Example sentences of "you [modal v] not be a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Now , ’ he continued , ‘ you may not be a murderer but you are a thief . |
| 2 | You May Not Be An Angel . |
| 3 | Not only are these very powerful facilities but they will enable you to draw professional graphics although you may not be an artist , and to present numerical data properly without the help of a statistician . |
| 4 | You need not be a member , nor be a youth : Youth Hostels are open to anyone and provide a countrywide network of cheap accommodation which is warm and comfortable . |
| 5 | It seems therefore to show , more generally , that since you do n't know that you are not a brain in a vat you can not know any proposition p of which you know that if p were true , you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 6 | The first uses PC /k to show that you do n't know anything of which you know that if it were true you would not be a brain in a vat . |
| 7 | After reading this you will not be an expert on fusion science , but you will realise that fusions fluctuating fortunes have had a lot to do with the way in which the science and technology developed . |
| 8 | You can not be a man of such icy probity as he was , and not be crippled when your credit 's gone . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You can not be a Muslim and a Catholic at the same time , ’ said the headmaster . |
| 10 | ‘ Easy , Englishman , you can not be an island , not in this place . |