Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] [verb] some of " in BNC.

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1 I am sure that Letterman would like to have some of Polanski 's assurance with young women , a knowingness which makes the Californian mania for self-presentation look quaint .
2 Another area of debate was the revocability or modification of rights conferred upon third parties ; if they could be revoked without the third party 's consent then they could not be truly considered rights ; if they could not , the treaty parties would have surrendered some of their autonomy .
3 Well I thought the kids would 've took some of it .
4 At the same time , however , Bauer and Renner initially took an optimistic view of the outcome of the rivalry between the two movements ; the multinational Habsburg Empire , they thought , might be transformed into a socialist federation of nations , in which the concept of a ‘ nation ’ would itself change and the principle of nationality would begin to lose some of its importance as a basis for the formation of states .
5 In the same way that the jobbing funeral furnisher was unable to undertake the obsequies of the nobility , likewise the top cabinet-makers would have refused some of their lesser clients , referring them to one of more able members of the trade .
6 He blamed the weak links at federal level for shortcomings in the Yugoslav programme on Kosovo , but was convinced that constitutional changes would help resolve some of these problems .
7 The high speed of magnetic compared to optical media would help to disguise some of DVI 's current limitations and would also facilitate a smooth , seamless multimedia presentation .
8 She thinks that more images of Black and Asian girls in the media would help to change some of the racist ideas and stereotypes that exist .
9 If I had followed a different route through Bradford or Brixton the complexion of this story would have transformed some of its objectives : whiteness and blackness would have encountered each other dramatically .
10 Maybe the maids would have left some of the rooms open , if there was nobody staying in them just now .
11 The June exhibition may be so successful that the Hermitage would consider showing some of its own trophy collection alongside the one from Bremen .
12 Her approach to academic seminars would seem to confirm some of the claims that she was totally out of her depth when it came to discussing the new discoveries which she had allegedly made .
13 While O'Neill would have shared some of those views , he was more concerned with the future than with the past and he deliberately set about ending Ulster 's ‘ petty apartheid ’ by visiting Catholic schools ( no previous Ulster premier had ever set foot in one ) , being photographed talking to priests and nuns , and meeting a cardinal .
14 The resulting systems would try to incorporate some of the ideas of Hayes and others , adapting to users ' needs , aptitude and experience .
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