Example sentences of "[adj] [modal v] not [verb] at [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Improving the national economy is the single most important program the federal government can take to help urban America ; because our economy is predominantly an urban one , what 's good for the nation 's economy is good for the economies of our cities , although not all cities will benefit equally , and some may not benefit at all . ’ |
| 2 | This would n't do at all . |
| 3 | I just the slightest sort of movement has readjusted it and this would not move at all ! |
| 4 | ‘ Chéri , this will not do at all , ’ he said lightly . |
| 5 | ‘ Now then , ’ said Deuce , looking critically around the large sitting room which seemed to Harry to be the sort of place the Queen of England would live in , ‘ this wo n't do at all . ’ |
| 6 | That would n't do at all . |
| 7 | But of course that would n't do at all . |
| 8 | No , that would n't do at all . |
| 9 | Thus entries for , say , the year 1680 will not end at 31 December but continue through January , February and most of March 1681 ; sometimes they will be written as 1680/1 for the period between 1 January and 25 March , and it is as well for the local and family historian to adopt that convention or else he will get in a hopeless muddle . |
| 10 | ‘ That wo n't do at all — ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , that wo n't do at all ! ’ |
| 12 | Section 739 would not apply at that point because no income is paid to an overseas person . |