Example sentences of "might [not/n't] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Overall , the unit is really simple and straightforward to use , but there 's no doubt that if you have difficulties with the volume and tone knobs on a Jazz bass , then you might not suss the Decimax right away . |
| 2 | But a case which is of enormous embarrassment to sport may not yet be over and the International Amateur Athletic Federation might not regard the matter as closed . |
| 3 | It might not boast the Dreaming Spires of its illustrious near neighbour , but now Swindon hopes it too can become a distinguished seat of learning . |
| 4 | In other words , we might not throw the baby out with the bath water , but we might keep so much water in the bath , the baby drowns . |
| 5 | This is not to say that a statute might not assign the relative meaning of ‘ if X , ’ as between courts and tribunals , differently in diverse areas . |
| 6 | UK Fire Certificates might say hotels must have a warning system but might not specify the means , Mr Kidd said . |
| 7 | I might not fit the breed standard , but who knows ? |
| 8 | The assistance which they continued to seek from Austria might not tip the scales in their favour . |
| 9 | Yesterday , two months after the concert , the Labour-controlled council warned that it might not renew the society 's grant . |
| 10 | Recently one bank , Mitsui Taiyo Kobe International , warned it might not satisfy the Bank of International Settlements ' capital requirements . |
| 11 | to the third year and I might not do the fourth year . |
| 12 | I might not reach the telephone , or I might be unable to dial a number , the doctor might be out … . |
| 13 | Products in one country might not serve the same function as the same product in a different country . |
| 14 | Having slipped in this normative bias , Plekhanov goes on to consider whether a series of accidents might not change the course of history . |
| 15 | Iran expressed strong reservations about some aspects of the draft , and a number of other governments , among them China , Pakistan and several Arab countries , also hinted that they might not sign the treaty , the product of 24 years of protracted negotiations which had often been deadlocked by Cold War rivalry . |
| 16 | This is a shot worth practising because it takes confidence to know you can hit this shot quite hard and the ball still might not pass the flag . |
| 17 | Giving banks and building societies the right to handle conveyancing might not make the service cheaper , but the competition should mean that it was done better . |
| 18 | Although librarians might not make the mistake of viewing selection as censorship , amongst the general public * might be difficult to make the distinction given the sensational and mischievous coverage given to some alleged library censorship in the media . |
| 19 | Julia felt she might not make the end of the week if this went on . |
| 20 | ‘ Even with respect to the equality issue there will still only be a difference of degree ; the Conservatives might not want the income distribution to become far less equal than it is , and the Labour Party might not want complete equality of income distribution . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I want to avoid creating ivory towers that might not benefit the coalface , ’ he says . |
| 22 | But if you were to say ‘ I believe so ’ or ‘ I doubt it ’ , we might not prepare the meal but we could hardly plan to go elsewhere until we had heard from you more definitely . |
| 23 | And marriage is the only state which affords women some measure of protection under law , which is why many women insist on it even when they suspect their relationship might not last the distance . |
| 24 | The popular Scot might not relish the thought of another 10 months on the road , but at least he departs his home in the West of Scotland secure in the knowledge that he has overcome the chronic putting problems which at one time threatened to end his career . |
| 25 | Further , he would also require some very heavy and unwieldy equipment , including siege engines ; even these might not bring the desired success . |
| 26 | Further fuel is added to the great debate of ‘ full body versus sit harness ’ by the description of improvised chest harnesses which might not earn the unqualified approval of every European mountain guide . |
| 27 | This is time-consuming , often kills the specimen and , in any case , raises the question of whether the staining itself might not affect the very phenomenon being studied . |
| 28 | Pictures showing unruly behaviour or empty benches might not enhance the reputation of the House . |
| 29 | New Scientist kept its head in the euphoria and asked whether the sight of technological weapons being used to kill people might not give the public pause for thought about the amounts of money spent on military R&D , the largest consumer of research money and still growing . |
| 30 | Since the infra-red reflectance is strongly linked to the presence of water it was thought possible that unfiltered readings might not show the same decline — since to the eye at least the area does not decline until the onset of withering , which occurs only at a much later stage . |