Example sentences of "might [adv] be of " in BNC.

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1 The heterogeneous increase of urokinase type plasminogen activator antigen concentrations in homogenates of endoscopical biopsy specimens from carcinomas of the upper gastrointestinal tract , which was not associated with several other prognostic determinants , as presented in this study , might perhaps be of value in determining prognosis in ( early ) oesophageal and gastric cancer .
2 She will try to accept the fact , as she takes her mother 's ‘ elevenses ’ in to her , that any attempt she may make to start a discussion of something that might not be of immediate interest to her mother may be turned off suddenly like a switch , and will plunge her temporarily into an emotional darkness in which she will feel very much alone .
3 ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’
4 A clarification of what society expects of directors might nevertheless be of some value in combination with other measures .
5 It might just be of help to me .
6 Owen , feeling at last that he ought to retire from contra matters — — but remembering what he had sworn ‘ on the altar of God ’ — hoped that he might still be of use to North ‘ against another group of Godless communists . ’
7 Activity elsewhere , at milk time or after a baking session , might also be of help .
8 ( 1966 : 72 ) recognized such unobtrusive measures have found favour in field-work and I discovered at an early stage that the problem remains one of revealing the structural warts of the system while somehow indicating that this need not be seditious ; and indeed might even be of some value .
9 And Clara , confident that she would meet with no misunderstanding , managed to relate episodes that she had never before related , and when , finally , she came to the subject of the future , she awaited Clelia 's views as though they might even be of use .
10 ‘ I happened to observe you reading that notice below and it does seem to me that this challenging task might well be of interest to you .
11 It might well be of concern to him , for example , if the content of a particular religion proved to be at odds with the ethical criteria he would associate himself with the concept of Truth .
12 So was he a captive of his name — as d'Arquebus might well be of his ?
13 The experiences of older drug addicts , for example , might well be of great influence in the education of young people and in the understanding of drug and other crime cultures .
14 If , in accordance with the view I have just expressed , such a person or firm were given the right to apply immediately the notice was served for it to be rescinded , this remedy might well be of no effect if a press notice was issued at the time of service of the intervention notice , as was done in this case .
15 Some of the transactions the Crown sought to rely on were not at arm 's length and might therefore be of no assistance , but there might be other transactions which had taken place between parties who were genuinely trying to strike an open market value , and there was no reason why such cases should be ignored .
16 A word or two about the company might therefore be of some interest .
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