Example sentences of "might not be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We might enter the room and sing our greeting accompanied by a few dance steps , but ask yourself whether the message might not be obliterated by the way our actions would be interpreted . |
| 2 | The conversation between group members often reveals ideas that might not be expressed in other circumstances . |
| 3 | That she might not be thinking of them , but simply indulging herself , is the only factor in the situation that would worry me at all . ’ |
| 4 | Next is Aled Williams of Bridgend , whose consistency in domestic matches , which might not be transferred to internationals , should have earned him more than a replacement honour ( out of position ) against Namibia in 1990 . |
| 5 | i have not heard of a similar setup at least — the only player who is remincent in norway of flo and almost as good in the air has been out injured this season so the setup has not been tried and maybe never will — at least it shows that coach Egil ‘ Drillo ’ Olsen — thinks — which might not be said of Mr Turnip . |
| 6 | Additionally , Weber emphasised in his essay ‘ Class , Status and Party ’ ( see Gerth and Mills , 1948 ) that inequality in society might not be based on economic relations at all , but on prestige or on political power , mobilised through a party . |
| 7 | If it had , where was it , what jewels of information about Ash 's ‘ ignored , arcane , deviously perspicuous meanings ’ might not be revealed by it ? |
| 8 | She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school . |
| 9 | However , radical governments , such as that elected in 1979 , might not be swayed by such considerations . |
| 10 | No matter how well experience goes , it is only able to confirm a non-observation sentence in the light of the theory that surrounds it ; alter the theory , and the non-observation sentence might not be confirmed by experience at all . |
| 11 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 12 | If the information is accidentally overheard or intercepted in circumstances where the owner of the information utters it or transmits it by insecure means ( for example , by telling someone in a crowded room or by transmitting the information by a public telecommunications system ) an obligation of confidence might not be imposed on the person obtaining the information in this manner . |
| 13 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 14 | ‘ Kaiserslautern are experienced and might not be troubled by the atmosphere , but what will bother them is the type of football we are playing , ’ he added , referring to the game against Blackburn and the 7–1 Coca-Cola Cup thrashing of Leicester . |
| 15 | but you might not be liked at the end of it |
| 16 | I assured him we were only asking Mr Evans one or two questions that might or might not be connected with the case . |
| 17 | But then I thought this might not be understood by many people , and also , by the time it got to the Augean Bulls and the Birds of Stymphalus , it would be a little recondite for people like Terry Coleman . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ The result is : ( 1 ) That this Act does not necessarily require anything to be done under it which might not be done without causing a nuisance ; ( 2 ) That as to those things which may or may not be under it , there is no evidence on the face of the Act that the legislature supposed it to be impossible for any of them to be done ( if they were done at all ) somewhere and under some circumstances , without creating a nuisance ; and ( 3 ) That the legislature has manifested no intention that any of these optional powers , as to asylums , should be exercised at the expense of , or so as to interfere with , any man 's private rights . |
| 19 | If granted , taxation is carried out on the ‘ indemnity basis ’ but it is presumed that the costs ( a ) have been reasonably incurred , if they were incurred with the express or implied approval of the client ; ( b ) have been reasonable in amount , if their amount was expressly or impliedly approved by the client ; ( c ) have been unreasonably incurred , if in the circumstances of the case they are of an unusual nature , unless the solicitor satisfies the taxing officer that prior to their being incurred the client was informed that they might not be allowed on taxation of costs . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm a copywriter at Grantham and Marsh — a top London advertising agency , ’ she responded coolly , finding it unnecessary to add that , because of the recession at present affecting the advertising world generally , her job might not be waiting for her on her return ! |
| 21 | As Cumings observes , this was open to the interpretation that trusteeship might not be proceeded with at the end of the day . |
| 22 | But it is worth asking , nevertheless , whether the old and the new might not be rooted in the same set of facts . |
| 23 | If he could weight Newley 's body and roll it into the pond , the ice would seal it off for days ; it might not be found for months , if no one dragged the pond . |
| 24 | He might not be found for days , ( BUC L24 1080 6 ) |
| 25 | As the authors point out , colour is not usually the most important aspect of a dream , and , similarly , might not be mentioned in accounts of events in everyday life . |
| 26 | Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used . |
| 27 | Digging might not be classed as essential training , but he 'd been sent on attachment to learn all about real soldiering . |
| 28 | You might not be going through an easy time emotionally or materially but all the dramatic sagas now unfolding will eventually come together to produce and excellent outcome . |
| 29 | I 'm actually , I 'm quite high on as theorist as well and I like to write everything out in full and I clear structures and if I go to training sessions and they 're all over the place , it 's such a in about five minutes and I have to say hang on a minute it might not be structured in the way that you like it but you can actually learn from it . |
| 30 | Even though the specific predictions of Engels might not be endorsed by modern anthropologists they would nearly all subscribe to the general thesis that as political and economic conditions change , so will marriage and the family change , and this conclusion is apparently still seen as shocking . |