Example sentences of "it [modal v] [not/n't] [be] [conj] " 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 | In the confined environment of pre-school life the infant may have appeared to be progressing normally , and it may not be until an objective screening test is given that the sight problem is recognised . |
| 3 | However , puberty affects values and beliefs so much that it may not be until the mid-twenties that we can ask realistically what career priorities a person has . |
| 4 | A strong gatekeeper role will limit sales access to influencers and decision takers in the way laid down by company policy , and it may not be until that policy is changed that an individual supplier may be permitted sales access to present his wares . |
| 5 | We would hope that that has been defined er by somebody of the hierarchy but , if we 're moving onto new work areas , it might not The sequence maybe self-evident but it may not be and it would be nice to have it written down . |
| 6 | It should n't be and I think it 's a very sad reflection on the human race that it often is . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ It might not be but it 's the godalmighty truth , ’ he asserted so playfully back that the whole table laughed . |
| 8 | It might not be cos you might have got the formula wrong and you 've got every one of them wrong but it 's usually a good sign . |
| 9 | If they say no , it might not be because they do n't like the sound of it but because their lists are already full and they are unable to take on any more . |
| 10 | It was not unlike the feeling she experienced when men looked at her and wanted her though she knew it could not be that for there was nothing sexual between her and Gary and never would be . |
| 11 | She said , between sobs that seemed to tear her chest open , something that sounded like , ‘ All my fault He knew it could n't be that because it did n't make sense but there was no point in asking her what she had said because she was crying too hard She cried and cried and Nick sat and watched . |
| 12 | Of course it could n't be that Nick had been relieved . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It could n't be but it was . |
| 15 | No it could n't be cos that 's the gulf where the sun goes down . |
| 16 | It could n't be because golf carts — ’ he levelled a look at Nelson ‘ — are careening round the grounds with a complete lack of any regard for safety . |
| 17 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 18 | It need not be if the authorities do not acknowledge a responsibility for control of inflation or if they believe that exchange rates ( just like changes in wage rates , or indirect taxes ) do not influence inflation but rather have their effect on relative prices . |
| 19 | It ca n't be but fifty or eighty mile from here . |
| 20 | It ca n't be that you have no principles . |
| 21 | No it ca n't be cos we 've only just just turned that one over ! |
| 22 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 23 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 24 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 26 | At the moment it was warm , but soon it would n't be and he would need fires . |
| 27 | Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff ! |
| 28 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |
| 29 | It would n't be if it fell , would it ! |
| 30 | If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better . |