Example sentences of "[vb past] it [vb mod] not be " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day on which 6,500 redundancy notices were delivered to army personnel , Grampian Enterprise confirmed it would not be renewing the grant when the 18-month contract runs out in March . |
| 2 | While reporting strong inquiry levels , he said orders were still quiet and warned it would not be possible for the European automated systems business to sustain its 1991 performance this year . |
| 3 | ‘ The Queen felt it would not be right for the duchess to stay at the main house , even though there is room , because of the marriage split . |
| 4 | As regards the Japanese islands , MacArthur felt it would not be practicable for the United States to keep bases after the signing of a peace treaty . |
| 5 | We felt it would not be good for poor , kind Sir Charles . |
| 6 | Although many people had no clear idea of what level of employment was ‘ full ’ , none the less they felt it would not be the level of employment of the '20s or '30s . |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , ’ she agreed , though while she felt it would not be right for her to question him about his employer , she could see no reason — since he must be aware of the contents of Ven Gajdusek 's desk diary — for not mentioning , ‘ I came here specifically to interview Mr Gajdusek last Friday , but — ’ |
| 8 | Apparently , she did not mind him being a mop head when occupying other Government positions , but felt it would not be fitting for the role of Chancellor . |
| 9 | But she added that she feared it would not be possible to impose planning controls below the low-water mark , where the drilling rigs would be established . |
| 10 | For all he knew it might not be unusual to unearth human bones in grounds such as these . |
| 11 | Martha , her youngest , was being courted by Sam Baldwin , the youngest son of the family at Cauldron Mill ; although the lad had not yet spoken to Jonadab , Annie knew it would not be long before he asked for their daughter as his bride . |
| 12 | I paid the fourpence for two coffees , and after I had seen Clare to her train back home , went to St Andrew 's to make a few notes of plans to defend myself , for I knew it would not be long before I faced a new ‘ trial ’ — by the hospital 's board of governors . |
| 13 | She knew it would not be sensible to go anywhere quiet with him . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew it could not be Wednesday , it is Faith Lavender who comes on Wednesdays . |
| 15 | It was not unlike the feeling she experienced when men looked at her and wanted her though she knew it could not be that for there was nothing sexual between her and Gary and never would be . |
| 16 | He looked back to the road where yet more French cavalry had appeared , and he knew it could not be long before the first French eight-pounder cannon arrived . |
| 17 | DAALNY HAD discarded at once her anger and her pleading as soon as the choice was made , and made in such a fashion that she knew it could not be changed . |
| 18 | Ursula was anxious to stress that her daughter 's safety was now her only concern and became impatient with the methodical nature of their questioning , but Charlotte knew it could not be otherwise . |
| 19 | But she knew it could not be . |
| 20 | She could feel the tip probing up the leg of her panties and she knew it should not be there . |
| 21 | She thought it would not be possible to talk about this to anyone — my burden and I must bear it , she had believed — but she found herself discussing it easily and naturally and very trustingly with Raynor . |
| 22 | ‘ We thought it would not be fair to raise Tracy 's hopes of getting compensation . |
| 23 | No I thought it might not be , let's put it another way . |
| 24 | But he thought it could not be more than a couple of days . |
| 25 | Now that she had met Silas Wilder , Lucy realised it would not be easy to persuade him to visit his stepmother , and once again she wondered why she had been stupid enough to have allowed herself to become involved in this situation . |
| 26 | The announcement was welcomed yesterday by Economy Minister Richard Needham , who said that Novotel was the first major international group attracted to Northern Ireland — but he expected it would not be the last . |
| 27 | She hoped it would not be too long before ‘ Laura Ashley ’ was itself producing material of this calibre . |
| 28 | He hoped it would not be too long before she was brave enough to leave the bar . |
| 29 | As most models have only one wound it will not be necessary to roll this extra dice , but it is important when it comes to rolling for models that can take several wounds . |
| 30 | Lord Reid said it would not be difficult to infer , as a matter of fact , that pickets who assemble in unreasonably large numbers do have the purpose of obstructing free passage . |