Example sentences of "it would not have [been] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd already decided I wanted to go into the Army and it would n't have been a good idea to have anything on my record about supporting some left-wing group . |
| 2 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 3 | It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 . |
| 4 | It would n't have been a downright lie either , she thought wretchedly . |
| 5 | If I 'd been fitter and actually lived in London it would n't have been a problem but spending 24 hours a week in heavy traffic , being away from home and missing out on spending time with my children just got me down . |
| 6 | ‘ Ah , but then it would n't have been a surprise , would it ? ’ |
| 7 | ON THE eve of polling day the Prime Minister was asked whether , on reflection , it would not have been a good idea for him to have debated with Mr Kinnock on television . |
| 8 | ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done . |
| 9 | Certainly it would not have been a respectable person , such as Hilbert 's gardener or cleaner , but most likely some unemployed derelict Adam had met in a pub . |
| 10 | ‘ But it would not have been a good cosmetic result . |
| 11 | ‘ But it would not have been a good cosmetic result . |
| 12 | Certainly it would not have been a viable proposition if it had run into serious trouble within a year or so of its launch . |
| 13 | With a more interfering Prime Minister and a more suspicious Foreign Secretary it would not have been a happy arrangement . |
| 14 | Looking at the terms of the agreement as contained in the letter from Hunter 's attorney , and the receipt , it is manifest that the payment was not made in discharge of the plaintiff 's rights against all other parties ; and the result of the whole is , that it does not operate as a release , or matter which could have been pleaded as an accord and satisfaction , but amounts merely to an engagement not to sue Hunter , which can only be pleaded by himself ; if the action , therefore , had been brought against two parties , it would not have been a discharge to both . |
| 15 | The court assumes that , if the ground-rent was ‘ a burden incident to the taking of the lease ’ or ( Lord Denman C.J. ) ‘ a necessary burden on the premises , ’ the plaintiff 's promise to pay it would not have been a sufficient consideration : a promise to make a gift of onerous property is still a mere promise to make a gift , though the promisee agrees to assume the burden . |