Example sentences of "it could [not/n't] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It could not be easy to produce meals for seven or eight lodgers under such spartan conditions . |
| 2 | The readiness of Bazin 's army-backed government to accept the deployment of the mission was interpreted by the opposition , on the other hand , as proof that it could not be effective . |
| 3 | It could not be political . |
| 4 | Julia knew that it could not be real because it brought with it even more horrible visions , in one of which Comfort and Anthony had her pinned to the ground and were hitting her with garden rakes with specially sharpened tines . |
| 5 | As to the one I sent in before , it was written so quickly , that it could not be good . |
| 6 | If it were reasonable it could not be miraculous , could it ? ’ |
| 7 | If we now ask how we could discover that all action is to be explained in non-intentional terms , and at the same time take the point that it could not be non-intentional in the way that mad or childish behaviour is , it seems that we should have to come to see all action quite differently . |
| 8 | As such it could not be welcome to many of Peter 's fellow monarchs . |
| 9 | It could not be true , surely it could not , that the Misses Lavender were destitute . |
| 10 | It could not be true that nervous strain made you lose weight . |
| 11 | The country was sunk too deep in chaos to be dragged out of it ; the climate of violence was such that voting would be impossible ; intimidation by the ruling Cambodian People 's Party ( CPP ) meant that if there were an election it could not be free and fair . |
| 12 | It could n't be fitzAlan . |
| 13 | It could n't be easy to cope with the emotional strain of a missing husband and do his job at the same time . |
| 14 | It could n't be far now , a couple of miles perhaps . |
| 15 | ‘ Then forget whatever it is , Kate , because it could n't be important … ’ |
| 16 | No , it could n't be dead ! |
| 17 | But it could n't be true , it just could n't . |
| 18 | It could n't be true that her father 's leather business was failing , could it , and yet had n't he urged caution on several occasions lately ? |
| 19 | Of course , it could n't be true . |
| 20 | It could n't be true , could it ? |
| 21 | It could n't be true ! |
| 22 | It could n't be true , could it ? |
| 23 | It could n't be true . |
| 24 | It could n't be true . |