Example sentences of "would [not/n't] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rincewind tried to work it out , and decided that even if the box were crammed with star opals and sticks of auricholatum the contents would not be worth one-tenth the price of the container . |
| 2 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 3 | In either case , it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on Earth . |
| 4 | I remind my hon. Friend the Minister , who has Scottish ancestry , that to upset large numbers of railway enthusiasts in Scotland would not be of additional help to the Conservative party north of the border . |
| 5 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |
| 6 | If it could be shown that , as some holists contend , those individual actions , decisions and choices which are appealed to in explanation , are themselves the causal outcomes of various larger states of social affairs , then individuals would not be of any special interest . |
| 7 | But very obviously our traveller 's decision would not be at all like that . |
| 8 | In this situation an international socialist conference demanding peace short of victory would not be at all helpful . |
| 9 | In a good year a gathering of twenty pounds would not be at all unusual of the largest and most succulent imaginable . |
| 10 | If the painter were to use the same intensity of blue for the sea both near and far then the effect would not be at all realistic . |
| 11 | It seems to me it would not be at all difficult to cheat . |
| 12 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 13 | ‘ I am bitterly disappointed , for Aunt Emily says that it would not be at all proper for me to come to Trelorne and that I was very wrong to let you think that I might . |
| 14 | I would not be at all surprised if the story had been put out by Goreng or his superiors . |
| 15 | It would not be at all difficult to imagine this person running from here to the farm and back again without pause for breath . |
| 16 | There was a blaze in her eyes that had not been there before and he could see at once that she would not be at all manageable . |
| 17 | In the case of Scottish and Northern Irish solicitors , application would not be for overseas lawyer status but for full membership of the Society . |
| 18 | ‘ If I kept a careful check on your movements — which I do n't — I can assure you it would not be for sentimental reasons . ’ |
| 19 | She would not be on this earth much longer . |
| 20 | I would not be like this . |
| 21 | It is not easy because , carried to extremes , it would be a dangerous policy which would not be unlike that of a bargain hunting housewife at a January sale who buys things she will never use because the price is right . |
| 22 | I warned a year ago that it would not be until 1992 that substantially better results would be achieved . |
| 23 | But it was not simply a matter of taking one extra form : as the increase progressed up the School , it would become the equivalent in time of five extra forms , and it would not be until 1971 that such an expansion could be accommodated , as the building programme came to fruition . |
| 24 | If we did that , there would be much less of a problem and we would not be in such deep water with the European Commission . |
| 25 | Perhaps these people feel , as do members of the local communities , that the coastline would not be in such urgent need of ‘ protection ’ were it not for the imminent threat of creation of a housing development , larger than the existing village of Dirleton , adjacent to it . |
| 26 | Mrs Thatcher 's heart would not be in that approach , any more than the Labour Party has yet taken the need for high interest rates to its bosom . |
| 27 | This attitude also led him to express his distaste for the American-sponsored discussions on world trade , known as the Kennedy Round , that were currently being conducted within GATT : again , he suspected that they would produce a heightened American influence in Europe , something that would not be in Western Europe 's or France 's interests . |
| 28 | As for sociable hours , I would not be in this trade if I expected to work nine to five , Monday to Friday . |
| 29 | ( If she were alive now , Lily thought , I would not be in this sorry mess … ) |
| 30 | This Pro-hib-ition , or whatever they call it , is comin' , you mark my words , or the Tally boys would n't be into other ‘ arrangements ’ , as they say , and lookin' to buy cellars and hidey-holes and places behind walls , if ye follow me . |