Example sentences of "certainly [not/n't] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ While any loss of business is not good for us , it would certainly not make a great deal of difference , ’ he added . |
| 2 | However , I would certainly not want to give a commitment about a further debate . |
| 3 | My godmother would certainly not want strangers on her property . ’ |
| 4 | It is a sound maxim that you do not ask the barber whether you need a haircut , and if Prof Paulos is not a wholly disinterested party in matters of numeracy , you will certainly not expect Arno Penzias , a distinguished physicist and vice-president for research at the Bell Telephone Laboratories of AT&T , to be less than sanguine about the remorseless advance of information technology . |
| 5 | The amp switches on with that disconcerting ‘ plop ’ that you get from most tranny machines and would certainly not expect from a hi-fi costing half as much . |
| 6 | It is not a calculation which any member of the public should attempt by himself or herself and it should certainly not tend to discourage people from seeking legal advice on problems when they need it . |
| 7 | I would certainly not favour a rump version of one of the current forms of English degree , with their recurring arguments about canons and coverage , the definition of literature , and the place of theory . |
| 8 | What I 'm trying to say is that while I do n't really like the shape and some of the other features on this guitar at all , and would certainly not choose to include them if I were designing an instrument for myself , it should n't matter . |
| 9 | Yes , he would certainly not abandon her . |
| 10 | This will almost certainly not erase the loathing Jacques Chirac and Valéry Giscard d'Estaing , the two parties ' leaders , feel for each other . |
| 11 | Person 2 would certainly not pay the higher price necessary to induce a competitive supplier to expand production beyond the output Q. Person 2 is thus a free-rider enjoying person 1 's purchase Q. And the total quantity privately produced and consumed in a competitive market lies below the socially efficient quantity Q * ; |
| 12 | Of course , in the High Court , a case of particular significance may be reported , but the law report will almost certainly not appear before the time allowed for appealing has passed . |
| 13 | A pledge that he would certainly not rest until he had fulfilled his responsibility . |
| 14 | They must wish and not wish ; they must by no means give and they must certainly not withhold encouragement — and so it goes on , each precept cancelling the last , and most of them negative . |
| 15 | Multiples such as W.H. Smith will certainly not miss the boat but the more traditional , book-focused groups may not even know there is a boat to catch . |
| 16 | As soon as you have learned how to find the various groups , you can bring your binoculars into action , with results which will certainly not disappoint you . |
| 17 | Aisled barns are of the order of 9–15m ( 29–49ft ) wide ; a simple triangular truss could be made to span a building 10m ( 33ft ) wide , but most ‘ single-cell ’ barns were of the width defined above and would certainly not exceed 7.5m ( 24–1/2ft ) in width . |
| 18 | He does not have affairs with students and if he did it would certainly not affect their grading . ’ |
| 19 | Her position as expressed to me was that if the private sector wanted to use its own money for the tunnel then we should certainly not stand in the way . |
| 20 | The likes of Arrow , Hahn and Malinvaud would certainly not rule out the possibility of Keynesian demand deficient unemployment . |
| 21 | But we should certainly not mistrust or feel the need to apologise for pursuing the past because of the present . |
| 22 | We must also recognise that any changes that we make will almost certainly not satisfy people outside . |
| 23 | Such a characterization would certainly not fit B T as we have it , nor any of the various plans leading up to it . |
| 24 | The parfum of ice-cream would certainly not fit into the English category . |
| 25 | These should be few and simple , and must certainly not involve them in any anxiety , or a sharp increase in effort or expenditure . |
| 26 | ( Davidson , 1980e ) We shall certainly not do that . |
| 27 | It might , if it is able , focus its eyes upon the speaker , having heard the voice , but it will certainly not understand . |
| 28 | A dress like that would certainly not appeal to the average feminist . |
| 29 | The ground from a golfer 's point of view is everything that can be desired and when finished will provide a first rate course , whose sporting nature will certainly not detract from its attractiveness . |
| 30 | But the one thing I will certainly not find in Shepherd 's Bush is a real , live sheep ! |