Example sentences of "might not [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 32 | The moral of the story might not be lost on today 's Greens : that human beings create their own misery by betraying the gift of the apple tree — the gift of nature . |
| 33 | 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 . |
| 34 | Even if both agreed the issue might not be withdrawn if the tribunal objected . |
| 35 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 36 | ‘ 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 . |
| 37 | but you might not be liked at the end of it |
| 38 | I assured him we were only asking Mr Evans one or two questions that might or might not be connected with the case . |
| 39 | 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 . ’ |
| 40 | All the regular attenders were there : the Yorkes , glossy as newly-painted furniture ; the Fords , sending darting glances round the congregation to see if anyone was missing ; the Shergolds , sitting in their usual place near the door in the pew where Melissa had come upon Eleanor the previous day , Rodney with his normal air of self-importance that might or might not be hiding an inner anxiety , his wife pale and twitchy as she pulled off her gloves to turn the pages of her hymnbook . |
| 41 | Arts teachers are also not seen as helping their own cause in as much as classroom practices in the arts might not be living up to the expectations of other professional staff . |
| 42 | He 'd often hear a mention of hostages on the early news he picked up from Radio Monte Carlo or VOA that might not be repeated later in the day . |
| 43 | Is there any guarantee that this situation might not be repeated er a year from hence ? |
| 44 | But the British professional classes had been examined by the academic team of Lewis and Maude in 1952 , who found cause for concern that taxation had reduced the differentials between the professions to such an extent that they feared their quality might not be maintained . |
| 45 | And then , unless they had sufficient funds to buy several stocks , they might not be spreading their investment sufficiently . |
| 46 | I was wondering if he might not be asked out a bit more . |
| 47 | ‘ 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 . |
| 48 | On the other hand the United States should not write off in advance certain parts of Asia to communism without examining what might or might not be done . |
| 49 | And I said or shall I it might not be done then I said so I 'll have to air them . |
| 50 | GLOUCESTERSHIRE 's new acting manager and senior coach , Eddie Barlow , last night met the county 's former skipper David Graveney , due to lead the rebel tour of South Africa , and told him he feared the tour fixtures might not be completed . |
| 51 | ‘ The people wearing Hard Yakka now might not be wearing it in 1994 , but the product has a wider appeal than a fickle , professionally-trendy minority . ’ |
| 52 | She realised she might not be helping her cause , but it was satisfying to get the anger off her chest . |
| 53 | A secure soloist , it is implied , might not be given much guidance . |
| 54 | The Bula Hurdle at Cheltenham on December 12 would be considered as an alternative if Morley Street were to miss Ascot , otherwise he might not be seen out before the Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown on January 31 . |
| 55 | It may be argued that such distinctions between what machines can do and what only humans can do are of merely temporary interest , since in principle there is nothing that a human can do that a machine might not be devised , some day , to do . |
| 56 | A self-portrait and a portrait by Jean-Baptiste Greuze were bought in at a sale held at Drouot by Laurin-Guilloux-Buffetaud-Tailleur on 10 March after French museum authorities notified the auction firm the same day that the first work might not be allowed to leave the country . |
| 57 | Some of this criticism is based on the fear that Western interests might be endangered : access to the country and its resources might be restricted or journalists might not be allowed to operate freely but be directed in their work . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | Well , there 's a problem that men might not be allowed to join anyway because . |
| 60 | apart from anything else we might not be allowed to do anything like cooking or having sort of things to sell like that in the hall |