Example sentences of "might [be] made [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hub , bearings and rims of otherwise wooden wheels might be made of iron . |
| 2 | Mention might be made of four other special rules relating to the involvement of vulnerable persons in sexual activity . |
| 3 | It was perhaps precisely because both sovereigns were well aware of the criticisms which might be made of their Court that in order to fulfil their public roles in accordance with the aims which they had set themselves , they worked to make of it a thing of great splendour . |
| 4 | Something here might be made of your Fairy 's legendary rootedness in veritable castles and genuine agricultural reform — one of the queerest aspects of her story , to a modern mind . |
| 5 | Finally , in this small sample , a note might be made of the £520 paid for the Descriptive Bibliography of the Books Printed at the Ashendene Press 1895–1935 , published in an edition of 390 copies signed by C. H. St. J. Hornby . |
| 6 | The drill might be made of wood or bronze , using sand or emery , imported from Naxos , as an abrasive . |
| 7 | Among the few notable and recent examples of reforming leadership within prison systems , mention might be made of H.H. Brydensholt in Denmark , Hans Tulkens in The Netherlands , Ken Schoen in Minnesota and , with respect to youth prison systems , Jerome Miller in Massachusetts . |
| 8 | Alternatively something of a ritual might be made of inviting friends round to watch a particular programme . |
| 9 | Do n't worry about items in a collection being too similar — a collection of ducks , for example , might be made of wood , iron , china , plaster , stuffed fabric , bright , dull , plain or patterned . |
| 10 | Some mention might be made of possible defences under such circumstances . |
| 11 | However , in order to avoid frustrating the purpose of the order the court imposed conditions upon the use which might be made of the affidavits sworn in compliance with the order . |
| 12 | The educational project within Club 403 aimed to investigate what education could offer a residential view data service and to discover what use might be made of Prestel in schools and colleges . |
| 13 | To all such approaches to the uses of speech , a strong objection might be made along the following lines : rather than look for a series of static functions or contextual parameters , one should attend directly to the single most important dynamic context of language use , namely conversation , or face-to-face interaction . |
| 14 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 15 | A fall-back plan , if the opening attack failed to take the Isle of Wight , called for the combined fleet to anchor in Torbay , from which raids might be made on the Channel Islands and Plymouth . |
| 16 | However , having heard argument , I am satisfied that the order of Saville J. was provisional only and was subject to any further order that might be made on further material being placed before the court . |
| 17 | Both Britain and France found difficulty in obtaining sufficient volunteers for their fleets , partly because the wages they offered their sailors compared very poorly with what could be obtained by service on a merchantman , and still more so with what might be made on a successful privateer . |
| 18 | New shares are applied for on the expectation that the issue will be underpriced and hence a profit might be made on the difference between the immediate market price and the issue or striking price . |
| 19 | Consider a fictitious part that might be made on them in order to go through the network . |
| 20 | Penn , Topham , Burgess and Benezek were asked to deal with any proposals that might be made to the committee regarding a building that would be suitable as a hospital , and Messrs Shepperson and Reynolds of Oxford Street were appointed ( for what immediate purpose is not clear ) booksellers and stationers to the institution . |
| 21 | Reference might be made to East European countries where the structure of society and the public library 's function in that society is somewhat different to the Western world . |
| 22 | When the situation became intolerable an attempt might be made to undergird or frap the ship by passing cables under the hull as St Paul describes in the Acts of the Apostles . |
| 23 | Can you foresee any circumstances when an exception might be made to this rule ? |
| 24 | Alternatively payment might be made to the head of the department concerned , or money might be spent not so much in buying the office itself as on the influence necessary for securing it . |
| 25 | This shows that in 1986 the judges , with the concurrence of the Inns , resolved and confirmed that from 1987 disciplinary powers over barristers should be exercised in accordance with the provisions of that constitution and that no alteration might be made to the power or composition of disciplinary tribunals without the consent of the Lord Chief Justice . |
| 26 | A number of obvious objections might be made to explanations of this kind ( Cameron and Coates 1985 ; Coates 1986 ) . |
| 27 | Drastic alterations might be made to eligibility criteria , assessments either not carried out or not acted upon , and the sight of all those solicitors that the SSI is so worried about sharpening their quills and dusting off their judicial review procedures . |
| 28 | Why are they resisting those arguments , or seeing them as concessions that might be made during negotiations ? |
| 29 | It is useful to return to the earlier typology of hazards ( Fig. 10.1 ) and to stress the links that might be made between those working on natural hazards and those working in the socio-economic domains . |
| 30 | An initial distinction might be made between communes with and those without a railway station . |