Example sentences of "this might [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This might not stop him reacting still more strongly in favour of theft , from the viewpoints of all who as an anarchist he believes to suffer from the institution of private property ; but otherwise he has to put the danger on the same side of the scales as the slight loss to the old relative , against the great gain to himself . |
| 2 | In addition , one could argue ( though this might not meet with unanimous agreement within the experimental community ) that repeated experiments with the same subjects indicate that conformity with SEU behaviour increases with repetition . |
| 3 | Linguistically this might not make sense . |
| 4 | As far as the male is concerned , this might not matter too much were it not for the fact that some of these cases of NSU or ‘ pus cells in the urethra ’ may very well not be manifestations of infection . |
| 5 | This might not matter so much in relation to a skill such as " estimating " as for a concept such as " area " or " place value " . |
| 6 | This might not matter too much if they have read all the competition copy first , but it is a point to watch . |
| 7 | Although , on the face of it , this might not appear to have been conducive to the development of industry-wide bargaining paradoxically such ‘ division by occupation promoted bargaining by industry ’ ( Phelps Brown , 1959 , p. 362 ) . |
| 8 | At first sight this might not seem to be a serious problem ; one thing stands for others if it is used or taken as representing them . |
| 9 | This might not seem small in petrol engine terms but for a diesel it is quite dinky . |
| 10 | Rather than knobs , Boogie have opted for increment/decrement ‘ touch ’ switching for the TriAxis , and although this might not seem particularly ‘ rock'n'roll ’ , most of the functions are as familiar as those on your average stack . |
| 11 | This might not sound very much , but it should be remembered that the current fractional accuracy is between 10 -13 ; and 10 -14 ; ( between 1 and 0.1 mHz ) and that the predicted accuracy available is of the order of 10 -16 ; ( 1 Hz ) . |
| 12 | The new coalition government gave the Prime Minister an increased majority in parliament , but observers commented that this might not translate into electoral support . |
| 13 | This might not need to be quite as comprehensive as the full mailing list , but it will save time . |
| 14 | This might not trouble Hewlett-Packard , IBM and those other workstation makers who also make PCs . |
| 15 | But erm this might not believe me but I 'm gon na tell you just the same . |
| 16 | This might not have led to a massive reduction that saw the rabbits left at the lowest desirable number , but it was the best that could be done under the circumstances . |
| 17 | This might not have suited the older , more cautious , Shildon . |
| 18 | In a society which took seriously its responsibility for the economic and social welfare of all its members this might not happen . |
| 19 | An opportunity like this might n't present itself again . ’ |