Example sentences of "might [not/n't] be [adj] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Holmes J. recognised that it might not be possible to establish the forfeiture without quo warranto but considered that even before or until such a proceeding the effect of the clause upon the plaintiffs ' business could be serious , and ( 2 ) the incurring of a penalty which would continue to accrue and accumulate pending litigation should the plaintiffs ultimately fail . |
| 2 | This practice is inconvenient , and comparison with Community regulations ( or , for that matter , with British secondary legislation ) prompts the question whether it might not be possible to reduce the use of separate commencement orders for Acts of Parliament . |
| 3 | The point was long in doubt , and there may have been reasons for thinking that it might not be appropriate to extend the obligation to measures adopted before a directive existed . |
| 4 | An alternative view is that the accused is guilty only if he foresaw that he might not be able to redeem the article . |
| 5 | He believed they might not be able to see the scratches on his face or the vestiges of a black eye that way . |
| 6 | She might not be able to see the dark chest hair which curled up towards his throat , but she could imagine it . |
| 7 | c ) You might not be able to assemble the furniture correctly so it will not be as strong as it should be . |
| 8 | At Cannington itself the first informal session was so full that the inquiry organizers told us afterwards they were concerned that the balcony might not be able to sustain the weight . |
| 9 | She might not be able to produce the required number of sons or she might produce only daughters or she might even be childless . |
| 10 | They might not be able to engineer the financial structure to make demerger possible in 1993 . ’ |
| 11 | we might not be able to find the square root of sixteen , but whatever it is , it is a number . |
| 12 | I knew that one day I might be asked to walk on the edge of knives like the little mermaid , and was afraid that I might not be able to bear the pain . |
| 13 | Many pre-Keynesian quantity theorists — most notably Irving Fisher — would have shuddered at the prospect of a prolonged bout of price deflation : the financial system might not be able to bear the strain . |
| 14 | Interest received from the borrower over the six months might not be sufficient to cover the bank 's own interest costs on deposits . |
| 15 | A trade usage that had changed since the rule was originally written might not be sufficient to alter the rule directly , but would change the factual matrix within which the rule was to be construed . |
| 16 | She remembered uneasily one or two scenes with Finn , and wondered whether , in battles with a loved one , it might not be advisable to suppress the cutting edge of one 's cleverness . |