Example sentences of "would [adv] not [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would presumably not be worth splitting the task into two for small batches because the communication costs between programmer and operator , with the frequent interaction needed given the small batch size , would outweigh the savings made in wage costs from hiring someone semi-skilled to do the machining . |
| 2 | The small supplier would then not be in the hands of his bank . |
| 3 | If the time has come when Virgin needs a union for people 's grievances to be redressed and their rights upheld , then it would almost not be worth me going on , and I will pack up and get out . ’ |
| 4 | It would certainly not be over stressing the point to say that Waugh returns a maturer player than when last seen sprinting up and down the wickets of Colchester and Southend . |
| 5 | The risk would certainly not be worth it to the little ex-scribe . |
| 6 | A person without the use of his sense of sight would certainly not be in a position to make the same use of colour words as the rest of us . |
| 7 | As I was saying , that would certainly not be in your best interests . ’ |
| 8 | What was significant about the Banstead strategy in this respect was that offering continued inpatient care to ‘ decantees ’ was presented by psychiatrists as a protection of patients ' rights , particularly the right to stay in hospital where , they argued , ‘ many resist any suggestion that they should leave the hospital and also become more ill when such suggestions are made … to press such a matter against the patients ’ will would certainly not be in their best interests ' . |