Example sentences of "[noun] would not [vb infin] any " in BNC.

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1 On 17 May Brig Mitchell , commanding 26 Armoured Bde , even signed a local written agreement with the commander of the Yugoslav 14th Division [ KP 143a ] that " all CROAT soldiers SOUTH of the RIVER DRA VA , within 26 Armd Bde area , are the prisoners of Marshal TITO 's forces " , that the brigade would not allow any Croats to cross to the north bank of the river , and that British troops would not interfere with the disarming and taking prisoner of Croat soldiers in the area .
2 Most computers would n't win any design awards .
3 Travis would not give any explanation when asked about her whereabouts and seemed to resent her parents ' questions .
4 And FA director of refereeing Ken Ridden yesterday warned that referees would not tolerate any ‘ trickery ’ .
5 The social chapter would not provide any protection here as pay policy is excluded , apart from the equal pay issue ; but in terms of social security and employment conditions , it would be an important advance .
6 ‘ The Federal Republic should take into account that policies aimed at changing borders would not suit any Government in Europe . ’
7 They informed the NIO that the force would not recognise any such understanding by the government with criminal terrorists and would continue to arrest and charge without exception for previous crimes and the carrying of weapons unauthorised by the police themselves .
8 In September Erhard visited Johnson to try to resolve the issue , but the President would not make any concessions and Erhard appeared weak on the world stage .
9 But the DIA would n't risk any action based on information that might have been traced back to one of Asmar 's people .
10 On April 22 Taylor reportedly told visiting US congressmen that the NPFL would not accept any decisions by Sawyer .
11 Reference is made to Circular 14/85 — paragraphs 3.4 and 3.5 It is submitted that the appeal proposal would not cause any demonstrable harm to interests of acknowledged importance , therefore the general presumption in favour of development should prevail in this instance .
12 The Orkney Seven Action Group , which is campaigning for the release of the seven W children still in care , said Mrs W would not accept any offer on the basis that some of the children were abused by their elder siblings .
13 ( 3 ) Allowing the appeal ( Lord Griffiths dissenting ) , that in view of the terms of the letter from the Crown Prosecution Service , in which it was accepted that the order restricted them to utilising material already collected or independently gathered , and the safeguards contained in paragraph 33 of Buckley J. 's order , the compliance with the order for disclosure would not create any real danger for the defendants of prejudice in criminal proceedings ( post , pp. 353G–H , 354A–B , 358G–H , 359C–E , 360A , 362G–H , 364E–H ) .
14 We do hope Leeds make it to the FA Cup final , however the players now only receive 6 tickets ( or the Leeds players will ) As Anthony 's wife and two children , and his father , myself and Lisa his sister will be going I am afraid Anthony would n't have any spare .
15 ‘ The girl would not like any harm to come to him , I warrant . ’
16 She praised Princess Diana and claimed : ‘ If she ran the world , child abuse would n't exist any more . ’
17 ‘ It 's a fine idea , but Mrs. Olinton told me the other day that Mr. Olinton would n't lend any of his buildings to Scouts or Guides or Brownies or Cubs .
18 He made a strange point , because he said , as though he justified that attack , that , after all , further bands would not raise any more cash .
19 Or , to put it another way , changing the status of a job would not have any impact on the behaviour of its incumbents .
20 Such costs would not include any allocation of costs which would have been incurred had the instrument not been issued : for example management remuneration .
21 One wife , who has now returned part-time to her own career while she cares for their two small children , accepted before marrying that her high-powered executive husband would not give any help in the house .
22 One more person would n't make any difference to the arrangements , for Rob had thought it wise to cater for up to eight extra guests — ‘ Just in case I 'm more popular than I think I am , ’ he 'd laughed .
23 Then Prentice took the seat next to me in the corridor and I just knew the day would n't get any better whatever the weather forecast .
24 For instance if the policyholder is a married man with two young children and the value of the claim is $100 for the family , then to deduct four excesses would mean that the corporation would not make any payment for an incident where the Policyholder thought he had taken out cover .
25 Just like your dad , you are and did n't I tell him that teaching you reading and writing would n't bring any good ? ’
26 Bateson explained : ‘ The League have been in contact to say that when they informed the FA of the meeting , they were told that no matter what the egm approved the FA would not sanction any agreement which would produce more than 24 clubs in any one division .
27 The final connections into the East German telephone cables were made by John Wyke , MI6 's top technical expert , who had to carefully splice in the connections so that the East German operators would not notice any change in line quality or impedance .
28 I have nothing against these resorts , but my own shortlist of best resorts would not include any of them .
29 Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) .
30 ‘ Now a mature man would not do any of these things , ’ he said .
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