Example sentences of "would not [vb infin] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proportional representation would not make majority government of this kind impossible ( we would have it if more than 50 per cent of the electorate wanted it ) but it would make it very much less likely . |
| 2 | One would not expect coral thickness exceeding 90 m ( 300 ft ) if only glacial control had been involved in the formation of coral islands . |
| 3 | If only they had had the sense to invest in cleaning up our power stations , as the Germans have done , we would not watch electricity industry representatives and Ministers rushing around trying to find cheap fixes to meet their European obligations . |
| 4 | It would not affect trade union activity and public associations . |
| 5 | Supply said she would not start cookery lesson until she returned . |
| 6 | I am aware that canteen services at 15p a day and luncheon vouchers would not attract income tax , but I am not sure about the £2 . |
| 7 | When Her Majesty decided that she would not pay poll tax , even though it was supposed to be levied on every adult in the country , it changed people 's thinking , he says . |
| 8 | Shop stewards would lead unofficial disputes even in a downturn , confident that management would not dare attempt victimization . |
| 9 | BEG TO DIFFER : People would not dare refuse money for fear of a hijra curse |
| 10 | I have used this quite a lot for cardigans for an elderly lady , who was a bit of a traditionalist and would not have tuck stitch , in which the ‘ wrong ’ purl ) side is used as the right side . |
| 11 | I would not claim specialist knowledge of penal systems in Britain or overseas but offer my observations as those of an interested and reasonably informed member of the general public . |
| 12 | Any less than 8 , while developing some strength , would not stimulate muscle growth , and any more than 12 would lead to increased muscular definition but no growth in size . |
| 13 | The first such means involved the King and the second the army , but both rested on the assertion that Ulster would not accept Home Rule . |
| 14 | Mahathir warned of possible US pressure to gain trade concessions , in an attempt to strengthen its economy after the Gulf war , although former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger told the conference that the USA would not seek world domination . |
| 15 | This would not suit meadow cranesbill and red campion . |
| 16 | Department of the Environment ministers announced that though they had been advised that the statue was part of the listed building , and that consent was therefore required for its removal , they none the less considered it was a chattel , and would not take enforcement action . |
| 17 | Clearly if a wine bar were to find that the catering side of the business brought more trade and wished to convert part of the bar area into a restaurant , this would not be a material change and would not require planning permission . |
| 18 | The first task that faced the Government after the publication of Sandys ' White Paper of 1957 was to convince its European allies , the United States , and the Commonwealth , that nuclear weapons were a valid substitute for manpower , and that the proposed reductions in British forces deployed overseas would not increase world instability . |
| 19 | Nestle Foods Corporation said it would not buy Salvadoran coffee for 30 days in response to a consumer group campaign against the war in El Salvador . |
| 20 | Time was that decor in a tank consisted of a backdrop , a gravel substrate and a few bits of rock from the back garden that you hoped were inert and would n't affect water chemistry . |
| 21 | Tom would n't wear rain gear because he could n't find a set to really fit his 6ft 3in frame , so it was hard work for me to keep him dry . |
| 22 | And er I he used he used he u used to take lunch he would n't he would n't take tea dinner he used to have like to have tea in a bottle . |
| 23 | ‘ They would n't dare treat cabin passengers the way we 're treated ! ’ |
| 24 | So maybe maybe there could be a gipsy site where the Romanies would n't dare set foot , and it would be lots of other people who would be causing lots of problems . |
| 25 | — Would n't accept night sitter — 1 |