Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [adv] [vb infin] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Two days after the filly arrived in his yard , the Somerset trainer told the owner , Helen Read , that the horse would never win a race . |
| 2 | Earlier George Robertson , Labour 's front-bench spokesman on European affairs , announced that the Opposition would officially support an amendment tabled by the Western Isles MP , Calum MacDonald . |
| 3 | To bring over any substantial numbers in the future would certainly require a source of grant funding . |
| 4 | BRM 's first rear-engined car , the Type 48 , turned out to be a pig , Graham Hill recording in his autobiography that ‘ the car would suddenly take a dive and dart straight into the infield out of control ’ . |
| 5 | Now the wise extra-mural department would doubtless maintain a facade of what appear to be voluntary committees . |
| 6 | Such an outcome would require continued development , which in terms of the return on the capital investment would either mean an instrument too expensive to use or the absence of a treatment modality . |
| 7 | A chef would never leave a kitchen with food out on the worktops at the end of the day , and front desk is always tidied at the end of a shift , but how many managers do more than simply turn off the computer and go home at the end of a session with their spreadsheet or word processor ? |
| 8 | The Air Force would also lose a squadron of B-52 bombers whilst the Navy would lose several vessels including the USS Iowa and USS New Jersey , two of its four battleships . |
| 9 | BTEC had to call on FE colleges to create closer working relationships with schools than most existing links provided — and the Council would only authorize a school to run a First Diploma course if it was satisfied that it could provide not only teachers with experience in working in business or in industry but also specialized accommodation and equipment . |
| 10 | Indeed , in those busy days , our servants ' hall would often witness a gathering of some of the finest professionals in England talking late into the night by the warmth of the fire . |
| 11 | What does seem to be a reasonable inference , however , is that this child would normally offer a response to an ambiguous or unclear statement on the confident expectation that his choice will be either confirmed or disconfirmed by the speaker . |
| 12 | The intermediary would then send a boy or servant with the cattle owner to ‘ search ’ for the missing animal , which would be found tied to a tree in a nearby forest . |
| 13 | After having established themselves powerfully in the ‘ bush ’ market , DHC decided that a larger machine would also find a market . |
| 14 | And they would have that meeting and they would maybe last , the meeting would maybe last a week you see , it was held in Glasgow . |
| 15 | A package would also include a bargain weekend comprising rail fare and hotel accommodation and one price and there are many other examples where hoteliers who organise theme events , etc , may be caught . |
| 16 | And Yeltsin 's failure would probably presage a revival of the old nationalism that drove the tsars to the Pacific coast of Asia . |
| 17 | Yesterday , a police spokesman said the classroom would probably need a joist in the ceiling replacing . |
| 18 | Thus the link would be expected to occur on average after R/2 , and the overflow record would also take an average of R/2tn locate ( or R if the start of the overflow track has to be found before the record search can begin ) . |
| 19 | The woman in the greengrocer 's shop would sometimes slip a bunch of violets or a single head of a chrysanthemum that had accidentally snapped into Melanie 's hand and this pleased her most of all . |
| 20 | The group would jointly fund a project to develop a method for software maintenance , based on a process model . |
| 21 | This larger group would then choose an observer group of given countries to perform a peace-keeping role in Afghanistan , which would involve defusing the insurgency and supervising general elections . |
| 22 | The centre-section stubs are wider than a standard forty-foot container , so each imported ‘ Coupe would almost need a box of its own ; not really an economical proposition with current £/; $ rates , 17.5 per cent VAT , et al . |
| 23 | Anyone investing £1,000 in the average investment trust just after the second world war would now have a holding worth well over Pounds 250,000 . |
| 24 | Sheriff Richard Scott told Alasdair Paton , 22 , a graphics student , of Seaview Terrace , Portobello , that conviction on such a charge would normally merit a prison sentence , but it was not appropriate in this case . |
| 25 | His name would immediately conjure a mood of lonely alienation . |
| 26 | The first aider would also need an ergonomics officer . |
| 27 | ‘ Matthew , Charity would never falsify an application form . ’ |
| 28 | The king would often reward a family for service to him by the grant of a fair . |
| 29 | ‘ But I do n't see why an EC minimum price would necessarily mean a price increase . |
| 30 | There are times when we need to ask ourselves if our use would actually justify a purchase , or might it be better to rent it ? |