Example sentences of "they would not have " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Claud Mullins , a London magistrate , commented on the plight of separated women in 1935 : ‘ Day by day as I watch the women who come into court on summonses for arrears — probably the least attractive of all Police Court work — I sometimes wonder whether after all many of them would not have done better to put up with the ills they had , rather than to have placed their faith in court orders ’ . |
| 2 | Both Fanny and Henry enjoy literature so therefore we can predict that a marriage between them would not have been a total disaster . |
| 3 | It was nearly a year since Dunkirk , and if they 'd been going to come , surely they 'd not have waited this long . |
| 4 | ‘ If they were gold , they 'd not have lasted undisturbed so long . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I do not think identity cards would have changed things — I suspect they would not have deterred people from travelling without tickets . ’ |
| 6 | Lord Aldington insisted they had not been lied to , but they would not have got into the trucks if they had known they were going to Yugoslavia . |
| 7 | ‘ There is no doubt that Charles has been offered major works at good prices ’ , says one dealer , ‘ because people wanted to see those works in his great collection ; artists have sold him paintings that they would not have sold to anyone else , and they feel betrayed . ’ |
| 8 | The concept of enforcement involves — as the word implies — the use of force , compulsion : one man 's right is enforced by others being compelled to do what they would not have done of their own free will . |
| 9 | They would not have gone if they were . |
| 10 | Under the censorship rules in force throughout the 1930s , they would not have been able to cast aspersions on a foreign power , tackle the relations between capital and labour , or take an irreverent view of the army . |
| 11 | Charlie was not at all worried : he was the happiest , sunniest child , and my parents ’ favourite I think , although they would not have admitted to having favourites . |
| 12 | In the early days , when unionist politics were in a state of flux , some people may have been alienated from the Church by their dislike for Paisley 's political image , but they would not have felt that the Church was a DUP church . |
| 13 | Plenty of people in Donegal , Cavan and Monaghan would be delighted , as they would not have so far to go to buy drinks , groceries and cigarettes . |
| 14 | He made great play of all the tasks in the Casa Guidi he had been left to do — furniture to repair , decorations to see to — but to Wilson 's experienced eye they would not have occupied an energetic person more than a month at the most . |
| 15 | Zuwaya said they would not have wanted to win an election that way ; and some Magharba — admittedly few , the majority being unquestioningly jubilant — said that just ends had been achieved by improper means . |
| 16 | Some of those who attacked ministers ' devotion to the ‘ social gospel ’ were attacking a penchant for education bills , county council elections and slum clearance , but they would not have been as upset by a renewed campaign for disestablishment , which , no less than educational reform , could not be achieved without political action . |
| 17 | But then soldiers are supposed to put their country above their personal interests and but for this they would not have to obey their commander . |
| 18 | They would not have been contemplated just a few years ago . |
| 19 | They would not have a great choice of subjects in their fourth and fifth years . |
| 20 | The incentives have been such that several farmers in the LFA in Snowdonia for instance made no secret of their view that they would not have contemplated the schemes in the absence of grants . |
| 21 | ‘ However ingeniously and wisely the civil and industrial controls and rationing schemes may have been devised ’ , wrote Sir Richard Hopkins , Head of the Civil Service and Permanent Secretary to the Treasury from 1942 to 1945 , ‘ they would not have achieved that full success but for the goodwill with which amid the strain and stress of war they were accepted by industry and by the community as a whole . ’ |
| 22 | In my father 's day they would not have dared even to think like that ! |
| 23 | It seemed they could have everything merely because they were boys , they would not have to sacrifice anything for anything else . |
| 24 | They would not have been refreshingly down-to-earth for her sake . |
| 25 | They were people who had reason to be suspicious , or they would not have paid so highly for Hayman 's services . |
| 26 | He added , though , that there were no guidelines to cover the situation which had manifested itself in Orkney , and even if the council had formally adopted written guidelines , they would not have been appropriate in the circumstances . |
| 27 | The pathetic official Home Office reaction , that they would not have released anything they had found , only compounds their breathtaking stupidity . |
| 28 | Now although there will obviously be occasions when this belief is warranted , when learners are of an age , for example , at which they would not have the capacity or disposition for analytic self-reflection , there seems no good reason for supposing that the belief is universally valid . |
| 29 | They believe they would not have achieved so much had they tried to score points by claiming victory every time an amendment was made or a change was accepted . |
| 30 | They longed for deliverance from Roman oppression , and were encouraged to think that they would not have much longer to wait as the prophetic voice was heard once more in the land after centuries of silence . |