Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] they would [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in a statement issued on June 30 the Khmers Rouges made it clear that they would only accept a SNC with representation from the four parties on an equal footing . |
| 2 | Delegates rejected the concept of a federal state and made it clear that they would only accept a proportional representation system based on one-person-one-vote in a unitary state . |
| 3 | We were never confident the system was going to fly , and towards the end it became clear that they would never recover the cost of the investment ’ . |
| 4 | Although they discussed the mystery at length , it was clear that they would never reach a solution to the puzzle of the man 's presence at Thorsbury and whether or not it was with Tamar 's knowledge . |
| 5 | But by that time four of the enemy ships were wrecks , one was aground and two of the remainder sufficiently damaged to make it doubtful whether they would ever reach their home ports — which was most evidently the hope of the survivors , as they went through the difficult , desperate business of turning in the confined space and heading back out to sea . |
| 6 | They accept that their work is less technical than they would perhaps like , but ‘ craftsmanship ’ is still possible in accurate diagnosis and illness management ( Freidson 1975 ) . |
| 7 | But both authors recognise that experience in office in the coalition government had made the Labour leaders more cautious than they would otherwise have been : Dr Marwick comments that ‘ Middle-class radicalism and official trade unionism were much stronger influences than left-wing Socialism ’ , and Dr Addison speaks of an ‘ Attlee consensus ’ to which the Conservatives , when they returned to office in 1951 , also subscribed . |
| 8 | You think that 's especially true and like say Aberdeen if you go in a shop there and and , at least it used to be the case , and asked for something you be thought you were speaking fine but they would just say , Oh my you down from Orkney for a holiday ? |
| 9 | I could have written back to explain that my life was a daily humiliation and an unrelieved imprisonment , but I felt sure that they would neither care nor understand and , again , pride deterred me . |
| 10 | Boston might have succeeded in snubbing Mrs Gardner , but she made sure that they would never forget her . |
| 11 | They said it was economically stupid and they would only allow us to burn down the death-house after a noble 's funeral . |
| 12 | Again there are several very competent programs available and they would certainly provide considerable advantages over manual systems But they are general purpose in their construction — ie. they were not specifically designed for personnel applications The main deficiency is that the reporting facilities ( iQ the way in which information can be presented ) do not generally go beyond well formatted listings with totals and subtotals In my view , more advanced numerical analyses are required , especially for factors such as wastage and sickness/absence . |
| 13 | Millions of British motorists are driving cars more plush than they would ever choose to own were they handed the extra money and told to spend it themselves . |
| 14 | Seaman comments that that presentation Another and concordant view is recorded by Lichtheim : Lichtheim goes on to quote Pease , then Secretary of the Fabian Society , as saying : ‘ We were thus in a position to welcome the formation of working class Socialist societies , but it is certain that they would never have welcomed us ’ ; and to add , perhaps unkindly : ‘ Beatrice Potter — a rich , spoiled , arrogant young woman with more beauty than brains — was determined to have as little as possible to do with the working class . ’ |
| 15 | Saxe-Weimar 's men were mostly German troops in Dutch service who had fought for Napoleon in the previous wars , and not even Saxe-Weimar himself was certain whether they would now fight against their old comrades . |
| 16 | In fact people will often say that it can not be true because they would undoubtedly have known if it was going to happen . |