Example sentences of "[indef pn] [conj] would [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was n't in the park , I was cataloguing the host of visitors to the weeping willow tree on our front lawn — just about everything that would sit in a tree came there , mostly blackbirds , sparrows and pigeons , but the ducks loved the shelter of the drooping branches . |
| 2 | Laplace suggested that there should be a set of scientific laws that would allow us to predict everything that would happen in the universe , if only we knew the complete state of the universe at one time . |
| 3 | Lately , he had begun to think that evolution was something that would occur in the soul and , in time , the fripperies of science would be revealed to be dangerous toys . |
| 4 | In answer to his question , the right hon. Gentleman knows very well that the commitment to income tax is one that would extend over the lifetime of the future Parliament and perhaps beyond that . |
| 5 | He says you 've got one that would join at the money and can do the job |
| 6 | With the declaration of the Schuman Plan in May 1950 , European union was to acquire a new momentum and dimension , one that would proceed on a narrower front with the involvement of only a few countries , and in policy terms with a much more specific focus than that held by those who dreamed of European political federation . |
| 7 | With so many variable factors , it ought to be possible to provide a ‘ fit ’ to almost any curve ; the interesting point of the study is whether or not the scale factors put into the equations seem to be saying anything that would lead to an elucidation of the influences at work . |
| 8 | Polozkov saw the two-party system as an attempt to divide and weaken the working class ; he rejected anything that would lead to the emergence of divisions between rich and poor in Soviet society , and insisted upon the dominance of state control and ownership . |
| 9 | I think they were so nervous to play anything that would imply for the space shot or against the space shot — whether the guys were going to come back or not . |