Example sentences of "would [not/n't] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , testing for boundedness as a general procedure would not be worth while , in general . |
| 2 | For if not then ultimately there is no meaning to survival ; for a life whose meaning stands and falls on whether one escapes or not … ultimately would not be worth living at all ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It is very sad , because the service is badly needed , but it would not be worth our while . ’ |
| 4 | Because stores need to restock hot CDs quickly , the savings from buying abroad would not be worth the delay in delivery . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In saying that the free market equilibrium would be at E , we are really saying that it would not be worth while for each individual to check up privately on each and every drug on the market . |
| 7 | And by then , surely , it would not be worth the trouble . |
| 8 | It was also the Leader of the Opposition who said that if he were to abandon socialism he would not be worth voting for . |
| 9 | This is not a practical way to run a paper and pencil address book because it 's not possible to turn directly to the 3423rd character in a book , and the saving in space would not be worth the tedium involved . |
| 10 | It would not be past Zhukov 's greed and cunning to try and fob him off with the wrong pie e of film . |
| 11 | Otherwise our credit society could easily go sour on us , with repercussions for the country 's industry and commerce which would not be to our benefit . |
| 12 | So Sean O'Farrell and his pleasantries would not be to her taste today . |
| 13 | At Larchgrove some expressed the view that the remedial input necessary to develop Tony 's literacy and numeracy could be provided best at a residential school , but there was a stronger view that it would not be to his benefit to remove him from a secure and caring home . |
| 14 | He sat back down next to her , but he still did n't look at her , and she had a sinking feeling that he really was going to tell her the truth about Nicole , but it would not be to her liking . |
| 15 | This would not be to the exclusion of other World Religions which would be included in their appropriate curricular area . |
| 16 | The party would leave for France at the beginning of July and Ferdinando would not be of it . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 20 | In either case , it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on Earth . |
| 21 | Neither she nor Aunt Tossie , sitting there in dignified order , could foresee that the memory to be implanted would not be of the rare perfection of each course , but of a social mishap , a horror that would engross unbelieving attention and sear its recollection , like a scar , into Nicandra 's loving . |
| 22 | He did not know where they were heading , but already it was clear the destination would not be of his choosing . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | The length of service is on record at Walworth Road and it would not be of a great cost if you look at retaining membership who are real stalwarts of the Party . |
| 25 | The only greenbelt erm er in North Yorkshire er is the is is the West Yorkshire statutory greenbelt in the Western part er of Selby District Council , but the area of land the area of search that we have defined as about er ten miles would not take in any er would not be of relevance to the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 26 | Dry areas would no longer absorb energy , and would not be at risk from the high local power-input . |
| 27 | But very obviously our traveller 's decision would not be at all like that . |
| 28 | In this situation an international socialist conference demanding peace short of victory would not be at all helpful . |
| 29 | In a good year a gathering of twenty pounds would not be at all unusual of the largest and most succulent imaginable . |
| 30 | 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 . |