Example sentences of "[vb mod] not [be] that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not be that we have become too sophisticated but that we are so confused we seek salvation even from out there . |
| 2 | It may or may not be that he would have thought it necessary for there to be a ‘ natural resemblance ’ ( such as the Vatican Declaration believes to be necessary ) between the male Christ and the male priest . |
| 3 | It might be that the subject noun and verb phrase go together to form a constituent , so you have Florence teased Dougal or the structure might not be that it might just be three separate constituents with no firm structure forming a further constituent , so why that structure ? |
| 4 | It could n't be that I was right , and while I yearned to return to a certainty I already knew , I heard only my mother 's voice , insisting , on one dead note , that she knew of what life should consist . |
| 5 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 6 | It ca n't be that you have no principles . |