Example sentences of "it would [vb infin] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He also emphasises the ethics : ‘ Certainly if anyone were to advocate placing whale genes or elephant growth hormone genes into the genetic code of a human embryo , so that it would grow to sexual maturity at age six , and twice as tall … |
| 2 | He hoped that it would lead to similar moves by other countries . |
| 3 | I was deeply disturbed by this and quite convinced that it would lead to serious trouble . |
| 4 | On the one hand the approach I am proposing would lead the learners to realize ( in the sense of actualize ) grammatical potential in contexts of use , that is to say that it would lead to effective behaviour . |
| 5 | Rivals British Midland , Virgin Atlantic and Air UK objected to the merger and asked the Government and the European Commission to examine the takeover amid claims that it would lead to further domination of domestic airline business by BA . |
| 6 | Bush strongly backed the measure , passed by Congress on June 13 , despite objections from some business groups that it would lead to numerous law suits . |
| 7 | Having initially announced that it would continue with commercial whaling in defiance of an international moratorium , the North Norwegian Minke Whalers Association has called off its hunt . |
| 8 | If the Sundial went it would drop by another 52pc . |
| 9 | The first is provided in the new arrangements , though it would benefit from more elaboration . |
| 10 | The fact that the share price had been 60p did not mean it would return to that level . |
| 11 | Subsequently the government ‘ capped ’ the amount of money it would pay in private care fees . |
| 12 | In the Hague , the International Court of Justice said it would sit on 1 April for the first public hearing in a war crimes case Bosnia has brought against Serbia and Montenegro . |
| 13 | For example , an asset such as land would not normally attract a depreciation charge but it would result in principal charges to revenue if it was financed by loan . |
| 14 | Yeltsin , however , refused to suspend the decree during the investigation , and warned that any attempt by Gorbachev to countermand it would result in renewed antagonism . |
| 15 | She argued that if women were paid the same as men " it would result in many women being dismissed from many trades " , and also accepted without demur , when giving evidence to the Fair Wages Committee a few years later , the proposition that women were satisfied with less money because they were earning " pin money " if married , and " pocket money " if not.38 With such pessimism about equal pay entrenched in the mind of their organizers , with such low evaluation being set on their work , one might argue that it would have been surprising if a militant women 's union could really be organized in the prevailing atmosphere . |
| 16 | Donald Brash , the governor of the Reserve Bank , suggested that it gave scope for easing monetary controls and predicted that it would result in lower interest rates . |
| 17 | It would persist for many generations . |
| 18 | In any case if I had any spare money it would go on clerical assistance . |
| 19 | Details of the new force , which was expected to become operational by the end of 1994 , revealed that it would consist of three elements : a Rapid Reaction Force consisting of a multinational corps under UK command ; Main Defence Forces consisting of six multinational corps ( two under German command , one each under US , Netherlands and Belgian command and another under rotating German and Danish command ) ; and Augmentation Forces or reserves . |
| 20 | " It would depend on nervous strain or other excitement , of course , but from the look of things this strikes me as a fairly cool job . |
| 21 | The STV system , it is argued , could threaten the essential link between an elector and his MP given that it would necessitate in rural areas constituencies of massive size . |
| 22 | It would restore to public control ownership of the water authorities , the electricity grid and British Telecom . |
| 23 | Now , it would appear from this article , that this ideal is shattered and a two-tiered Europe is on the cards . |
| 24 | It would appear from these results that children 's grasp of the deductive mode is less secure than their grasp of the empirical and intentional modes . |
| 25 | Oh ! hear me witness that my heart is set on higher things ; it would sail into far seas unvisited of man , but always there is this anchor of the flesh chaining it to its native shore . ’ |
| 26 | No , well except that it would , it would happen to some extent , I mean the key is whether you , whether or not when a complaint comes in whether you can assess that it 's likely to go |
| 27 | Compulsory retirement , PEP considered , would be a political impossibility since it would interfere with individual liberty , not to speak of raising the anomaly of those in occupations with no statutory upper age-limit , such as judges . |
| 28 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 29 | Were such a test to be adopted in future , it would reintroduce into British obscenity law a wholly subjective assessment of taste and decency with respect to works of art and public communications , and it would do so by amending an Act which was designed to focus solely on the question of harm . |
| 30 | One such school had immediately offered places and declared that it would abide by any access restrictions laid upon it . |