Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] be our [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the end , it should not be our desire but rather the consciously felt will of our true nature , free of emotional entanglement , that remains as the sole initiator of our action . |
| 2 | Er er I d I do n't think that we as a panel are necessarily going to ever and and and it may not be our role in fact to do so , to come to a judgement on it , but I would have thought as a matter of common sense , and common agreement , that there should be some er way in which the various parties would come together on the basic demographic statistics and would certainly accept that certain basic projections should be used i in looking forward . |
| 3 | ‘ He might not be our man . ’ |
| 4 | For those of you who thought that Sun might not be our enemy anymore now that we are a software company — think again . ’ |
| 5 | That could not be our reason for asserting the given conditional , whatever else is . |
| 6 | Now in fairness it would n't be our responsibility to pay for a new engine if the vehicle had been drive on . |
| 7 | Ca n't be our girl . |
| 8 | ‘ They ca n't be our lot , ’ Taff whispered , ‘ That 's Jerry 's positions over there . ’ |
| 9 | This will not be our concern here . |
| 10 | There will be the reality of the economic situation which we inherit , which will not be our fault , but it will be our responsibility . |
| 11 | That can not be our role . |