Example sentences of "the [noun pl] would [not/n't] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thousands of people would be affected , but the authorities would not be able to cope properly , the report , in the name of Strathclyde chief executive , Neil McIntosh , asserted . |
| 2 | She welcomed the work done and the fact that so many people who had been waiting for so long had been treated , but was concerned that health workers who had been working flat out to reduce the lists would not be able to maintain their work rate . |
| 3 | It was widely held that the Koreans would not be ready for independence when the war ended : memories of the closing phase of the Yi dynasty did not inspire confidence in Korean ability for effective government and the era of Japanese dominance had been so repressive as to necessitate a period of readjustment . |
| 4 | With luck , the Jews would not be able to find him as quickly as that . |
| 5 | That any future development of the sites would not be subject to normal planning controls cause detriment to the conservation area , local listed buildings , or the archaeology and natural history of the sites . |
| 6 | Prohibiting the purchase of shares The Model Code applies equally to own-share purchases ( the Yellow Book , Section 5 , Chapter 2 , para 44 ) and so the company should not purchase any shares during any period when the directors would not be free to do so on their own account . |
| 7 | If people had to rely on borrowing directly from other people , there would be a problem here : the lenders would not be prepared to lend for a long enough period . |
| 8 | In most of these universes the conditions would not be right for the development of complicated organisms ; only in the few universes that are like ours would intelligent beings develop and ask the question : " why is the universe the way we see it ? " |
| 9 | He replied that the tenders would not be available for three weeks , but the drawings would be ready in ten days . |
| 10 | If the maximum operating speed of the system is to approach the pull-out rate then between 20 and 50 delays might be required and the techniques would not be cost-effective . |
| 11 | Unfortunately this does not appear to work the other way ; the shipowners would not be entitled to any share in a windfall profit if the market value of the cargo increased dramatically and was sold for much more than if it had arrived on time . |
| 12 | If they did n't , the width of the stetches would n't be exact ; and the drill and so on would n't fit the stetch ; there was a waste of land or a waste of seed-corn . |
| 13 | If that does n't come through , the others would not be sufficient ’ . |
| 14 | Alan had put a sheet of laminate in the back , so that the coffin could slide in and out easily and the bearers would not be involved in an undignified struggle outside the crematorium doors . |
| 15 | An order requiring the contravener to repay the purchase price of the shares would not be capable of restoring the parties to their respective former positions unless the obligation to repay were made conditional on the tender of the share certificates . |