Example sentences of "might [not/n't] [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All the same , they have to represent value for money , and while they might not score too highly under professional or even semi-professional scrutiny , they are certainly worth their asking price . |
| 2 | Austin McHale , Fisher 's main challenger for the Tarmac crown until he was forced out of the Ulster Rally , hinted that he might not appear again this season and , of course , is not listed among the entries for the Manx International in 10 days time . |
| 3 | Irwin eventually secured his capitulation by confessing to him that , as head of the government , with no guarantee that civil disobedience might not start again , he was unable to risk jeopardizing the morale of the police force . |
| 4 | Russian into business.Market stalls might not hold that much interest for the average Briton , but for Ekaterina Likhoda from Nizhni Tagil in the Russian Urals , ( see below , far right with South Wales Society president Paul Marshall — also pictured on the far left are Ekaterina 's interpreter , Olga Lewis , and Michelle Thomson , owner of the fruit stall ) it was all part of an unusual business-study trip arranged for her by the Institute 's General Practitioner Board . |
| 5 | Managers might not borrow as much as they should , on paper , if they want to retain a large reserve of borrowing power in case of problems . |
| 6 | But , since these paragraphs might not cover comprehensively all errors , paragraph ( h ) was added as a catch-all provision to cover any other errors . |
| 7 | If we lived in a society where such specialization had little significance , this difference might not matter However . |
| 8 | As far as the male is concerned , this might not matter too much were it not for the fact that some of these cases of NSU or ‘ pus cells in the urethra ’ may very well not be manifestations of infection . |
| 9 | This might not matter too much if they have read all the competition copy first , but it is a point to watch . |
| 10 | This might not matter so much in relation to a skill such as " estimating " as for a concept such as " area " or " place value " . |
| 11 | Well , there were precedents for such things ; and if ever a monarch might not rest peacefully in the Fields of Aarru , that man was Akhenaten . |
| 12 | He might not do much talking back himself . |
| 13 | On this definition , sexist language might not mean only expressions that exclude , insult or trivialise women , but also those that do the same thing to men . |
| 14 | Its President would be directly elected : for election he or she would have to receive at least 50 per cent of total votes cast nationally , andmoreover receive at least this percentage in a majority of states , and might not serve more than two consecutive five-year terms . |
| 15 | In an accident to a private , club or general aviation aircraft the number of investigators might not exceed just one operational and one engineering investigator , with a pathologist in the case of fatalities ; but the general process is broadly the same . |
| 16 | When he broke his neck and doctors said he might not race again , he discharged himself and was on the circuit again within seven weeks . |
| 17 | Were they to be realised , patronage might not disappear entirely but it would wither substantially as a result of being seen as increasingly unnecessary and underhand . |
| 18 | The past had not changed , so he might not change either . |
| 19 | ‘ Until I can reassure our workers I am a little concerned that Ho might — might not make as many friends as he would otherwise do . |
| 20 | ‘ What you want now you might not want tomorrow … ’ |
| 21 | Compromising , Theda found a piece of old blanket to place on the coverlet so that his hairs might not spread everywhere . |
| 22 | When Le Roux bought Norton Motors in 1987 with shareholder and bank money , he knew there was a risk the profit might not flow as quickly as hoped . |
| 23 | Looking back on that moment now , she felt it tremble before her , round and perfect as an overfull drip , and she caught her breath at the thought of its transitoriness , its shimmering beauty , and suddenly whispered to herself , ‘ I am happy , ’ as if she feared it might not last forever . |
| 24 | NORWICH need to find their touch in front of goal or their Premier League lead might not last much longer than the New Year celebrations . |
| 25 | It seemed to [ Judith ] that the emperor 's good physical condition might not last much longer , and his death would threaten danger to herself and to Charles unless they could win over one of Charles 's elder brothers to work with them , and they calculated that none of the emperor 's sons would fit this role so well as Lothar . |
| 26 | They might not compare favourably with the discovery of penicillin or the invention of the wheel but , at least for me , they have made the year more palatable : |
| 27 | ‘ I might not go just yet … ’ |
| 28 | If you use milk it might not go completely solid but you should still manage to get some lumps of frozen milk . |
| 29 | At one point , it seemed the Middlesbrough game might not go ahead because fire had badly damaged a stand and shotgun cartridges were found buried in the pitch . |
| 30 | But perhaps we might not go there again — for a while anyway . ’ |