Example sentences of "would not [verb] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The act of neutralisation would not depend on the will of the neutralised state . |
| 2 | Bond Corp would not comment on the situation . |
| 3 | Officially , the organisation would not comment on the proposed change . |
| 4 | The senator 's Washington office said he would not comment on the claims . |
| 5 | Married Sarfraz , of School Road , Hounslow , would not comment on the alleged offences which are said to have taken place last Wednesday . |
| 6 | The government service organisation questioned would not comment on the quality of the headhunting service it had received but , of eleven firms it cited , mentioned only one top international consultancy , Spencer Stuart . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | British Gas would not comment on the matter yesterday . |
| 9 | British Gas would not comment on the matter yesterday . |
| 10 | British Coal would not comment on the protests by Lancashire Women Against Pit Closures . |
| 11 | Mr Peter Stewart , hospital unit general manager , would not comment on the outcome of the appeal until he had heard officially that it had been defeated . |
| 12 | She would not travel on the underground or in an aeroplane , and felt panicky if she went into a department store and was too far from the door or windows . |
| 13 | BMC General Secretary Derek Walker would not speculate on the outcome of these meetings , adding : ‘ It would be wrong for me to pre-empt any decision of the Management Committee . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . |
| 15 | Labour 's Alan Milburn and Michael Fallon , who is defending the seat for the Tories , said they would not appear on the same political platform as Dr Clarke . |
| 16 | Telford gave it hollow spandrels to lighten the load on the foundations , which also gives a deceptive appearance of lightness to the structure ; and the roadway does not rise to the crown of the arch , which was usually done to ensure that rainwater would not lie on the road surface . |
| 17 | Mr Heseltine was asked on LBC radio whether , if the Conservatives ended up the largest party with , say , 320 seats , Mr Major would not get on the telephone to do a deal to secure an overall majority . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | For example , one of the galleries might want the Picasso if it also gets the Cezanne but not the Turner ; but it would not insist on the Picasso if it got the Turner ; but would want both if it did not get the Cezanne . |
| 20 | However she said the Department would not insist on the flowerbeds being removed . |
| 21 | Subsequently , because low priced petrol came onto the market the appellants wrote to all of their dealers , including the respondents saying that they would not insist on the implementation of the resale price maintenance clause . |
| 22 | The relationship between waiver and equitable estoppel is obvious , as Denning LJ pointed out in Charles Rickards Ltd v Oppenheim [ 1950 ] 1 KB 616 ( at p623 ) : If the defendant , as he did , led the plaintiffs to believe that he would not insist on the stipulation as to time , and that , if they carried out the work , he would accept it , and they did it , he could not afterwards set up the stipulation as to the time against them . |
| 23 | He slid his rifle through the thick grass , then pushed his tricorne hat back so that its peak would not catch on the weapon 's doghead . |
| 24 | More workers were twining vines of ivy around pillars newly painted orange , while an elderly woman was strewing the floor with French chalk so that the dancing shoes would not slip on the polished parquet . |
| 25 | Dick Hern , who announced the decision yesterday , would not elaborate on the reason for choosing the easier option of the Champion Stakes , but Willie Carson , Nashwan 's rider , has said he would be loathe to try the horse at Longchamp again . |
| 26 | Mr Smidovitch would not elaborate on the objectives of the visit or why it was mounted so suddenly . |
| 27 | The Department has taken away the earnings-related supplement , and have got rid of death and maternity grant and income support for 16 and 17-year-olds who would not work on the Tory Government 's slave labour schemes . |