Example sentences of "they might be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , and we 've got part of this linked in with the stuff you might have done on Sapir-Wharf Hypothesis in the sense that er people talk about different things because they might be relevant to their actual lives . |
| 2 | If children did n't pour out all their bad feelings in one go , they might be grumpy and irritable all the time . |
| 3 | Bardul uses this chamber to store an amazing range of things which he has picked up over the years in the hope that one day they might be useful . |
| 4 | Other comments ( from other authors ) that you find interesting and that look as if they might be useful can go down in the blank spaces . |
| 5 | They 're aluminium , but they might be useful . |
| 6 | His dogs looked as if they might be dangerous and so Coetzee reached for a tried and tested method for solving the problem — strychnine . |
| 7 | They might be shocked if they realized their destructive influence on those they meet Last night I was at a social gathering . |
| 8 | They might be nice . ’ |
| 9 | One reason is that the commercial transaction test seems to go too far ; many transactions which will be generally regarded as perfectly legitimate forms of investment , are entered into solely , or at least predominantly , for tax reasons , and I think it would be wrong to suggest that they might be taxable for that reason alone . |
| 10 | For example , if they failed to arrange for a minor repair in the science labs and a pupil was hurt as a result , they might be guilty of a safety offence . |
| 11 | They might be total strangers and they think Where ? |
| 12 | Bring your bathing-suit , just in case — in case anyone looks as though they might be drowning , ’ he finished , toning down the severity of his voice with one of his enigmatic smiles . |
| 13 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 14 | The evolution of sculpture through the sixth century , however , makes it hard to date the figures we are now considering before 600 and they might be well after . |
| 15 | because they might be applicable . |
| 16 | And when they 've got a sell-out crowd singing along , you wonder if they might be right . |
| 17 | ‘ Sometimes they might be sad things , sometimes happy . |
| 18 | It suggested that they might be unaware of the difference between feral and wildcats , or unaware of the law . |
| 19 | Pink ( as their name suggests ) , elongated , covered with nobbles and excrescences , they might be anatomical specimens : barely mentionable organs , far gone with some disgusting disease . |
| 20 | ‘ The dragons might be there ; they might be real and they might be every bit as vicious as I 'd imagined , but I 'm a human being ; so was Adolf Hitler and he killed millions of people ! |
| 21 | Just as well , for with the state the country was in people would be wary of a stranger who 'd come knocking on their door at an hour when they might be warm and snug at the gates of dreamland . |
| 22 | On the other hand , they might be reasonable . |
| 23 | The statements can be from other children in the class or they might be standard scientific explanations . |
| 24 | Mr and Mrs Chambers were more like proxy parents than servants ; they might be upset at his sending back so much food . |
| 25 | Perhaps they might be good for you after all ? |
| 26 | ‘ They might be available — but someone else will sign them . |
| 27 | Just point out that they might be redundant and |
| 28 | Advertisements may range in size from a small window notice to a massive hoarding ; they vary in purpose from a bus stop sign to the demand to buy a certain make of detergent ; they could be situated alongside a cathedral , in a busy shopping street , or in a particularly beautiful rural setting ; they might be pleasant or obnoxious to look at ; they might be temporary or permanent ; and so on . |
| 29 | Some banks are already reported to be refusing to repossess land that is polluted or contaminated , on the grounds that they might be obliged to pay the costs of cleaning up the property . |
| 30 | Certainly , if convertability did not exist , few would accept the notes of banks if there existed the chance that they might be worthless in future years . |