Example sentences of "[that] might [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I want to avoid creating ivory towers that might not benefit the coalface , ’ he says .
2 Elizabeth Adams : ‘ I think perhaps I did not require from Somerville as much as I might here , fromJean Stanier : ‘ Somehow the fact that it was wartime put a sharper edge on things , as if we had to make the most of something that might not last ’ .
3 The first rule governs some processes that might not involve an overall change of spin , but it is conveniently considered with the spin rule .
4 If you do want to keep toads , do obtain adults rather than rear from spawn , as you would otherwise have to release perhaps dozens of surplus animals into an environment that might not suit them .
5 He was just pointing out little do 's and don't 's that might not have occurred to the eager amateur .
6 Like SunSoft ( UX No 414 ) , Cunningham says companies that might not have agreed to the effort in 1991 or 1992 are certain to be driven into the arms of the ABI 1993 by the impending Microsoft Corp Windows NT .
7 The Kimbell 's hefty endowment freed Pillsbury from the chore of fundraising and enabled him to mount several important scholarly exhibitions that might not have found successful venues elsewhere ( such as the Jacopo Bassano exhibition , scheduled for January-April 1993 ) and which still attracted numerous art lovers to Fort Worth .
8 One large reason is that it is now often enough claimed that we take effects to be events that might not have occurred , given all things exactly as they were beforehand .
9 On his view the fact that it ceased to be a probability , and did occur , is something that might not have happened .
10 is something that might not have been anticipated : the principle finding concerning trends in class mobility since 1972 can stand unchanged even when in … 1983 … unemployment is regarded as a separate mobility status .
11 But to a lay jury that might not have been so clear .
12 There was , however , one point that might not have been raised .
13 These differences might be due to lower doses used insome of the studies , short measurement periods after oral ingestion that might not have been sufficient to reach effective drug concentrations , and the fact that we investigated oesophageal motility on day four of oral drug treatment .
14 It was an excellent vehicle for an emerging West European voice on defence issues as distinct from a NATO position in order ( with France still outside NATO ) to establish some kind of common ground at a time when it seemed possible that the two superpowers might actually manage to reach an agreement on levels of nuclear armaments that might not take Western European interests into account .
15 He saw — Dorothy advising and supporting him — that this was a chance that might not recur .
16 If I say no you 'll think I persuaded Peter to marry me as a sort of grab-it-quick opportunity that might not come again ! ’
17 I was guarding a moving shadow ; trying to prevent something that might not happen , searching for the intention so as to stop it occurring .
18 The principle must be whether it is right to use public money to reward something that has happened anyway or to encourage something that might not happen if we do not use that public money .
19 Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 .
20 Microsoft Corp says its Multimedia Viewer Publishing Toolkit Version 2.0 will be available early this month for $500 : the new generation supports several emerging multimedia systems and brings content-based title development within reach of publishers that might not know programming languages , the firm said ; Viewer 2.0 replaces the Multimedia Development Kit , the registered users of which can upgrade for $200 .
21 Or , in great contrast , there are the more modern abstract designs that might not look out of place displayed on a wall .
22 Small schools that might not need a full-time officer may be able to share one .
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