Example sentences of "might [not/n't] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | At times Ludens wondered whether this state of affairs might not go on for ever , whether he might not give up his job and become Marcus 's — what ? — friend , secretary , servant , dog . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | There was , it seemed , no peculiar distinction , however trifling or minute , which might not give value to a volume , providing the indispensable quality of scarcity , or rare occurrence , was attached to it . |
| 4 | They 've probably not read the sign , or they might not give an indicator at all . |
| 5 | It was held ( a ) that it was a statement of present fact , namely that at the time the letter was sent the traveller had a definite and certain booking , ( b ) that that statement was false because the airline 's overbooking policy meant that the traveller 's booking was exposed to a risk that it might not give a seat on the aircraft , and ( c ) that the airline made the false statement knowingly ( and not merely recklessly ) since the airline was well aware of its own overbooking policy . |
| 6 | The absence of intermittent hormonal stimulation in men implies that a similar underlying genetic defect might not give rise to malignant disease until later in life . |
| 7 | I think erm I think is quite fair maybe if concessions could be raised to one fifty or two pounds but overall I think that people who can afford it spend such a lot of money on the raffle and we therefore give raffle tickets to those who can afford it could jealousy and on the raffle generally about a hundred pounds is made and if there , if there was more charge for tickets , people might not give so much for the raffles and also if you give but if you charge them a nominal sum and then shove other things at them on their options they might be more willing to give to optional choices like a raffle . |
| 8 | Andy Lloyd thought the wicket might not give his bowlers all the help he 'd envisaged or hoped for , and he was right . |