Example sentences of "would [not/n't] [verb] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Though so it serve our purpose , I would not quarrel with a little license . ’
2 He felt he knew Branson well enough to surmise that it would not evolve into an equal partnership , because Branson would be bound to ‘ over-interfere ’ .
3 She would not think of the pitiful remains in the corner .
4 But for the moment she resolved that she would not think of the loathsome interview again until she was in Prague .
5 The Pharisees and Scribes would not eat with the ordinary people as they considered them to be irreligious .
6 This not merely makes direct comparison difficult , but it may also mean that such comparisons would be of questionable value given that they would not relate to the actual situation in which traditional and non-traditional students are competing for places , and in which their work and achievement can be meaningfully compared .
7 KPMG would not comment at the recent agm .
8 Married Sarfraz , of School Road , Hounslow , would not comment on the alleged offences which are said to have taken place last Wednesday .
9 It would not comment on the potential value of the joint venture but published reports put it at around $3,000m , adding that Cable & Wireless and Telstra would share 40% , Benpres would take another 40% , and the rest would go to smaller investors .
10 Officially , the organisation would not comment on the proposed change .
11 The emotional response in a game , play and in drama is a response to an abstraction , to a ‘ bracketing-off ’ from living , and it can be just as intense — possibly even more intense for , knowing it is a second-order experience , one can ‘ release ’ one 's grieving , for example , in a way one would not do in the actual event .
12 Graham , the doubter who would not vote for the local Conservative MP , had even expressed indifference about the Russians taking over South Africa .
13 While the position was clouded by the forthcoming abolition of the area health authorities , regional officers seemed to be forming a view that some areas , left to themselves , would not react in an appropriate way to the circumstances of rundown .
14 Reactionary trade union officials who had steadfastly declared that they would not stand on a public platform with revolutionary workers , found themselves caught up in the stream and carried forward to participation in great united front unemployed demonstrations .
15 On Oct. 16 the Romanian National Assembly approved by 324 votes to seven the new Council of Ministers proposed by Prime Minister-designate Theodor Stolojan , who undertook to accelerate reforms and promised that he would continue his political neutrality and would not stand in the forthcoming ( 1992 ) elections .
16 One enterprising station-master frequently told all passengers that their trains would not leave for a long time .
17 According to the hon. Lady 's argument , Scotland would not benefit from a nationalist solution to the problems of nuclear waste disposal .
18 However , Mr Jordan noted that staffing levels would not benefit in the short term as cutbacks continued across the board in all sectors .
19 As my hon. Friend the Member for Bolsover said , the answer does not lie in a permanent military force in Yugoslavia , because that would not lead to a political resolution of the problem — as is the case in Northern Ireland .
20 The 1935 general election was a disappointment and it was a major part of Cripps 's case for the Labour Left that the election due in 1940 would not lead to a Labour victory either .
21 The consultants concluded that demolition of the flyovers would not lead to an unacceptable worsening of peak-hour traffic conditions across the network , when viewed against the environmental gains .
22 It was therefore held by the Court that the fact that all the Member States had signed the Customs Cooperation Council Valuation Convention would not lead to the necessary extent to the uniform determination of the value for customs purposes of imported goods required for the functioning of customs union .
23 ‘ I say 50% , but in fact I expect more [ savings ] , ’ he said , but would not speculate on the exact amount he would save in processing the bank 's total 30,000 phone bills .
24 The majority of drivers — by Niki 's account , or a minority , if you believe James Hunt — had already decided they would not race in the appalling conditions at the Fuji track .
25 The Authority recognized that classroom practice would not improve without a considerable investment in INSET and in professional support at both LEA and school level .
26 Such a problem would not arise in the perfect capital market scenario sketched out above ( although if the qualification provided new information about the distribution of cash flows , there might be an interdependence between the qualification and asset prices ) but if in the real world the qualification caused investors and creditors to withdraw funds , refuse lines of credit or otherwise alter their behaviour , then the qualification might indeed be a self-fulfilling prophecy .
27 The problem was that the robots were usually too big and would not fit into the existing booths .
28 Furthermore , a dense , hypertext , semantic network , from which a single printed document was to arise , would include many transition paragraphs that would not appear in the printed document .
29 The women remained firm that unless the entire order was completed they would not pay for the hot whiskies .
30 The men were Dragoons who wore brass helmets covered with drab cloth so the rising sun would not reflect from the shining metal to betray their position .
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