Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On rail , Rifkind stated that legislation would be put forward so that private operators would no longer be required to obtain British Rail approval to run passenger or freight services on BR track . |
| 2 | Overlaps between Nato and European institutions would inevitably grow , Mr Baker said . |
| 3 | From this point on , Flaubert must have known that any full length novel would probably take him five to seven years ; and therefore that most of his back-burner projects would inevitably boil themselves dry in the pot . |
| 4 | As Street on Torts puts it , the basis of this authority and the defence it affords to torts such as false imprisonment ‘ is the need to maintain order in the particular organisation responsible for the training of the child ’ ; parental wishes would merely be factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a punishment was reasonable . |
| 5 | Military and political commanders would normally decide to use them only when a war in Europe was in full swing . |
| 6 | A second system based on 700,000 miles of urban and rural roads would also be created . |
| 7 | As good Marxists the Bolshevik leaders tended to believe that following on the eventual restoration and ‘ correct ’ development of favourable economic conditions , ‘ correct ’ social and political attitudes would also come about at all levels . |
| 8 | Small electorates can be managed by politicians , and when the typical county might number forty to sixty freeholders in its electoral roll , while even one of the more extensive lists would rarely exceed 150 voters , many of whom would be nominally qualified , there was clearly opportunity for manipulation . |
| 9 | This is close to instrumental accounts of the role of the state , but Habermas argued that these economic crises would only threaten capitalism if they were unresolved . |
| 10 | What Arrhenius did not know was that there is a large amount of X-radiation washing about in space , and to this his hypothetical spores would certainly have been vulnerable . |
| 11 | No doubt chart-reading skills would also improve in an actual situation , but there do seem to be some serious difficulties in understanding how the numbers are related in the table . |
| 12 | For not only would the developers — who always did have a reputation as sharp dressers — be examples of sartorial elegance but the traditionally staid chartered surveyors would also have swapped their green-check jackets and corduroy trousers for double-breasted suits , red braces and ties that were more of a ‘ statement ’ than a fashion accessory . |
| 13 | For yes , oh yes : the first mission of the new Marine Scouts would indeed now inevitably be in support of a major campaign of full Crusade status … |
| 14 | I have no doubt that a brilliant article will appear but I am not at all fooled that someone of your peculiar talents would either be asked or would agree to such an easy exercise . |
| 15 | But I think we 'll update not so much is over public authorities would probably take your advice , but I 'm thinking of people who are not public authorities who might in a way suffer , that your advice may cause them some expense , and they might choose to delay it , and well I am guilty we ca n't afford to do that this year , so it never gets done . |
| 16 | Most such British lists would probably include Alan Roberton , David Hewlings and Bill Perrie . |
| 17 | Their new transnational roles would naturally increase the likelihood that they would identify their interests with the global capitalist system , objectively if not subjectively . |
| 18 | Anyone else looking for commercial privileges would naturally be expected to provide an attractive loan , and in 1698 the new East India Company won the right to the monopoly of Indian trade with Britain by lending £2m. at 8 per cent . |
| 19 | But though none might be prepared to go so far as that , all British parties would quickly realize that apparent discrimination against women in their lists would do them a lot of harm . |
| 20 | S 72(4) could be read as including the limitation , ‘ in a case in which the amount distributed was small compared with the value of the shares in respect of which it was distributed ’ , and none of its express words would thereby be distorted . |
| 21 | Large reserves of foreign currencies would then be required to buy the domestic currency in support operations , but the growth and mobility of capital flows has made most countries accept that such a defence is impractical . |
| 22 | Moreover , popular schools would seldom be able to accommodate as pupils the children of all parents who wanted to send them there . |
| 23 | 88open has decided to offer its system and application compatibility test suites — ITS/88 , AVS/88 and ACT/88 — to industry consortia and companies : although to date they have only been available for Motorola Inc 88000 RISC based systems , interested parties would presumably customise the sets for other architectures . |
| 24 | Interested parties would then be given [ three to four weeks more if ‘ soft market ’ or overseas interest ] to study the memorandum . |
| 25 | He now weighs twenty nine pounds … week old lambs would normally turn the scales at around fifteen pounds . |
| 26 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 27 | The last observation about dictionaries or word lists is that they may under-represent similarities between different sign languages : for example , the American and British signs for WALK are quite different , but British signers would certainly use a sign resembling the American sign in certain contexts . |
| 28 | Not many top businessmen would even contemplate crossing the Pacific in a hot air balloon , for fun or any other reason . |
| 29 | A reduction in the barrage of antismoking advice during the teenage years would thus be combined with an increase in health promotion aimed at a more responsive group . |
| 30 | Social conventions would clearly be of little use if only a small proportion of members was aware of them , and the same holds for the interpretative rules which guide the manner in which meanings are attached to objects and situations . |