Example sentences of "would not be [adj] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acheson informed the British ambassador in Washington on 24 December 1949 that because of inability ‘ to find satisfactory answers to certain basic problems confronting us ’ , it would not be possible to adhere to the schedule originally decided with Bevin in September . |
| 2 | A smaller team would be closer to the democratic decision-making process but then the doors of such a bureau would not be able to open to the public for so many hours . |
| 3 | This is a pretty odd combination if you think about it for dormice and hares do not really talk and so would not be able to talk to the mad hatter , a human . |
| 4 | Most of the eagles in the Cages have forgotten , for they can not bear to remember , and because of that even if the opportunity came they would not be able to return to their homesites . |
| 5 | She swore — yet again — that she would leave off the rich food , forget the drink , but even as she making the promise , she knew she would not be able to keep to it . |
| 6 | The reasoning behind it being that she would not be able to come to terms with the notion of her mother being dead , so by removing her from the place where the tragedy had occurred and allowing enough time to pass , she would better be able to come to terms with her loss . |
| 7 | After that time any light emitted from the star would not be able to escape to infinity but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 8 | We have virtually reached the position where a defendant will not be considered liable when he would not be liable according to the ordinary principles of negligence . |
| 9 | On the one hand Europe favoured détente , but on the other , they also needed US protection and were concerned that , if the worst came to the worst , Carter would not be prepared to go to war to save Europe . |