Example sentences of "[that] would [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An officer from a large rural district considered to be quite a ‘ difficult ’ patch observed , for instance , that he was ‘ sure the blokes in [ the city nearby ] , where there are many polluting discharges into relatively fishless rivers , would not worry about things that 'd cause great concern to Stewart and Fred ’ [ two officers in very rural catchments with potable supply rivers ) . |
| 2 | and used as evidence of provocative atrocities that would justify invading Poland . |
| 3 | As might be anticipated , the contract theory denies that companies have any special relationship with the state that would justify such a right . |
| 4 | They oppose the one measure that would command strong popular support — the return of the death penalty — so arrange among themselves to raise the subject as seldom as possible . |
| 5 | However , another group of people have equally strongly held views , and for that reason it is not as easy as my hon. Friend would have the House believe to introduce legislation that would command total respect in the House . |
| 6 | A golist includes all of those terms that would create useful entries in the subject area being indexed . |
| 7 | Anything that would pay enough to live and allow him to remain on the headland to carry on the campaign . |
| 8 | He describes the tour of Wales as ‘ a joke ’ , not meant as a jibe at the opposition but at Australian officials for keeping them on a whistle stop that would daunt American tourists . |
| 9 | Many of the letters we receive come from people living in country towns and villages concerned about proposals that would smother green fields with development , destroy attractive open spaces within the built-up area or ruin important views . |
| 10 | They have until the end of June to decide if MCC can be rebuilt around its American publishing subsidiaries , Macmillan and Official Airline Guide , in a deal that would involve 43 banks converting their loans into shares in the new company . |
| 11 | There would be a concern to clarify the confusion which exists as to the " right " and " proper " principles for the British constitution today and then there would be an attempt to secure them against repeal or amendment except by some specially prescribed procedure that would involve more than a simple majority in the House of Commons . |
| 12 | In an apparent reference to recent demands by German nationalists and neo-fascists for one state with Germany 's pre-1937 borders , he warned against ‘ certain signs of political extremism , one that would ignore political realities and the historic memory of hundreds of millions of people ’ . |
| 13 | It is not an attitude that would carry much weight in other educational circles , but it is easy to see its roots in the traditions of apprenticeship to a trade . |
| 14 | The visitor from beyond the planets would obtain the impression that the Earth is a very peaceable place , when in fact three-quarters of all satellites launched have been controlled by military planners and virtually every country 's space programme was originated by the desire of war chiefs to develop rockets that would carry high explosives or nuclear bombs . |
| 15 | At the beginning of this century it was believed that one could find a basic element of learning that was common to all these activities ; and that once this was established it would be possible to construct a single theory that would explain all learning and would provide a once-and-for-all guide to teaching . |
| 16 | Any floats that would exceed this length are then indicated on the screen so that you can adjust them if you wish . |
| 17 | Last year , FET won a case to block experiments that would insert tailored genes into terminally ill cancer patients . |
| 18 | As soon as Ruth acknowledged her poverty and her willingness to work God stepped in and guided her life in a way that would bring great blessing . |
| 19 | Middlesbrough chief executive Keith Lamb also welcomed a venture that would bring top-class opposition to the NorthEast . |
| 20 | The idea is among those that have been taken over successfully into the theory of evolution by John Maynard Smith , who has shown why the evolutionarily stable strategy in a given situation may not be the strategy that would bring most benefit to every individual — the catch being that the only way all individuals could benefit from the best possible strategy , is for all to agree to pursue that strategy . |
| 21 | As one of my hon. Friends pointed out today , it is typical that , when finally pushed into a corner and forced to be specific , the Leader of the Opposition picked for unqualified Labour party support the one area of European Community policy that would cost this country . |
| 22 | We , the Soviet Union and the USA , support the idea of free elections and the formation of a transitional body that would supervise those free elections . |
| 23 | Mass lobbying , research and monitoring lorries are among the tactics planned in a campaign that would unite various communities , groups , and more than 6,000 petitioners from the Dales to Teesside . |
| 24 | The jungles of Stalinvast would swiftly rot into sludge that would form shallow festering inland seas and lakes , where rot continued to feed so that the very air burned planet-wide , searing the whole surface to ashes and bare rock . |
| 25 | That pocket of life was plainly still some distance away , yet it was apparent to Jaq that the instrument was attempting to distinguish more than the single sharp blip that would represent Carnelian alone . |
| 26 | These aims were to be accomplished by means of negotiation backed up by ‘ a powerful , well-disciplined and cohesive organisation that would represent such a potential threat in the event of conflict that management was unlikely to risk being unduly unreasonable in negotiation ’ ( ibid. , p. 313 ) . |
| 27 | It is procedural only : we used it in Belfast as a guideline to help us to select variables that would represent broader and narrower patterns of lexical coverage . |
| 28 | She stopped abruptly , and Belinda thought it was because she had been about to say something outspoken that would betray this afternoon 's confidences — ‘ A wife like Belinda , ’ or ‘ Someone to share your house and your life , ’ but when Faye did speak again her tone was not the breezy cover-up that Belinda had expected . |
| 29 | If you have a special skill , such as being a trained accountant , a hairdresser , or even a public relations consultant , there are always charities who can do with an honorary treasurer , an old people 's home that would love some free hairdressing for their residents , or an organisation that needs a brochure or press release written . |
| 30 | Yet sometimes , like now , she wanted a neural-driven transmitter that would send a signal that would send Ace and Daak into painful paroxysms if they so much as thought of questioning her instructions . |