Example sentences of "['s] [noun sg] that [pers pn] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So seriously analytical was Chapman 's mind that he would rarely comment on a match until several days later , after he had studied every move . |
| 2 | The agreement was due to be formalized in October , but was placed in doubt when private creditor banks objected to the government 's announcement that it would not resume interest payments to them until a comprehensive set of new debt rescheduling agreements had been reached . |
| 3 | Given that she is now at this moment incapable of giving or refusing a consent to the treatment which it is necessary in her interests , perhaps to save her life and certainly to advance her cure , I do not find myself satisfied that the refusal is a continuing one , evincing a settled intention on her part to persist in it and accepting , as I do , the father 's evidence that she would rather have blood than die , I declare that it shall be lawful for the hospital , in the circumstances prevailing , to administer blood to her , that being in her best interests . |
| 4 | The group 's press officer , Mick Houghton , thought it was Gregory 's departure that he would soon be explaining to the press when suddenly he was told Charman was out . |
| 5 | By an order dated 8 July 1992 Ward J. granted a declaration on the ex parte application of T. 's father that it would not be unlawful for the first defendant , the West Midlands Regional Health Authority , to administer to T. a blood transfusion in the course of medical treatment despite the absence of her consent , since it was in her best interests . |
| 6 | On the other hand , the inspector 's belief that I would never be punished proved only too true when I returned to London and the inquest was held . |
| 7 | Huxley 's retort that he would rather have an ape for an ancestor than a bishop — or words to that effect — has come to symbolize not merely the conflict between Darwinism and the Bible but the victory of science over religion . |
| 8 | I give you my sworn word as my father 's son that I would never betray any trust you placed in me . ’ |
| 9 | As he rode away , Seb thought it had been a very small lie , yet it had brought an expression of joy to Melody 's face that he would never forget . |