Example sentences of "we [modal v] [not/n't] [be] in " in BNC.

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1 Consideration of these facts should be enough to alert us to the possibility that the totality of our being may be much more than just the physical body , and that we may not be in any sense only machines .
2 We may not be in the First Eleven , but we are a pretty strong team , Hazlitt , Charles Lamb , Beerbohm , Chesterton and Haverford Downs .
3 We may not be in the same league as Servette but where we score over most teams is with our spirit .
4 Nobody stands up and says that we should n't be in the business at all , we should get rid of all of them , so all the argument about how many .
5 We might not be in this situation now .
6 Now we could n't be in any doubt that some people were not to be trusted .
7 The ob the obvious answer to that would be we 'd not be in a position to make the proper recommendation in favour of I I suspect .
8 If we do not have that , we shall not be in a competitive position in the future .
9 But FA spokesman Mike Wilmore said : ‘ We have said that in principle we would n't be in favour , but it would be a brave man who said that would always be the position . ’
10 If we 're so smart we would n't be in this mess in the first place .
11 But if that man Reagan was n't sending bullets to the army , we would n't be in this situation .
12 If we had somebody to play alongside Gallacher who could pop one in regularly we would not be in our position .
13 If we did that , there would be much less of a problem and we would not be in such deep water with the European Commission .
14 We ca n't be in limbo , waiting for people to decide what to do . ’
15 ‘ It is not something to be rushed and we will not be in a position to make any announcement until towards the end of the week . ’
16 And I think the way forward is perhaps to have a meeting with R and D and for them to come to us and discuss with us the aspects of work that we will not be in a position to do come the revolution .
17 We wo n't be in a hurry to get away the next time , will we ?
18 ‘ But we wo n't be in the war .
19 I mention it to staff and they say ‘ Oh , we wo n't be in it , we do n't do any building . ’
20 going on , so we wo n't be in a position to estimate and forecast for our own benefit
21 ‘ At the labour costs we incur today , we can not be in business long term . ’
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