Example sentences of "it [modal v] [not/n't] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It may not be chance that the Liber Historiae Francorum names the emperor who called the followers of Priam Franks as Valentinian . |
| 2 | The Gunners swept all before them in October , and it may not be coincidence that their reversal of fortune has accompanied Paul Merson 's switch from the ‘ hole ’ behind the front line to left-wing . |
| 3 | It may not be money that he wants ; and even if he would be satisfied with money , it may be very hard to say what would be a fair compensation for his loss , and a jury may not be the most suitable body for assessing it . |
| 4 | While the names and addresses of potential acquirors can be usefully input on to a database to permit mail merging , it may not be cost effective to use a computerised control log unless a substantial number of potential acquirors are anticipated . |
| 5 | It may not be PC Tools but it 's cheap ! |
| 6 | But she fears bureaucracy may have delayed the day of judgement even further and it may not be June until judgement is given . |
| 7 | I think once more , but now for the last time , I 'm going to turn back again to the preface to The Reason of Church Government and whoops and read you one more sentence erm in which he is apologizing once more for having entered the fray , the political fray ‘ But although a poet , soaring in the high region of his fancies , with his garland and singing robes about him , might without apology speak more of himself than I mean to do , yet for me , sitting here below in the cool element of prose , a mortal thing among many readers of no imperial conceit , to venture and divulge unusual things of myself , I shall petition to the gentler sort it may not be envy to me . ’ |
| 8 | I can not understand why , as a general rule , if intercourse be an assault , it should not be rape . ’ |
| 9 | The Committee therefore proposes the enactment of a statutory provision which will clearly state that rape is committed where a woman consents to sexual intercourse as a result of threats of force , explicit or implicit , against the woman herself or any other person , ‘ but that it should not be rape if , taking a reasonable view , the threats were not capable of being carried out immediately . ’ |
| 10 | As the Introduction said , studying for survival and success will be hard work but it should not be drudgery . |
| 11 | First and foremost , it must not be voluntarist , and must therefore eschew any hint of historicism . |
| 12 | IT MIGHT not be Ireland 's biggest or most lucrative export but thousands of shamrocks , carefully sealed in air-tight bags immediately after being picked , have been flown from the Emerald Isle to the Irish in Britain in time for St Patrick 's Day celebrations today . |
| 13 | It might not be Ramsgate , but Broadstairs might prove to be quite enjoyable after all . |
| 14 | ‘ Do n't be silly Sarah , it might not be Angela , ’ Francis Morgan said , desperately . |
| 15 | It might not be bedtime by St Lucian standards , but second on her list of essentials , after the long cold drink , was a cool shower , and a long , long lie down . |
| 16 | Until then , there is always nagging doubt at the back of your mind — it might not be Rachel . |
| 17 | It could not be Pen , whose voice these days in all its guises was strong and most unchildlike . |
| 18 | She knew at once it could not be Ruth . |
| 19 | ‘ I knew it could not be Wednesday , it is Faith Lavender who comes on Wednesdays . |
| 20 | Tretorn , in filing its complaint , believes that the EC Commission 's lawyers may have missed the significance of the word in dispute ( ‘ type ’ ) because the LTA 's previous ball agreement , ( ie the one that the EC Commission was asked to consider ) contained no written reference to pressureless tennis balls , therefore ensuring that it could not be party to such vital information . |
| 21 | It could n't be Emma , could it , with some ghastly news about Cindy Hill slitting her wrists or something ? |
| 22 | ‘ She said it could n't be Rebel that had killed the lamb . |
| 23 | But no , it could n't be Matyre . |
| 24 | And it could n't be starter Captain Keith Brown , who allegedly rejected the possibility of using a different system TWO MONTHS before the race . |
| 25 | When Al Pacino made Kate Nelligan squeeze her feet into gold stilettos throughout intercourse in Frankie and Johnny , the audience knew instinctively that it could n't be love . |
| 26 | He did n't seem to know what it was himself , but she knew that it could n't be love , and if it was n't love then none of the other possibilities mattered . |
| 27 | It could n't be love , anyway , it had all happened too fast . |
| 28 | It could n't be love . |
| 29 | It could n't be Dr Kent ; she hardly knew him , she 'd only spoken to him three times , and then briefly . |
| 30 | Surely it could n't be Jake ? she thought in startled panic . |