Example sentences of "would not [adv] [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | He is said to have derogated the picture as ‘ just juggling about ’ and ‘ copying others ’ , and that the picture would not even serve as a good poster . |
| 2 | Given that he served in Cabinet for many years , I should have thought that he would be more objective and would not simply take as his evidence two cases from the front page of the News of the World . |
| 3 | Incentives are considered artificial if the rewarding events would not normally occur as a consequence of the behaviour outside the training situation ( e.g. being given stars or happy faces for getting dressed ) . |
| 4 | ‘ The directors of the company decided that the building would not only serve as its headquarters , but also be renamed the John Laird Centre to acknowledge the contribution of the Laird family to the area . ’ |
| 5 | If a patient dismisses his doctor , the criminal law would not lightly regard as manslaughter the act of a doctor who respected the wishes of a dying or aged patient . |
| 6 | The latter phenomenon would not actually come as a surprise to regional economists . |