Example sentences of "[conj] might [not/n't] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | No sooner had the Colonel stumped out , his face flushed with a moral indignation that might or might not be sustained as far as Eaton Square and the Foreign Secretary 's residence , than the telephone rang . |
| 2 | Quotas can be introduced , which might or might not be tradeable between farmers ( David Baldock of the IEEP suggests that within the National Farmers ' Union a debate over quotas ended with victory for those in favour of no such regulation ) . |
| 3 | Students away from the university , say on a sandwich course or having a year abroad , might or might not be included in lists one used . |
| 4 | When considering what might or might not be permitted by the planning authority or by the Secretary of State on appeal there are large numbers of policies with which the development may have to comply . |
| 5 | These alliances were similar to the games of dice much favoured at the time : the marriages might or might not be successful ; they might or might not have political consequences . |
| 6 | I 've been playing a Les Paul plugged straight into a Boogie Dual Rectifier , and this great ‘ 63 Telecaster I bought in Boston which might or might not be Ronnie Earl 's old guitar . |
| 7 | ( A contingent proposition is one which might or might not be true , and might or might not be false . ) |
| 8 | ( A contingent proposition is one which might or might not be true , and might or might not be false . ) |
| 9 | CAO expressed disappointment that we did not seem to agree with him on this point but added that he was faced with a grave administrative problem with hundreds of thousands of German PoWs on his hands and could not bother at this time about who might or might not be turned over to the Russians and Partisans to be shot . |
| 10 | Kirk then stated that he could not concur in the order and that Robertson expressed his disappointment , but stated that he could not " bother at this time who might or might not be handed over to be shot " and would send his telegram anyway . |
| 11 | But then there are other forms where this description does not suggest itself , or might not be admitted if it did : for example , ballroom dancing , which would be normally set down simply as ‘ a pleasurable social activity ’ ( and as such different from art ? ) . |
| 12 | Second , when one uses the reputational approach one is likely to derive a list of those with a reputation for power which might or might not be a justified one . |
| 13 | Preoccupation : The family member 's life is haunted day and night by thoughts on what might be happening to the primary sufferer and what action might or might not be taken to help . |
| 14 | Sat at the end of the row in front of us , a gentleman whose office we might or might not be standing in at this very moment . |
| 15 | I assured him we were only asking Mr Evans one or two questions that might or might not be connected with the case . |
| 16 | ‘ Forgive me if I seem to be playing the amateur sleuth once again , but something else occurred to me the other day , which might or might not be of interest to you . ’ |
| 17 | Potential inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed by subsequent information might or might not be remembered . |
| 18 | Having come across no obvious Selina lookalike among the ladies , I found myself completing an editorial stress quiz , delete where inapplicable , in which your nicotine and alcohol consumption was set against various stress-donating hardships you might or might not be falling foul of . |
| 19 | The responsibility for these outings , which might or might not be successful , had worn between Martha 's eyebrows a faint frown , not quite vertical , which exactly resembled Richard 's . |
| 20 | The refrigerator was easy , you just opened the door and put food in it until it looked like an igloo inside , and then a pair of hands which might or might not be your own came along and cleared out the ice so that you could use it again . |
| 21 | They might not know him by sight , or might not be looking for him at all . |
| 22 | In addition , there was the set of Hardnut 's Cathedral keys which might or might not be with Wheeler . |
| 23 | ‘ But do n't be weaving fantasies about me , Ellie , about what I might or might not be , will you ? |
| 24 | The design was n't very clear , but she could just make out a building shaped like a tower , she thought , tracing the outline with her fingertip , and beneath it a flower which might or might not be a rose . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It was rather like working out the details of one of her plots : circumstances capable of more than one interpretation ; actions which might or might not be innocent ; individuals who might or might not have a genuine motive , the means and opportunity to commit the crime . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Half-way through the twentieth century it was becoming clear to the more perceptive analysts that , whatever the political limitations might or might not be to that form of growth , there were ecological limitations looming on the horizon . |
| 30 | The latter might or might not be valuable , she was no connoisseur of jewellery . |