Example sentences of "n't be [adj] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | As we now know , there ca n't be many more undiscarvard elements . |
2 | There wo n't be many more iterations of Apple 's Unix effort before the PowerOpen environment running on Apple PowerPC RISC boxes supersedes it . |
3 | It had after all needed cleaning and there would n't be many more chances to wear it that autumn so … and anyway why should n't she look her best for once ? |
4 | But you could n't be sure that was enough . |
5 | Seeing it on the noticeboard at the workhouse made me think … but I ca n't be sure any more . |
6 | ‘ Some of these poor bastards wo n't be alive this time tomorrow , Piper . ’ |
7 | Sanders ca n't be all that interested in the Plan if he takes a few days vacation rather than give the presentation . |
8 | But everyone seems to agree that a diet of restaurant grub ca n't be all that good for you somehow . |
9 | I know you say she 's very nice but she ca n't be all that special or you 'd have fallen for her donkeys ' years ago . |
10 | It must be , it ca n't be all that time later … ’ |
11 | ‘ Though this Charlotte Hanover ca n't be all that young , when you think about it . ’ |
12 | He could n't be all that ruthless and cold-hearted if he respected his elders , she mused , her spirits lifting . |
13 | It ca n't be all that strong or you 'd have arrested him by now . ’ |
14 | She ca n't be all that well . |
15 | There ca n't be all this trouble over just one nome ! ’ |
16 | which wo n't be all those people that crawled in front of me . |
17 | Because even the most inspired forecasts of how prices are going to move ca n't be right all the time , some forward purchasing is arranged on a ‘ hedging ’ basis . |
18 | It wo n't be right this month either . |
19 | It wo n't be right this month either , but if that 's the case |
20 | Ca n't be that many Mallorys in the roads round there . |
21 | There could n't be that many around . |
22 | Just think : the average age of the Iraqi soldier is 19 , the average age of the British soldiers ca n't be much more than that |
23 | Pricing has n't been finalised , but the firm says it should n't be much more than the cost of the Motif implementations it supplies . |
24 | It could n't be much more than an hour ? |
25 | There could n't be much more time before someone found she was missing . |
26 | And Stuart 's been and enquired and it would n't be much more for a small property . |
27 | So there wo n't be much more ? |
28 | At least they would n't be bored this year , Sara reflected as she rummaged in the kit . |
29 | You ca n't be casual any more it 's against the law . |
30 | but then you 've got the two directional aspect and like the cyclones either side of the road , they ca n't be opposite each other , it 's |