Example sentences of "might not be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Degree course in EP — At present it might not be possible to justify a degree devoted wholly to EP but a twelve-module course covering the subjects listed in Section 4 , with considerable emphasis on the analytical content and on multimedia project work , would certainly justify the provision of a course covering the final two years of a degree course . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Coercion may well be an inherent part of the metaphoric process , but we may nevertheless ask whether it might not be possible to imagine a different type of metaphor , one that was truly interactive in a positive sense . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | However since the Convention does not specify that the acceptance be directed towards the treaty parties it might not be possible to regard it as a collateral agreement . |
| 6 | Yes : ‘ I wonder if it might not be helpful to make clear to a lay reader what precisely the connection was between Socrates and Plato . ’ |
| 7 | But he knew it was more likely that alien golden eagles would have taken it over and it might not be easy to win it back for his own . |
| 8 | The thought that the memory modules might not be standard began to enter my mind . |
| 9 | In any event it might not be worthwhile seeking an extension where the sum over the limit is relatively small . |
| 10 | As existing insurance institutions might not be keen to underwrite such a scheme without expecting their own profit from it , we think that the credit institutions themselves should explore the possibility of joining together to back a mutual non-profit credit insurance fund . |
| 11 | A formal party vote might not be necessary to remove him : senior members of his party might make it clear to the Prime Minister that he no longer had the confidence of the parliamentary party ( as , in a sense , happened with Churchill in 1955 ) , or the lack of support might become clear as the result of a Commons vote ( as in 1940 , when Chamberlain obtained a drastically-reduced majority in a vote of confidence ) . |
| 12 | There are occasions when teachers would want detailed feedback for diagnostic purposes or to evaluate their teaching , but an assessment scheme which is tightly based on a large number of criteria would compel teachers to work to them even when it might not be appropriate to do so . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Rab C , that one-man marketing campaign for pie suppers which shed more oil than grounded tankers , might not be impressed to hear that his local hospital in Govan has begun a crusade to offer patients and staff a healthier diet . |
| 15 | We have already seen that there is an argument which says that market controls deter abuse and that even when abuse does occur it might not be efficient to stamp it out . |
| 16 | An alternative view is that the accused is guilty only if he foresaw that he might not be able to redeem the article . |
| 17 | There was nothing he might not be able to do . |
| 18 | Especially if , mind you , he might not be able to do anything , it 's like I say you you 've got your hot water and it 's probably a job he can do better in the week , one night as long as he says it 's safe to use and you 're not gon na blow the tank up on yourself ! |
| 19 | With Therese — who might or might not be able to sing — tucked away into a thoroughly unsuitable but static role , and Ingrid struggling along opposite him , there would be nothing , but nothing , to remove attention from Gesner . |
| 20 | Suppose , for example , that your most recent life had been a particularly horrifying and traumatic one : you would not really want to experience it the first time you were regressed , as you might not be able to cope . |
| 21 | She might not be able to cope with Alain Lemarchand . |
| 22 | I smiled , benignly I hoped , wondering about laying a hand on head or shoulder but fearing I might not be able to carry it off . |
| 23 | On April 6th , unbeknown to the Hohenzollern Crown Prince , he was asking Crown Prince Rupprecht whether his Sixth Army might not be able to carry out a swift blow at Arras , against the British Army , whose anticipated ( by Falkenhayn ) relief attack had not yet materialised . |
| 24 | ‘ You know that when you sign a two-year agreement here you might not be able to see it out . |
| 25 | He believed they might not be able to see the scratches on his face or the vestiges of a black eye that way . |
| 26 | They crept , developing rudimentary arms with nasty , elongated fingers as they went , groping across the floor towards the two intruders , as if they might not be able to see , but might be able to feel or smell their way to Caspar and Fenella . |
| 27 | You might not be able to see all of this somebody will talk you through it . |
| 28 | She might not be able to see the dark chest hair which curled up towards his throat , but she could imagine it . |
| 29 | Your leg might not be able to go back very far to start with . |
| 30 | Er , I make the point I think that , erm , we should oppose the er , Deregulation Bill if it 's based on providing deregulation by Ministers , because I think that 's a constitutional point that is of great import , but the , the rest of it erm , are really sets of principles that I hope you 'd agree to , subject to amen amendment and dis discussion , because the information that we got is that the consultation period is going to be very tight indeed , and that it might not be able to go through the normal committee procedures in order to put things through erm , with er , proposals in that , er , in that respect . |