Example sentences of "might [adv] have [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps therefore Edward 's claim was not as strong in principle as has sometimes been suggested , and if accepted in 1328 it might eventually have been subject to challenge by sons born to other Capetian females . |
| 2 | Tocqueville 's Democracy in America is , as has been noted , essentially a study of American society , and one commentator has even suggested that it might better have been called Equality in America . |
| 3 | I wonder if deep down that peppery gentleman 's irritation might perhaps have been due to fear that once the gaff about whisky not being suitable for the kitchen was blown the master 's bottle would no longer be quite sacrosanct . |
| 4 | Having ignored her for forty minutes whilst they failed to answer questions about Amy to which she might know the answer , Theodora might perhaps have been forgiven for telling them nothing . |
| 5 | The result might perhaps have been different if the money was in a collecting box . |
| 6 | Thus , the byrnies of 1008 might alone have been worth £50,000 — £60,000 , a greater sum than any hitherto paid to the raiders . |
| 7 | What Eileen had done , of course , when she reached the stage in her life when she might naturally have been considering starting a family , was subconsciously to ‘ invent ’ her illness in order that she might be spared the horrors of it all . |
| 8 | In case ( a ) , it could be concluded that equilibrium in the balance of payments might only have been accomplished with the existing policies by accepting higher levels of unemployment . |
| 9 | The French had obviously suffered a debâcle but , in itself , the opening up of the frontier with China might only have been a prelude to Chinese invasion and ensuing catastrophe . |
| 10 | It might only have been the light reflected from his costume , yet once again he seemed embarrassed by her presence . |
| 11 | He confessed that he might inadvertently have been guilty of the second on occasion and freely admitted to taking gifts of the third kind , which he regarded as entirely permissible . |
| 12 | It could 've been any doctor , and it might not 've been a stethoscope . |
| 13 | Had the National Government stuck to its professed intentions and dissolved , after about six weeks , into its component parts , with the ensuing general election bring fought by the parties , the political landscape might not have been changed as much as in fact it was . |
| 14 | It might not have been near them , of course , but it was so big they 'll likely have heard of it . ’ |
| 15 | In fact , the alternative course open to the Church Commissioners of demolition of the building and sale of the site might not have been easily pursued , had they chosen to adopt that route . |
| 16 | THE New Zealanders might not have been unduly impressive in the early part of their tour but they have played some exhilarating football at the end , completing their final match against a club side with an emphatic victory , 44-20 , over Featherstone Rovers at Post Office Road last night . |
| 17 | ‘ But if you were Penelope Huntley you might not have been consoled by the thought that your children would inherit after Miss Morgan 's death . ’ |
| 18 | Half those questioned had not heard of SERPS — which might not have been surprising had it not been that most were members of it . |
| 19 | Perkin had always been presumed to be busy in his workshop , and yet there were hours and days when he might not have been , when Mackie was out of the house seeing to the horses . |
| 20 | Even if he 'd been rushed straight to hospital , they might not have been able to save him . |
| 21 | With a painter father and a musician mother , it might not have been easy to decide in which artistic direction to steer the young Sylvestra . |
| 22 | Had the recession been staved off for longer , support for the Scottish Nationalists — now at 31 p.c. in the polls and only seven points behind Labour — might not have been as strong . |
| 23 | Interviewed last night on Channel 4 News , Mr Major also conceded that the Conservatives might not have been ‘ sensitive enough ’ to some of the concerns in Scotland . |
| 24 | Halfway through this advertisement , I started worrying about whether it might not have been intended as a joke . |
| 25 | When contemplating the history of the palazzo you have to wonder whether there might not have been some truth in an ancient prophecy made at the time when Alessi began work on the building . |
| 26 | Any body found within the boundaries of the City is mine , regardless of where they might or might not have been killed . |
| 27 | In earlier days , even that formality might not have been necessary for a contract . |
| 28 | He preferred to think of it as a meaningful social comment , which it certainly was not , otherwise the dialogue and plot might not have been so banal . |
| 29 | While they might not have been popular with the depot staff , the crews and passengers loved them . |
| 30 | Perhaps a surgeon might normally have chosen somewhere with a little more style , but a young and newly-admitted man might not have been able to afford anything better . |