Example sentences of "might not [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A brain abscess in the right hemisphere could also be accompanied by diffuse damage to the left : that is , the aphasia in these children might not be related to damage to the right-hand side of the brain . |
| 2 | When one studied the Old Testament closely — and it became almost dangerous not to do so — it was apparent that prayers might not be answered , and that the just might fall in battle . |
| 3 | Perhaps sometime I 'll be able to devise a way round my official non-existence and apply for a gun myself , though even then , all things considered , I might not be granted a licence . |
| 4 | We might enter the room and sing our greeting accompanied by a few dance steps , but ask yourself whether the message might not be obliterated by the way our actions would be interpreted . |
| 5 | The conversation between group members often reveals ideas that might not be expressed in other circumstances . |
| 6 | Next is Aled Williams of Bridgend , whose consistency in domestic matches , which might not be transferred to internationals , should have earned him more than a replacement honour ( out of position ) against Namibia in 1990 . |
| 7 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
| 8 | i have not heard of a similar setup at least — the only player who is remincent in norway of flo and almost as good in the air has been out injured this season so the setup has not been tried and maybe never will — at least it shows that coach Egil ‘ Drillo ’ Olsen — thinks — which might not be said of Mr Turnip . |
| 9 | Additionally , Weber emphasised in his essay ‘ Class , Status and Party ’ ( see Gerth and Mills , 1948 ) that inequality in society might not be based on economic relations at all , but on prestige or on political power , mobilised through a party . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If it had , where was it , what jewels of information about Ash 's ‘ ignored , arcane , deviously perspicuous meanings ’ might not be revealed by it ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | So , for instance , a variation in ministerial statements on the legislative intention behind a provision in a Government Bill might be sufficient to characterize the statements as unclear , but a similar variation in the statements in the Commons and the Lords by the promoters of a private Members Bill might not be treated as having the same significance . |
| 14 | She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school . |
| 15 | The farmer begged and prayed that his oxen might not be eaten and promised that , if the tiger would spare them , he would give in exchange a fine fat young milk cow of his wife 's . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Only in the last months of her life did it appear that her policy might not be sustained , because of the changed situation in England and France . |
| 18 | King Mswati III was expected to authorize redrafting of the Constitution on the basis of the commission 's report , although it was thought that demands for full democracy might not be met . |
| 19 | However , radical governments , such as that elected in 1979 , might not be swayed by such considerations . |
| 20 | ( It has also been suggested that derivations from a stem might not be listed explicitly , so that there would be no separate listing of a word like singer , only a listing of the lexical rule for the formation of an agentive . ) |
| 21 | No matter how well experience goes , it is only able to confirm a non-observation sentence in the light of the theory that surrounds it ; alter the theory , and the non-observation sentence might not be confirmed by experience at all . |
| 22 | Well I have done it this way even for trivial things , because I understood that the committee had to approve the changes and if as I said it seem to me erm , wasteful to get er , Monica to make the changes when they might not be accepted . |
| 23 | Hovering in the doorway , Wilson heard Mr Browning plead with her to say something to him and then she listened while he tried to make out a case for the French Emperor , to argue this might not be the betrayal it seemed , and that all hope might not be lost . |
| 24 | The moral of the story might not be lost on today 's Greens : that human beings create their own misery by betraying the gift of the apple tree — the gift of nature . |
| 25 | If the information is accidentally overheard or intercepted in circumstances where the owner of the information utters it or transmits it by insecure means ( for example , by telling someone in a crowded room or by transmitting the information by a public telecommunications system ) an obligation of confidence might not be imposed on the person obtaining the information in this manner . |
| 26 | Even if both agreed the issue might not be withdrawn if the tribunal objected . |
| 27 | ‘ Kaiserslautern are experienced and might not be troubled by the atmosphere , but what will bother them is the type of football we are playing , ’ he added , referring to the game against Blackburn and the 7–1 Coca-Cola Cup thrashing of Leicester . |
| 28 | but you might not be liked at the end of it |
| 29 | I assured him we were only asking Mr Evans one or two questions that might or might not be connected with the case . |
| 30 | 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 . ’ |