Example sentences of "would [adv] not be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It contained questions that most citizens , unaware that numbers did behave , would rather not be asked . |
| 2 | Of course this notice would naturally not be signed by both parties as required by s. 2 , which had come into effect a few weeks before . |
| 3 | It had done very badly in the 1967 local elections , and in November Wilson at last devalued the pound — assuring a somewhat puzzled nation that ‘ the pound in your pocket ’ would somehow not be affected . |
| 4 | MARTIN EDWARDS , chairman and chief executive of Manchester United , insisted after a four-hour board meeting at Old Trafford yesterday that he would still not be rushed into selling his majority shareholding , writes Stephen Bierley . |
| 5 | MARTIN EDWARDS , chairman and chief executive of Manchester United , insisted after a four-hour board meeting at Old Trafford yesterday that he would still not be rushed into selling his majority shareholding . |
| 6 | It would still not be performed until after his death . |
| 7 | There appears to be no authority on the point , but they would probably not be understood differently , in view of the court 's use of the word " erroneous " in Jones ( M ) v Jones ( R R ) [ 1971 ] 1 WLR 840 . |
| 8 | Unless the change in image was immense , boys would probably not be affected , science would still be an obvious , acceptable choice for a boy . |
| 9 | The advice that he would receive would probably not be couched in terms of relative merits and de-merits of preference and ordinary shares but of ‘ prior charges ’ and ‘ equiries ’ . |
| 10 | While the market might continue softening for psychological and cyclical reasons , its woes would probably not be compounded by fraud-tainted defaults . |
| 11 | We have never found it an imposition to provide , at the beginning of a term a sheet of paper for each lecture setting out prerequisite knowledge , the subject of the lecture and reference to textbook work which would probably not be treated except by a mention . |
| 12 | It was felt that this type of exercise would probably not be repeated for a few years . |
| 13 | Without a harbour , the islands would probably not be inhabited at all , as the land area is only about 250 hectares . |
| 14 | The Mexican Minister of Commerce and Industrial Development , Jaime Serra Puche , accepted that legislative proceedings on the final treaty would probably not be completed until after the November 1992 US elections . |
| 15 | Seen against this background the decision in Franklin v. Minister of Town and Country Planning , although undoubtedly influenced by the judicial conservatism of the time , would probably not be decided differently today . |
| 16 | In that case the court found that the auditors ' certificate was based on a mistaken interpretation of the agreement between the partners : this would probably not be decided the same way today : see 13.6 , 13.7 and 13.9 . |
| 17 | Its only advantage over BBCBASIC(Z80) 's normal error handling is that it gives the error number ; it would probably not be used in practice . |
| 18 | The alternative of using a fully trained adviser as receptionist would probably not be considered an efficient use of staff . |
| 19 | This point is academic — first , because so much of this type of absenteeism goes unnoticed or unrecorded ( it was described as ‘ hidden ’ truancy by the Pack Report ) , and second , because , realistically , the use of legal procedures would probably not be contemplated by any LEA until the problem had worsened and discussion with parents had failed to resolve it . |
| 20 | The carpenter 's benches were well lit by rooflights ; some of the tools used at that time would probably not be found today . |
| 21 | Similarly , older children 's possessive impulse would now not be seen as an instinct for ownership per se . |
| 22 | In the sense that production could be upped but your level of income would n't not be permitted t to rise , . |
| 23 | Secondly , a press which probed deeply and reported news that the Government wanted left unreported — for example , defence matters or other highly sensitive issues — would equally not be tolerated . |
| 24 | Word order would then not be needed for this particular purpose of role assignment . |
| 25 | As he told the pope , they would either not be read or be read with derision after the arrival of the later letter brought by William of Warelwast : |
| 26 | With sufficient funds to travel to many active libraries , it enables the British Library Information Officer for User Education to make more personal contact , and thus frequently acquire information that would otherwise not be volunteered or made public . |
| 27 | Actually , the use of this final pronominal element is quite transparently a way to regain attributive status for the adjective which precedes it , and its use with certain adjectives ( to be introduced below ) which do not genuinely occur in predicative position is thus much more significant than Bolinger allows for , showing that there are values attached to attributive status which are more important than mere position in the sentence relative to the verb , and that speakers will even seek to conform to these by devising an attributive construction which would otherwise not be called for . |
| 28 | Aid is now essential to Africa as any kind of external finance is essential : it is a means of paying for imports which would otherwise not be bought , about half of which are capital goods necessary for the maintenance of assets , badly depreciated after years of neglect . |
| 29 | It was argued that it allows litigation which would otherwise not be brought , that the lawyers involved act more conscientiously on behalf of their client because of the mutual financial interests , and that it is a simpler method of payment . |
| 30 | Should negative feedback inhibition exist in man , however , amylase and lipase would not be affected and would therefore not be affected by compensatory mechanisms in the way that proteases are . |