Example sentences of "might [not/n't] be [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The judge was told it might not be possible for the trial to take place if the officers ' identities were not protected . |
| 2 | Cases of this kind might not be altogether uncommon ; in a reasonable proportion of cases the distinction between legacy and trust might not be essential to the resolution of the dispute . |
| 3 | ‘ Shearer is only 21 and Blackburn might not be one of the glamour clubs , but they will be expecting an awful lot from him . ’ |
| 4 | Flavonia might not be one of the great powers , but still the name of Vallens had stood , for generations , as a shining example of honour , chivalry and known to all the world … |
| 5 | might not be one of the question in it as tag questions could be |
| 6 | Haldane also saw that there must be evolutionary conflicts between different levels of selection , that what was good for the individual might not be good for the species , what was good for a male might not be good for a female , and , above all , what was good for a gene might not be good for an individual . |
| 7 | ‘ You might not be far from the truth in that conjecture , ’ he told her mysteriously . |
| 8 | Although listed as present , Councillor B. Watts appears to have been silenced somehow and even the Mayor 's declared refusal to explain why the land might not be available to the Council appears to pass without his reaction . |
| 9 | An English solicitor might find it impossible to exercise the appropriate degree of supervision and control were the order to be executed abroad ; and a local agent acting on his behalf might not be subject to the disciplinary jurisdiction of the English court to which the Court also attached weight . |
| 10 | THE United States said yesterday that it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , but it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 11 | Meanwhile the United States said it was studying the possibility of parachuting relief supplies to civilians in Bosnia , though it emphasised that such an operation might not be successful in the rugged country . |
| 12 | ‘ It might not be popular with the fans but we 've got to do that to keep our noses in front . |
| 13 | However , with many LDCs suffering from external debt problems , the guarantee of a local bank might not be acceptable to the exporter 's bank . |