Example sentences of "would not [adv] [be] " in BNC.

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1 The only clue so far discovered of any value to a possible dating of his return is the fact that , according to Bursali Mehmed Tahir , there exists a copy of one of his most famous works , the written in his own hand , presented to Mehmed II , and dated 878/1473–4 it would not thus be unreasonable to suppose that Molla Husrev wrote the copy especially for Mehmed II , this in turn suggesting that by 878 Molla Husrev had made up his quarrel with the sultan and had perhaps returned to Istanbul .
2 I knew that informed public opinion might be shifting , but also that the school to which I hoped to return as head would not yet be very different from the one which I had left as a history teacher .
3 This was perhaps a conservative precaution on Franco 's part , and a reminder that , when it came to the nation 's purse-strings , there would not yet be any hint of relaxation or liberalism .
4 The alleged inadequacies would not just be described ; they would be counted , as well .
5 And it would not just be decent in its coverage — it would look decent .
6 More specifically , the model of responsible party government carried within itself the view that the electorate would not just be informed about politics but would vote for the party which has a programme of policies in accord with their own view as to how things should be .
7 But it was crucial that it would not just be a good deal financially for my clients [ who by this time also included Colin Dann , the author ] and the BBC , but also that all parties should feel relatively comfortable with it .
8 Without images , he said , there would not even be the wherewithal to talk about the death of images .
9 If you 're hiring Earls Court , for example , most people in the audience probably would not even be able to see the speakers , let alone hear them .
10 If my proposal was accepted , legislation would not even be needed .
11 I believe , coming from so near the surface of consciousness they would not even be interesting to science : our reading came so much into them .
12 Nonetheless , a plan to enlarge the main Prado building has unleashed a passionate controversy — not least because the suggested extension would not even be used for the permanent display of works of art .
13 I would add that if all the member states made the registration of their fishing vessels subject to residence or domicile requirements of the type laid down in the United Kingdom Act , nationals of other member states established in the United Kingdom would not even be able to carry on any fishing activity under any flag , because they would not be entitled to fly the flag of any member state .
14 Once you were Wigg 's enemy — and this was a judgement reached by him and not by the other person — there was no pursuit and no hostility that he would abandon ; but I remained an affectionate friend because of the other side of his character , which would not even be suspected by those with whom he was in controversy .
15 An accident may happen — such as when a sufferer form alcoholism takes a sip of a drink that he or she was not aware contained alcohol — and this would not even be termed as a sip .
16 Although all but one HIV test were negative such low active follow-up in any other study would be such that it would not even be considered for publication .
17 It would not even be appropriate for the child to speak to the parent in this Creole if the parent is not from Jamaica .
18 By that time the information contained in the audited accounts would be so out of date that it would not reasonably be foreseen as the basis for a business judgment concerning the extension of credit to Berg or the discounting of bills .
19 Before the war public appeals had raised sufficient money to keep Youth Allyah afloat , but , when it became clear that large numbers of children would not soon be leaving for Palestine , the question arose as to who would care for them during their prolonged stay in Britain .
20 In a leading case in 1969 , Lord Devlin agreed that reasonable suspicion could be based on information that would not generally be admissible in court .
21 The Government take the view that imposing further restrictions on the sale of knives would not generally be practicable .
22 I would not properly be able to understand the Mughals ' palace , said Dr Jaffery , unless I first read through their book of etiquette .
23 This should ensure that it is accurate and up-to-date , but the benefit would not simply be in having tidy records .
24 A recent US Supreme Court case , Feist Publications Inc v Rural Telephone Service Company , has ruled that a database would only be able to gain copyright protection if it met the copyright standard of ‘ originality ’ in its mode of functioning ; copyright protection would not simply be extended to include items which took effort on the part of the owner to compile .
25 The research project would not simply be an audit , nor was it being commissioned as an expression of lack of confidence .
26 An agreement between two or more competing manufacturers whose combined market share exceeds 20 per cent of the market for the appropriate products in the EC or a substantial part of it would not however be exempted under the 1985 block exemption ( though it might benefit from an individual exemption ) .
27 Fourth , if , having acted according to these principles , he were subsequently challenged regarding the lawfulness of his conduct , the doctor would have the benefit of the defence of necessity if he had intervened , but if he had not intervened , he would not thereby be in breach of his duty to his patient .
28 We saw in Section II that shape-perception is not needed for the recognition of object-identity , so that if we were to attribute identity-perception to a creature ( perhaps because of its ability to follow a moving target ) we would not thereby be justified in attributing shape-perception also .
29 Guscott would not exactly be a slouch as a running back , either .
30 The occasional millionaire comes along , like Sir John Hall , but putting money into a football club would not exactly be recommended by any financial adviser .
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