Sentence examples for be being not from inspiring English sources

He cites marital status, criminal record and STI status as some examples: "What strikes me as slightly odd is that the sentence in this case suggests that some man (for that is what the plaintiff believed the defendant to be) being not quite as male as he was suggesting is somehow vastly, years in prison, worse than [other] dishonesty.

Why that should be is not clear.

Where "back" might be is not clear.

Though righteous, by the gods be is not bless'd.

But the one thing it cannot be is not zero.

And what should be is not.

He was being not-young.

Were were not disappointed!

Why this is is not known.

Being is not carbon neutral.

Many who could have been were not.