Example sentences of "might [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most of your technical tutors will be seeing everything you do , and deriving what they need to know from it ; they do n't want to find you confused by criticism from senior students which might not be helpful to you at this point . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm upset , as you put it , because you did n't even have the courtesy to warn me that I might not be giving a lecture that 's due in eight days ’ time . |
| 3 | It had n't occurred to me that Sarah and John might not be alone , but here , now , I would have to be introduced and explained away somehow . |
| 4 | The situation might not be as hopeless as you think . ’ |
| 5 | Soon the door was closed , leaving outside , among the gravestones and round the Cross , a small and growing crowd who lingered on with a sense that the entertainment might not be over . |
| 6 | When the officer said , ‘ You will be charged with sedition , over and above the mobbing , but in certain circumstances that might not be pressed , ’ Cameron distressed himself by making a small , indefinite sound which could well have been taken for agreement . |
| 7 | But that pressure might not be quite so counter-productive . |
| 8 | Concern continued yesterday that the Chancellor might not be able to guarantee that 15 per cent base rates were the peak if sterling came under pressure again . |
| 9 | ‘ You know that when you sign a two-year agreement here you might not be able to see it out . |
| 10 | That it never seems boring is due first , of course , to the richness of the youthful Mozart 's music ; but given the fantastical convolutions of the story even that might not be enough . |
| 11 | So an exchange rate of fewer than DM3 to the pound today might not be so inconsistent in market terms . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | Hence it is worth explaining , in a way that elsewhere might not be necessary and would be seen as an indulgence , that in our case , once permission was granted , no limits were laid down by senior officers and no censorship role has been retained by the RUC over the final manuscript . |
| 14 | In order that the element of farce might not be missing , it was recognised that the old trick with the Irish Free State and the King Emperor was now obsolete . |
| 15 | If you learn to keep your emotions in check until you are all back in the dressing-room , then at least you will leave the punters thinking that they have seen a professional band who might not be quite ready for a week at the Hammersmith Odeon . |
| 16 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 17 | By the second and third decades of the twenty-first century the pension commitments would probably involve a major burden upon a smaller number of taxpayers , who might not be prepared to carry it . |
| 18 | You will understand how important it is that he does , ’ The message was that if there was no agreement at Chicago , Congress might not be in a mood to furnish further British Lend-Lease requirements . |
| 19 | ‘ It might not be but it 's the godalmighty truth , ’ he asserted so playfully back that the whole table laughed . |
| 20 | ‘ That might not be a bit of harm ! ’ they smiled back . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Well , he understands that those Norwegian Lapps that are closer to the border than he is might not be so keen . |
| 23 | She might not be able to produce the required number of sons or she might produce only daughters or she might even be childless . |
| 24 | ‘ Eleven races might not be the optimum number , but a compromise between the two would probably produce a better system . |
| 25 | Excessive stress can damage the heart and it might not be a coincidence that cardiac disorders are most frequent at the time of waking or the hours just after . |
| 26 | These differences in athletic performance might not be very large , a matter of only a few per cent , but for world-class athletes , the difference between a world record and a mediocre performance can be only fractional . |
| 27 | jaded palates need some titillation and yet another ‘ fry-up ’ might not be the answer . |
| 28 | Less sleep is needed by the elderly , but the habits of a lifetime might not be changed automatically , with the result that individuals retire earlier than necessary and too much time is spent in bed . |
| 29 | Unfortunately , it might not be just a matter of rescheduling ‘ waking time ’ and ‘ mealtimes ’ along the lines we have suggested above , since the body does not adjust immediately to the new routine . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'll take her out more , ’ Erika thought , and then realised that she might not be around to do so . |