Example sentences of "might be [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | There might be plenty of profit for each division ( motivation ) but decisions could be poor as fixed costs and profit are mistaken for variable costs . |
2 | If this is the case do n't immediately reach for the reset or on/off button because there might be nothing at all wrong . |
3 | It might be nothing at all . |
4 | When should you tell Mountain Rescue that you think there might be somebody in danger ? |
5 | ‘ Yes , I know , but I thought there might be one off the MD 's office . |
6 | Family friend Pete Harkins said yesterday : ‘ Chances of a match for Paul might be one in 50,000 . |
7 | There might be one in the desk or out in the , in the there used to be . |
8 | There might be something about women on boats … |
9 | It might be something about blending with the efficient American women he had seen around the city or it might be a feeling of exile . |
10 | Mr Antonio Matarrese , head of the Italian Olympic Committee , suggested that having the match in Sardinia might be something of a blessing . |
11 | If you do not weigh yourself for a month , finding a 4 lb ( about 2 kg ) gain might be something of a surprise . |
12 | Discipline entirely without tears might be something of a pious hope ; but the right approach to discipline can minimize the ‘ griefs ’ experienced by children ( and adults ) in the course of developing into mature members of society ( or mature and confident parents ) . |
13 | It might be something of a race , then , once the Scots were in sight and it was perceived that they were going to cross , with ten thousand horsemen to get over . |
14 | The man might be something of a bounder , dispatching young Geoffrey every afternoon to that bookie in the Nelson Arms , not to mention the way he tapped his cigarettes on his thumbnail , but he was , after all , a favourite of Rose Lipman . |
15 | So it would seem safe to assume that life as a gay priest might be something of a tortured path — if not a contradiction in terms . |
16 | And if Orrie had not already tramped all over it this morning , since his discovery , nosing out the signs of trespass , there just might be something to be found . |
17 | I was just thinking there might be something to that tale Ralf told last night , if the monks need an escort to move their flocks . ’ |
18 | I think there might be something at home nan . |
19 | What struck Michael was , the enquiry was humble — as though religion might be something worth knowing about . |
20 | It was the traditional fare and they had agreed it might be something worth trying . |
21 | I thought there might be something worth finding . ’ |
22 | it might be something worth pulling kids out of . |
23 | When she was 22 , Hazel consulted a doctor who felt that her illness might be something in her diet or environment , rather than a psychosomatic problem . |
24 | Yet Mrs Thatcher 's later experiences , most notably during the poll tax rebellions , suggested there might be something in the Pym theory of majorities . |
25 | This is a pity , because the few scientists who have gone into the matter in rigorous detail have concluded that there at least might be something in it . |
26 | there might be something in it yes |
27 | ‘ Because there might be something in there that — ’ |
28 | Despite himself , Dougal began to wonder if there might be something in it . |
29 | George thought there might be something in this . |
30 | Still , ’ he conceded reflectively , ‘ there might be something in what you say . |