Example sentences of "[adv] would [not/n't] be [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 That restriction suddenly would n't be imposed in the next two or three years , it would be a gradual reduction through to the year two thousand and six .
2 The Court had in mind information regarding when and by whom the information was received , the fact that distribution lists are maintained separately from the messages sent and so would not be printed out , unless specified , on the paper copy .
3 Cause might suggest that room is left for the object of causation to produce its effect as a secondary cause reacting to the stimulus of the primary one and so would not be used in these contexts .
4 Wilson was immediately worried that the rooms she had ready would not be thought adequate , that indeed she did not know if she herself thought they were adequate , and that she would be unable to prepare meals in her feeble condition , but Miss Blagden laid to rest all her anxieties .
5 The remaining junctions we have studied ( G4pC5 , A5pC6 , G7pT8 , T8pC9 ) do not resonate at low field and thus would not be expected to be in the B II state .
6 But if he was to come on at three o'clock in the morning , the other man called away would n't be replaced .
7 This interface will function optically as a convex mirror , and light incident on it — which normally would not be perceived because it would fall on the blind spot , will be reflected back into the eye .
8 But that 's as maybe — even if The Chieftains were this decade 's Temptations , Mayfield or Gaye , they still would n't be needed .
9 Erm er what about the wor possibly a word like indifferent but it 's not a very common word in the English language , possibly would n't be bothered or something like that .
10 Jorge Luis Ochoa , joint leader of the Medellín drug cartel , surrendered to the authorities on Jan. 15 in response to government assurances in September and October including a guarantee that drug traffickers who gave themselves up would not be extradited to the United States [ see pp. 37772 ; 37851 ] .
11 The simple story of a mentally handicapped child or adult growing up would not be considered dramatic enough for fictional representation ; the drama must focus on a series of events which create a larger than life situation , which will play on the emotions of the viewers .
12 They probably would not be treated . ’
13 The starkest example would be unlimited life goods , where depreciation presumably would not be charged at all .
14 He knew very well that , without my running to and fro , the passengers mostly would n't be bothered to move to drink , so he accepted fast , no doubt considering me a mug as well as an actor .
15 ‘ Many Americans who drive luxury European imports simply would n't be seen in a Cadillac or Lincoln . ’
16 It simply would not be tolerated for the old style to continue at the expense of progress . ’
17 Obviously this kind of shopping around would not be tolerated : ‘ your place or mine ’ was the drill in every case , with , I inferred , a preference for yours .
18 He told me he was about to go into a ‘ sealed camp ’ somewhere in the south of England , and that the letters he wrote from there would not be released until the invasion had safely begun .
19 The witness said that he had not been present at the meeting and had agreed that what was said then would not be recorded .
20 They were officially produced , and thus often give information about official events which otherwise would not be known ; the designs and legends they bear provide an unequalled number of images and inscriptions from lost societies .
21 Despite a reputation for excellent work on the relatively small number of accounts they handled , they had no international reputation and certainly would n't be quoted among the top twenty of British advertising agencies as far as billings were concerned .
22 It came to him that he could lock the door , there was a bolt on it , but this conjured up the vision of her battering on it , for she certainly would n't be deterred by the fact that she was raising the house ; she would know that Mary was the only one in it at the moment .
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