Example sentences of "[coord] would not be " in BNC.

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1 Defects from bad workmanship were potentially higher , and serious accidental damage after occupation could arise because the occupier either would not know the house was timber-framed or would not be aware of its consequences — even attempting to hang a picture could cause potentially serious damage .
2 ‘ … considered that a casual with a skilled trade may have his efficiency seriously impaired by being required to break stones and may , in order to avoid this task , feel compelled to sleep out or to commit some other offence against the law ; that it is impossible to expect the officer in charge of a casual ward to discriminate between men for whom the task would or would not be suitable , and that this would lay him open to accusations of favouritism or vindictiveness ; that the task could rarely be made a profitable one , and is repugnant to the class of workers most liable to unemployment , being looked upon by them as having penal associations and as entirely deterrent . ’ )
3 If in a potentially life threatening situation or one in which irreparable damage to the patient 's health is to be anticipated , doctors or hospital authorities are faced with a refusal by an adult patient to accept essential treatment and they have real doubts as to the validity of that refusal , they should in the public interest , not to mention that of their patient , at once seek a declaration from the courts as to whether the proposed treatment would or would not be lawful .
4 An attempt to clarify the position as to what works would or would not be affected by the ban had further confused the issue .
5 Shall we — ‘ But James had mentally worded his speech a dozen times and would not be forestalled .
6 The guidance says that Kenneth Clarke , the Health Secretary , ‘ is minded ’ to go for Japanese-style pendulum arbitration — where the arbiter would be free only to find for one party or the other , and would not be able to compromise .
7 After they had reached that decision Michael began to cry and would not be consoled .
8 He said then that general practitioners would remain free to prescribe whatever drugs their patients needed and would not be constrained by cash limits either at FPC or RHA level .
9 Some merchants there maintained that the old gods had served them well and would not be pleased by the withdrawal of sacrifices in favour of a foreign and untried god .
10 There was no doubting her sister 's passion as she struggled to express her resentment , writing : — on my life Lily I declare I want only what is best for the child and would not be Cruel to him nor the cause of Cruelty and what you asked was Cruel the child knowing no Italian and being Fearful of leaving me the only Mother he has known and who he loves as his own .
11 Comments like ‘ big , black and smelly ’ can only be malicious and would not be protected .
12 Her husband had taken lunch with him , and would not be back till teatime .
13 The information system is the major link between adviser and client , without which a bureau could not and would not be allowed to continue to serve the public .
14 They therefore wanted information items to spell out for the workers what would and would not be appropriate action to take .
15 Dry areas would no longer absorb energy , and would not be at risk from the high local power-input .
16 Mixed arable and dairy farms and vegetable farms are the easiest to convert to organic : the huge arable farms of East Anglia are more difficult because of intense production systems , as are chicken and pig farms where only a minimum of land is owned and would not be large enough to accommodate free range farming .
17 The great majority of people do not live in traffic calmed layouts and would not be familiar with their design or purpose .
18 Brichardi need a fair sized territory and would not be able to establish this in a Mbuna tank .
19 He said there had not been , and would not be , any resignations as a result of the ‘ deeply disturbing ’ situation although finance director Ian Phillips will leave in February .
20 The transfer of sums out of the creditors ' total in the balance sheet does not , of itself , imply dishonesty and would not be an offence under the Theft Act 1968 , since any creditor able to prove the sum owing within the six year limitation period would be paid , regardless of the accounting treatment adopted .
21 Dinah wrapped a shawl round Olivia , who was still sucking at her and would not be dislodged .
22 Her daughter was eagerly moving towards womanhood and would not be stopped .
23 There were certain items , he said , ‘ among the most basic necessities of life ’ , on which VAT should and would not be levied .
24 Hundreds of trippers who had paid for a front-row seat in a grandstand overlooking the departing flotilla left in anger when they were told the scaffolding viewpoint was potentially unsafe and would not be used .
25 ‘ I have no confidence in Charles and would not be happy to see him King . ’
26 Such courses may be of interest to you as a returner but they are not the same as re-entry programmes , and would not be recognised for the same purpose if you ever had to provide evidence of an updating course to your National Board .
27 But now , having passed Cape Froward at nearly 54°S , he was heading north , and would not be so far south again ever in his life .
28 The theory of MCE is inadequately thought out and would not be supported in language learning fields .
29 Mixed institutions , the greater part of which were used for other than hospital purposes , were to remain with the local authority and would not be taken into the National Health Service .
30 The mothers and children were out of sight now , reduced to no more than faint yelps from among the council houses built on rising ground above the green , and there was no-one else about , and would not be , until the men began to come home at dusk .
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