Example sentences of "and would not [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 The problem was that the robots were usually too big and would not fit into the existing booths .
3 Whatever the strength of this reasoning , it seems to apply to cases where the patient commits some act to achieve his end , and would not apply to the situation being discussed here .
4 In July of the same year John Gayner and many others resisted arrest at Lydney , killed a number of the king 's servants and those of the warden of the forest , and chased the others ‘ as far as the forest and would not surrender to the King 's peace ’ .
5 Clearly the auction house feels that in the light of new revelations about the treasure 's origins , its manner of acquisition and details of falsified export licenses , any attempt to offer it at auction would be bound to result in failure and would not redound to the auction house 's credit .
6 The Commission is reluctant to grant protection to these industries as it would harm the LDCs ( see Chapter 11 ) , and would not help in the attempts to improve the productivity of the EC economy .
7 The state-owned Burgas petrochemical company announced on Jan. 29 that petrol supplies were exhausted , and would not resume in the near future .
8 The most effective means of doing this would be through the introduction of a comprehensive disability income scheme , which would allocate benefits according to the needs created by disability and would not discriminate on the basis of old age .
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