Example sentences of "[that] [noun] would [not/n't] [be] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Addison was soon persuaded that houses would not be built fast enough without direct subsidy and in December that year a further Housing ( Additional Powers ) Bill was rushed through all its stages , providing for subsidies ( £160 for a four-bedroomed house , E 140 for a four-bedroomed house without a parlour , and £130 for a three-bedroomed house ) and empowering local authorities to prohibit luxury and non-essential building . |
| 2 | The company was sued by a Nottingham couple who had specifically checked to make sure that smoking would not be permitted on the coach . |
| 3 | However , an aide of Suharto , the Indonesian President , indicated in a statement also issued on Nov. 23 that Gusmao would not be executed . |
| 4 | Interviewed by TASS on Oct. 15 , Valery Zorkin , Chair of the Constitutional Court , admitted the possibility that Gorbachev would not be called , accusing him of " seeking to become a martyr " . |
| 5 | But sources yesterday indicated that Suntory would not be involved . |
| 6 | The most significant change from the Green Paper was that SERPS would not be abolished but scaled down ; the proportion of earnings on which the pension would be based was reduced from 25 to 20 per cent . |
| 7 | Medical and veterinary faculties ( for which the competition was high , the numbers limited ) could lay down that candidates would not be considered unless they got high grades in physics , chemistry and biology at A level . |
| 8 | However , it was made clear that Cuba would not be admitted into the San José Pact , whereby Mexico and Venezuela sold oil on favourable rates to central American and some Caribbean states . |
| 9 | As a journalist I had seen many countries overseas , all smaller and poorer than ourselves , being granted self-government ; and I had hoped that Scotland would not be denied even the limited self-government that was then being dished out to the Cook Islands and the Faeroe Islands and the Cameroons . ’ |
| 10 | He knew that escape would not be made by force but , even so , his mind returned again and again to the grains and snippets of stories that had somehow ( how ? ) permeated into the world of Men . |
| 11 | Initially Ramos expressed no opposition to the ruling but , on Aug. 17 , he altered his position following pressure from central bank governor Cuisia who had said that individuals would not be let off past breaches ; Justice Secretary Franklin Drilon , who had initially merely commented that the judge had made an erroneous decision , since the new regulations were not even in effect at the time of the ruling , later instructed government lawyers to investigate the possibility of an appeal against the dismissal of charges . |
| 12 | Tamar offered up a silent prayer that Stephen would not be cajoled into agreeing to the step , but she need not have worried . |
| 13 | Arrangements were carefully made so that Lunia would not be compromised and Modigliani came to paint her portrait the following day in the Sunny Hotel on the Boulevard de Port-Royal , the little lodging house where Zborowski was living with his handsome and somewhat forbidding common-law wife , Anna ( Hanka ) Zborowska . |
| 14 | The two plots were also very predictable , because we all knew that Carrie would not be accepted back into society just from going to the ball . |
| 15 | However , on Dec. 11 the Israeli Foreign Minister , Moshe Arens , dampened the mood of optimism by calling for further assurances that Israel would not be expected to talk directly with the PLO . |
| 16 | It was hoped that people would not be made worse off by taking a job ( the unemployment trap ) , nor would they lose money when their gross pay rose ( the poverty trap ) , due to the loss of means-tested benefits in each case . |
| 17 | Although we support the right-to-buy legislation , we wish that the capital receipts could be used by local authorities to provide affordable housing so that people would not be forced into owner-occupation that they can not afford . |
| 18 | Scarlet had striven so to arrange matters that Brian would not be subjected too often to Constance 's distasteful presence , nor Constance to Brian 's lowering glances and muttered observations , the atmosphere he could create simply by being there , like one of those slow-burning mosquito repellents which make life insupportable for all the creatures of God . |
| 19 | She sighed , realizing that Ace would n't be swayed , and decided to change the subject for the sake of peace . |
| 20 | The Committee of Privileges found this to be a contempt but no action was taken when the General Secretary of the Union gave assurances that sanctions would not be imposed on M.P.s . |
| 21 | Palmerston , with the longest speech of the debate , started by saying that Members would not be committed by the present vote to any style , as nothing would be decided until next session , and attacked Manners for approving ‘ the erection of so frightful a building ’ , involving expenses and perhaps disappointment to the architect without consulting the House . |
| 22 | Euthanasia had been openly practised in the Netherlands for a number of years since a legal ruling that doctors would not be prosecuted provided an established set of guidelines were adhered to . |
| 23 | Downing Street declared that Britain would not be bullied . |
| 24 | The judge ruled on day two that charges would not be quashed despite defence claims of inadequate evidence , ordering the state prosecution to prepare a more detailed indictment , and ordering an adjournment until Feb. 11 . |
| 25 | The new French Agriculture and Forestry Minister , Louis Mermaz , said that France would not be pushed into an accord even if it meant extending the December deadline for completing the GATT talks . |
| 26 | ‘ We had informed the ACU of our plans and were told there was no objection ’ , Ernie told me , ‘ but then we received news that Mark would not be accepted for the Superteen because he did n't have a restricted licence and he had also scored points in the previous year 's British championship . |
| 27 | According to Robin Cranko , he consulted John 's headmaster , St John Nitch , and the advice he received was that John would not be suited to a rigid academic life , or work in an office or commerce . |
| 28 | He said that John was the conscience of the nation and reassured me that John would not be forgotten by people in Britain . |
| 29 | Fears of a tax on books were fuelled when , during an interview on BBC Television with David Frost on Sunday 3rd January , the Prime Minister refused to give an undertaking that VAT would not be extended in the spring Budget to zero-rated goods and services such as books , newspapers , food and children 's clothes . |
| 30 | And with great generosity , he prayed that Clare would not be led into mortal sin — if indeed she had not already fallen . |