputies might resign to allow the other parties a look in . |
| 12 | To take David Lewis ' example ( D. Lewis 1973 ) , ‘ if kangaroos had no tails , they would topple over ’ ; it is of course always true that they might not topple over — they might be given crutches by a grateful and tourist-conscious government . |
| 13 | A gang of black workers wearing white loincloths faced the camera gravely , looking as if it were something they might be given to eat . |
| 14 | They might be given no time to put down territorial roots . |
| 15 | But the finalists are likely to share 50 per cent of the available tickets about 40,000 and if Liverpool get through they might be given a slightly bigger share because of their 35,000 average home gates . |
| 16 | In that sense they might be seen to be moving in a different direction from the strongly centralist initiatives in connection with the national curriculum . |
| 17 | In this book we will be looking at the level at which facilities are provided in electronic hardware , as they might be seen by a system programmer about to implement the most basic software on the computer . |
| 18 | In addition to paving , cleansing , lighting the streets and providing watchmen , they might be empowered to deal with a variety of nuisances . |
| 19 | Constance followed close behind , clutching at his shirt in her terror that they might be separated in the crush . |
| 20 | When she suggested that they might be lost he was comfortingly scornful . |
| 21 | Richard now admitted to himself that they might be lost after all but knew instinctively that saying so to Victoria would destroy the flattering confidence she placed in him . |
| 22 | He had been hoping they might be filled with something a little stronger than tobacco … having heard stories about Scandinavian teenagers … but was disappointed when they turned out to be regular cigarettes . |
| 23 | Or they might be asked to choose between one or the other . |
| 24 | Students might be required , for example , to sketch the layout of the kitchen , noting the position of fire-extinguishers and emergency exits , they might be asked to note the pattern of use in the restaurant ; which are peak hours ; what sort of music is played ; what arrangements are made for smokers ; what is the cleaning cycle for bedrooms and corridors ; what sort of internal accounting system is used — the list could go on , but all are investigative tasks which need the help of hotel staff and which , if properly recorded can be assessed . |
| 25 | They might be asked to contribute information to a careers programme , or technical expertise to a science lesson . |
| 26 | They might be asked to work with teachers on developing materials . |
| 27 | They might be asked to spend time " on secondment " to a school . |
| 28 | The person to be interviewed should be given some indication of the topic and possibly of the kinds of questions they might be asked but it is important that there should not be any rehearsal of the interview as they will then lose their spontaneity . |
| 29 | They might be asked to match a series of objects with pictures of different periods or different people ( see Figure 2.1 ) |
| 30 | For example , they might be asked to restrict the amount of credit granted to private individuals for consumption , or to property speculators . |