Example sentences of "might be [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany argued that a member state might legitimately adopt appropriate criteria with regard to the grant of flag rights in order to safeguard the objectives of the Community system of fishing quotas ; it considered that , if necessary , the criteria adopted to that end might be contrary to the E.E.C . |
| 2 | Do the assumptions of heads have to attach less weight than might be reasonable to , for instance , a colleague 's attitude of reluctance ? |
| 3 | Other factors , which might be contributory to hypercholesterolaemia in diabetics , include increased VLDL levels which contain a small amount of cholesterol , and a diet , high in total and saturated fat , that was previously employed in the treatment of diabetes . |
| 4 | What I had n't expected was the reaction we got here today which is that erm whilst there are smiling dis , he 's smiling now , there are smiling districts who might be pleased to be named as areas in which a major exception might be accommodated and I had n't expected the others would like a bit of it if there was one going too . |
| 5 | If we were to seek an explanation in the fact that Gandhi , as we have seen , does not equate ahi sā with non-killing and notes the distinction between ahi sā and hi sā by indicating that hi sā means killing from motives of anger or selfishness and ahi sā means refraining from so doing , then it might be possible to be a believer in ahi sā and yet kill , provided the killing is not prompted by angry or selfish motives and is performed with detachment as one 's duty . |
| 6 | I wanted to let you know of this initiative because I thought it might be possible to : |
| 7 | Furthermore , if resources permit , it might be possible to also examine one of the telecommunications-related projects organised by the Ministry of International Trade and Industry which will contribute to the development of the broader digital network system . |
| 8 | He had n't registered the two-tone scream of the car-alarm ; in much the same way , a countryman might be deaf to the cry of a rooster . |
| 9 | Structural features of perception , he suggests , might be accessible to objective description even though qualitative aspects are not . |
| 10 | In the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries this cursive italic style gained ground as an alternative to secretary , although as Hector says ( op cit ) , ‘ By 1600 it was being written with such magnificent disregard of any calligraphical rules that it might be illegible to the writer 's contemporaries and compatriots . ’ |
| 11 | Hence the cost of achieving one QALY for renal dialysis might be equal to 19 hip replacements or 190 preventive advice sessions on smoking by GPs . |
| 12 | Worried that his brother might be close to a nervous collapse , he refrained from spelling it out bluntly , but what it amounted to was this : Do n't kick the bourgeois while they are still feeding you . |
| 13 | water and what it does , it might be nice to just look at that to finish it off , so that if |
| 14 | I thought it might be nice to — ’ ‘ What do you want — my bloody autograph ? |
| 15 | Jenny might well have other plans , besides the vague ones she had mentioned and , in any case , a shared home at Thrush Green might be abhorrent to her . |
| 16 | This wine , made by the Champagne house of Mumm , but in the Napa Valley in California , is made from the classic Champagne grapes , Chardonnay and Pinot Noir , and while the California sun gives riper flavours than you might be used to , there is poise , a rich creamy mousse and a soft , smooth taste . |
| 17 | ‘ But being a woman and not able to inherit , I suppose she might be used to being a second string . |
| 18 | It was already clear how the camera might be used to measure area — by simply counting pixels seen at an ‘ appropriate ’ illumination level and exposure . |
| 19 | Put him in a coach now and by morning Russell might be used to being close to white people again . |
| 20 | Apart from anything else , we were terrified by what Mrs Thatcher would say ; there were British people on board and her response might be crucial to their survival , as well as John 's . |
| 21 | It might be apparent to you from a description of marketing research techniques that many of these techniques depend on comparisons between different countries . |
| 22 | The first question is whether a disposition sub modo in favour of a public or religious purpose might be subject to special protection , and might therefore be enforced directly . |
| 23 | But recently the policy of the BLR&DD has demanded more cost-recovery in its grants and the free aspects of the clearinghouse 's services might be subject to review . |
| 24 | The words which do not appear in other lists fall into several important groups : signs relevant to deaf culture , signs which might be subject to borrowing by languages in contact , signs where compounding is likely to occur , number and colour terms . |
| 25 | The collective " she " is presented in this list as if a natural immutable category , ruling out the possibility either of individual traits or of conditions explaining any of the points on the list which might be subject to change . |
| 26 | L. , 1985 ) , Lord Diplock put forward three grounds upon which decisions might be subject to control by judicial review . |
| 27 | Firms issuing false certificates might be subject to lawsuits , but these are expensive . |
| 28 | Such a child might be subject to a rehabilitation period of ten years — the same period as for an adult sentenced to from six months ' to thirty months ' imprisonment , the longest period covered by the Act . |
| 29 | Mitsotakis rejected an Albanian request that the Cams should be allowed to return to Greece and reclaim property there , telling an Albanian journalist that although compensation for property might be subject to negotiation , the Cams had left as war criminals and international law on this subject should be observed . |
| 30 | A multiplicity of jurisdictions , dependent in part on where one lived , meant that a man might be subject to different courts for different reasons . |