Example sentences of "it [modal v] not [be] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | No it could n't be cos that 's the gulf where the sun goes down . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | ‘ It could n't be because I am , I suppose ? ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | No it ca n't be cos we 've only just just turned that one over ! |
| 11 | It 's supposed to be dead , but it ca n't be because — look ! the tendon is moving slightly , the muscle 's quivering . |
| 12 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |
| 16 | It would n't be if it fell , would it ! |
| 17 | If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better . |
| 18 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 19 | A company like BP has paid money to the Welsh water authority in order to be able to discharge through the authority 's outfall , and it will not be until later this year that the public will be able to find out the results of any testing . |
| 20 | IF ENGLAND fail to win the Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Cricket Trophy — the grand title ( which is accompanied by the unofficial suffix of ‘ Mini World Cup ’ ) presumably intended to persuade the public that they are about to witness something cosmic rather than just another one-day tournament — it will not be because of being under-prepared . |
| 21 | If the Tories lose , it will not be because of him , or the campaign . |
| 22 | There will be some perks around the 7th and 8th , but it wo n't be until well after the 14th that you will feel back in the swing of things again , particularly at work . |
| 23 | The market research group reckons it wo n't be until the second half of next year that Unix will achieve the degree of functionality needed to match proprietary systems as viable , enterprise-wide server platform , ESP . |
| 24 | Skates forecasts that it wo n't be until early 1993 that sales of the Unix-based AViiON workstation and server line cross the proprietary MV line . |
| 25 | The situation today is very muddled , software is available for both the Apple Macintosh and the IBM PC and its compatibles but even more is just around the corner and it wo n't be until towards the end of the first quarter of next year that the market will have stabilised . |
| 26 | ‘ And it wo n't be until I say so . ’ |
| 27 | But even if that 's true , it wo n't be because sighs are n't words . |
| 28 | They will say invest in whatever it is say Global Investment no it wo n't be because that 's tied to the Halifax Building Society but just say Global Investments as a name . |
| 29 | ‘ But if I take the job , ’ she blurted , goaded by the idea that he found her lack of sophistication amusing , ‘ it wo n't be because I like the house . |
| 30 | No , it wo n't be because they do n't do the , they do n't do an open afternoon if it 's a championship |