Example sentences of "might not be [verb] " 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 | But the British Menopause Society is warning that many of them might not be taking it for long enough . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The conversation between group members often reveals ideas that might not be expressed in other circumstances . |
| 7 | Laurie Mains , the All Black coach , was plainly displeased at Schuler 's decision , for it came about the time that Mains was hoping rugby league scouts might not be chasing his All Blacks in the next few months . |
| 8 | That she might not be thinking of them , but simply indulging herself , is the only factor in the situation that would worry me at all . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ‘ But then , I have never in my life known a single headmaster of whom that might not be said . ’ |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | If it had , where was it , what jewels of information about Ash 's ‘ ignored , arcane , deviously perspicuous meanings ’ might not be revealed by it ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | She started wondering whether permission might not be sought from the parents for her to give private tuition to Matilda after school . |
| 18 | If my hon. Friend has any evidence that other countries might not be implementing the regulations as carefully as we are , we shall certainly take action . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | But remember it was Mrs Thatcher , who when she was arguing against the er European Monetary System , said you ca n't buck the markets , and ultimately that is true , or at least more precisely , you can only buck them at a cost , you can only buck it by buying or selling pounds , which messes up your money supply , or raising or lowering your interest rates at a time when you might not be wanting to do so . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | However , radical governments , such as that elected in 1979 , might not be swayed by such considerations . |
| 25 | ( 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 . ) |
| 26 | The food 's all poisoned , and the newspapers are poisoned , and television 's poisoned , and Brian makes money telling people everything is n't — poisoned , ’ she concluded , sober enough to realize that she might not be expressing her thoughts with the clarity their profundity deserved . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It was corporation booty however , and it was only reasonable to expect that this early entertainment centre might not be firing on all cylinders . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | The big cats of the Oxfordshire based Jaguar racing team might not be roaring that loud at Le mans this weekend … their three cars are facing exclusion from the 24 hour classic race which gets underway tomorrow … |