Example sentences of "[vb past] [conj] it would [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the Israeli government maintained that it would only release Shia " prisoners " held in Israel or in its self-declared " security zone " in southern Lebanon in return for seven Israeli servicemen listed as missing in action ( MIA ) in Lebanon . |
| 2 | It had been hit by a passing lorry , and they joked that it would never fly again . |
| 3 | On Jan. 25 Kuwait announced that it would also contribute $13,500 million to help defray US costs . |
| 4 | The only opposition party in Bophuthatswana , the National Seoposongwe Party , announced that it would soon become part of the ANC . |
| 5 | On Feb. 6 Japan , apparently responding to GFCCG appeals , announced that it would shortly provide Egypt , Jordan and Turkey with more than $1,030 million in low-interest loans [ see p. 38010 ] . |
| 6 | David Trippier , the Environment Minister , announced that it would eventually comprise 24 terrestrial research centres and 24 marine and aquatic centres . |
| 7 | At the conclusion of the hearing the Board intimated that it would humbly advise Her Majesty that the appeal should be dismissed , for reasons which it would subsequently deliver . |
| 8 | It was the first time in years that I had blown my top in such a way , and I vowed that it would never happen again , that I would save all my aggression for the track . |
| 9 | The decision followed a parliamentary vote in March [ see p. 38843 ] ; the proposed dam had attracted strong criticism from environmentalists , who claimed that it would adversely affect the water supply and destroy valuable wetlands . |
| 10 | No further progress was made on Jan. 31 , 1990 , and the North indicated that it would only attend a meeting set for March 7 if the Team Spirit exercises were called off . |
| 11 | On nights like this all Fontanellato was out , defying the curfew , and we all prayed that it would soon end and prayed for the people who lived there . |
| 12 | After the model had been repaired , Watt discovered that it would only work for a few stroked and then stop . |
| 13 | I remember a man with a family of several young children who worked at the plant saying at one of the first local public meetings I addressed that it would certainly change his mind about nuclear power if the link with leukaemia was substantiated . |
| 14 | Tamar , Lady Lassiter 's life was tidy and secure once again and she determined that it would now remain so . |
| 15 | At this stage , given the scale of the fighting , EC members were divided over whether the peace conference could go ahead , and Germany warned that it would unilaterally grant formal recognition to Croatia and Slovenia ( both of which had declared independence on June 25 ) if fighting persisted . |
| 16 | The translator could have used the feminine form of the verb , but s/he possibly felt that it would also have been marked or that it might have unnecessarily excluded potential male users . |
| 17 | It was this sort of in-between authority that he could not tolerate as he felt that it would only increase the existing element of confusion . |
| 18 | I thought that it would soon pass , and it did — for you to work harder still . |
| 19 | When I set out to write this story I thought that it would primarily show how scientists come up with ideas , design a strategy to test them , carry out the experiments , share experiences and attempt to replicate claimed discoveries , thereby establishing new natural phenomena . |
| 20 | MacDonald thought that it would further alarm the public if he cancelled his journey . |
| 21 | The Israeli delegation rejected such an interpretation and insisted that it would only negotiate with a joint Jordanian-Palestinian delegation . |
| 22 | It was better to let it rot out on the field then go to the trouble to carry it wet because it would only rot or become mouldy and absolutely useless . |
| 23 | Tarmac said that it would firstly call for volunteers , and to encourage volunteers it would make ex gratia payments exceeding the normal redundancy payment entitlement . |
| 24 | The opposition again spurned an invitation to participate in a coalition government when round table talks resumed on Feb. 6 , and on the following day the leadership of the Bulgarian Agrarian People 's Union ( BAPU — the junior coalition partner in every government since the 1947 imposition of communist rule ) said that it would only join a new government of " national consensus " . |
| 25 | Erm that 's the one that , wanted respectability , acceptance amongst respectable citizens , very much and said that it would never print anything that would bring a blush to the cheek of a young |
| 26 | Before Laventhol & Horwath , people said that it would never happen ; now they know that it can . |
| 27 | Alyssia wished that it would somehow whip around his neck and strangle him on the spot . |