Example sentences of "[art] [noun] would [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever values and viewpoints were embodied in the acts would have ultimately been those that were acceptable to the promoters . |
| 2 | ‘ And moreover , could I know how long the prince would stay here ? |
| 3 | The Pharmacy would do well to consider implementing the suggestions from staff members for intra-department communication , both formal and informal . |
| 4 | The board would bring together churches , charities and the Citizens ' Advice Bureau to offer local knowledge . |
| 5 | The discussions would move languidly enough , the parties being so young , and there was time to extricate either of them , or both , at whatever stage he found it desirable . |
| 6 | Points were awarded for where information was repeated ; for example , for the sentence ‘ I saw a man with a telescope ’ , the reading where the prepositional phrase attaches to the verb would score more highly because ‘ telescope ’ was defined as a thing for seeing or looking with . |
| 7 | One union leader estimated last night that the measure would take more than £2 billion out of public sector workers ' pockets , would worsen the recession and cost even more jobs . |
| 8 | In London , the Foreign Office yesterday refused to confirm reports that the deportations would start as early as next Saturday and would only repeat the formula that they would take place sooner rather than later . |
| 9 | The case would continue tomorrow , Mr McTear 's health permitting , and possibly go on to Saturday . |
| 10 | Yes , the grave would do nicely , Ybreska decided again . |
| 11 | A fundamental breach is one which the courts would consider more serious than an ordinary breach . |
| 12 | When the time came , one or other of the sons would come ashore to run the shipping offices . |
| 13 | Mr Thornberry , who comes from Belfast , expressed two anxieties about the election : first , whether the technical arrangements made for the election would proceed smoothly ; second , whether the use of symbols on ballot papers to enable illiterate voters to identify the party of their choice would work satisfactorily . |
| 14 | Since to present all subjects in the literature would generate very lengthy schedules , the listing of subjects must be selective . |
| 15 | None of the proposals would raise overall retail sales or have more than a tiny effect on prices . |
| 16 | If such an agreement was not forthcoming , the Russians would go ahead and sign a treaty with East Germany , a state not recognized by the USA . |
| 17 | Around Oz , The Little Red Schoolbook , Last Exit To Brooklyn , the ‘ experts ’ would again be summoned to testify for liberalism and freedom of expression , but the cases would become inextricably blurred with others , about drugs , and , by 1972 , about political challenges to the state . |
| 18 | Secondly , though such a society may exhibit the tension , already described , between those who accept the rules and those who reject the rules except where fear of social pressure induces them to conform , it is plain that the latter can not be more than a minority , if so loosely organized a society of persons , approximately equal in physical strength , is to endure : for otherwise those who reject the rules would have too little social pressure to fear … |
| 19 | Then it seemed that the consummation would follow soon on the heels of its inauguration . |
| 20 | If the sinker plate was n't there the knitting would come forward with the needles staying in the hooks of the needles , so even if some yarn was laid on the needles the stitches would n't be knitted . |
| 21 | Then the conifers would have long since given up their job as nurses to the beeches and ended in a timber yard . |
| 22 | The Copts would object very strongly if Owen were to invade the church ; but if Mahmoud did it they would riot . |
| 23 | If approved , the building would stay there for two years and then could be moved to another site . |
| 24 | Had such language been used of an Anglican or Roman Catholic Eucharist the user would have quickly been castigated by Victorian Nonconformists as a ‘ wafer worshipper ’ . |
| 25 | If there were a huge demand for a quality left-wing paper then sales of the Guardian would increase sharply and ( less certainly ) an enterprising businessman might provide another left-wing alternative . |
| 26 | He cleaned off the growth from three sides of the rectangular pool and left one end untouched , to see if the weed would grow again . |
| 27 | But the layman would do well to make use of its survival techniques . |
| 28 | Then a pack of cards , and backgammon , Trivial Pursuit and Monopoly because she was sure the cottage would have only Snakes and Ladders and jigsaws with several pieces missing . |
| 29 | One tug and the noise would go away . |
| 30 | Supper-time would be best ; at least the noise would subside somewhat . |