Example sentences of "might not [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Plainly Mr Major could not in 1990 have inherited a ‘ legacy of the recession ’ which had scarcely begun ( and which might not yet be dead ) . |
| 2 | The housekeeper 's request answered Belinda 's doubt that brother and sister might not yet be ready for an intrusion , and after adding a fourth almost transparent bone-china coffee-cup and saucer to the engraved silver tray , she carried it carefully through the series of open , interconnected rooms until she reached the veranda . |
| 3 | Police are now anxious to trace the buyers who might not yet realise the cars they are driving are stolen . |
| 4 | ‘ But the market is 4.5pc down on the year so far and it looks as though the light end of the market might not yet have bottomed out . ’ |
| 5 | And the traders themselves told us that , by calling weekly and establishing a personal relationship with their customers , they can rely on collecting debts from people who might not reliably send off payments , say to an H P firm . |
| 6 | The problem in a nutshell is whether particular forms of scientific and religious commitment might not separately depend on ulterior forces of social and economic change . |
| 7 | ANYBODY casting a pantomime this Christmas might not instantly consider Margaret Thatcher for the role of Cinderella or Douglas Hurd in the part of Buttons . |
| 8 | It is also seen as a way in to paid CAB work for black workers who might not normally be economically able to volunteer but through circumstances beyond their control find that they have no choice . |
| 9 | Clearly there may well be more than an element of exaggeration in this insistence , but it makes more sense if we accept their view that a great many features of literature that might not normally be recognized , at least at first sight , as terms of a comparison , nonetheless have a metaphorical or analogical function . |
| 10 | ‘ Such a sight might not altogether displease me , but I certainly would n't find it amusing . |
| 11 | They might not positively help the IRA but they 're not , properly speaking , innocent . |
| 12 | This led George Klein , of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden , to suggest ( Nature , vol 294 , p 213 ) that these translocations might not just activate the antibody genes on the normal rearranged DNA — they might also activate a proto-oncogene on chromosome 8 . |
| 13 | However , much publicised defections from the 88000 camp have thrown the future of the part as a mainstream CPU product into doubt , and observers are wondering whether NeXT might not just hotfoot it straight to the IBM-Apple-Motorola PowerPC . |
| 14 | It would n't enter his head that I might not just kill Vecchi out of hand . |
| 15 | ‘ Fit leadership , ’ he repeated as though the word ‘ fit ’ might not just be what the Medical Officer looked for . |
| 16 | Well , I might not just want it there . |
| 17 | I mean , probably yo you know , I do n't know , probably next year , might not just be one case , there might be two or three cases of that . |
| 18 | So the theory might not well work out in prac practice . |
| 19 | There is no reason to suppose that they might not also be swayed to reject the existence of God because of particular events or even of particular arguments . |
| 20 | In the course of explaining his various duties to Virginia Woolf he confessed that he seemed to be turning into an " Old Buffer " and wondered if he might not also be guilty of humbug . |
| 21 | There is not space to discuss here even briefly the many controversial issues raised in the literature on corporatism , but in so far as territorial politics are concerned , it must be observed that even if there was or is a trend towards greater centralisation of political representation , this does not at all mean that there might not also be a functional deconcentration towards the periphery in specific cases . |
| 22 | You might not exactly be able to pack up all your troubles in an old kit bag , but if your rally bag is n't packed you will have trouble . |
| 23 | This was something else … and whilst it might not exactly be welcome , the results would certainly be interesting . |
| 24 | Qualities that might generate and recoup excellent work in the classroom ( including , for instance , risk-taking , creativity , originality , the valuing of independence and initiative , a questioning and critical approach , etc. , none of which appear on the DES 's own list ) might not most endear new teachers to their colleagues ; and qualities like ‘ tidy appearance ’ that may be essential for staffroom acceptance may be relatively unimportant to children . |
| 25 | This is especially important during the first few weeks of pregnancy when you might not even know you are pregnant . |
| 26 | Some observers then thought he might not even survive that long . |
| 27 | ‘ He might not even have touched her . |
| 28 | Skinner might not even have been there . |
| 29 | In time there is no reason why some areas might not even aspire to the status of nature reserve . |
| 30 | Why else would there be the persistent stories that the IB might not even make £3 million out of the 1991 competition ? |