Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] would [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This gives regional activists the chance to confer with colleagues in other areas ; two-way calls would mean they spoke mostly to head office . |
| 2 | Unemployment was high , with little suggestion that the CDU 's economic policies would reduce it quickly . |
| 3 | Stoltenberg said at a press conference on Sept. 28 that " a complete ban would put our commitment to the NATO alliance in question " . |
| 4 | The intelligence and sensitivity by which some people draw rich implications from quite narrow experience would have nothing to work on if they had not plunged deep into that experience . |
| 5 | Her balance was very poor ; she could not stand up on her own , because strong associated reactions would pull her left side over ; her left Achilles tendon was extremely tight ; her left shoulder was very painful ; her arm was pulled into a bent position , with the hand tightly closed in a fist ( flexor spasm ) ; she could hardly sit up straight because of the severe spastic muscle pull on the left side of her body ; her mother had to push Dawn everywhere in her wheelchair , and give her total nursing support . |
| 6 | Massoud Barzani , leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and of the eight-member coalition of Kurdish opposition groups , the Kurdish Democratic Front ( KDF ) , secured agreement from Turkey and the UK at the end of February that allied aircraft would continue their protection of Kurdistan against a possible attack by Iraqi forces . |
| 7 | What woman in her right mind would choose what she 'd left in Milan to what he was offering her here , in Rome ? |
| 8 | He was in some ways a sort of humanoid Winnie the Pooh ( the bear with very little brain ) without any of Pooh 's more lovable characteristics — although no one in their right mind would tell him so ! |
| 9 | ‘ Because no man in his right mind would have you . |
| 10 | No-one in their right mind would consider one offering bad or indifferent food ! |
| 11 | No one in her right mind would turn her back on that ! |
| 12 | But there can be no real doubt that it was on medical advice that Law resigned , for he was advised that only a complete break would save him from total breakdown , and he was actually suffering from the disease that was to kill him in less than three years . |
| 13 | He also insinuated that pro-independence republics were implicated , commenting that Soviet monetary collapse would make it easier for " ultra-radicals in a number of republics to solve the problem of changing over to their own currencies " . |
| 14 | Erm certainly the low figure would cause us tremendous problems er environmental problems of our own . |
| 15 | The thought of a day , let alone months , spent on board a narrow boat would fill her with horror . |
| 16 | The proposal was that His Majesty would invite certain individuals as individuals to take upon their shoulders the burden of carrying on the Government and Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Samuel ( sic ) had stated that they were prepared to act accordingly … the Administration would not exist for a period longer than was necessary to dispose of the emergency , and when that purpose was achieved the political parties would resume their respective positions . |
| 17 | With the impending General Election and current deep recession , coupled with a possible world slow-down in trade , opposing political parties would have us believe different interpretations of the current state of the economy . |
| 18 | She said as evenly as her angrily clenched teeth would allow her , ‘ I feel like standing , so I 'll stand , if you do n't mind . |
| 19 | He had little doubt that if anything went wrong Buckmaster would let him drop over the cliff . |
| 20 | For he will realize that if this technique became popular , people who might benefit from new , forward-looking rules would lose their incentive to bring to court novel cases in which these new rules might be announced for the future . |
| 21 | ‘ Anything like an official competition involving English and Scottish clubs would strengthen their case for a Great Britain team , at the expense of England , Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | Kellerman reached the porch and hauled himself up onto it , hoping that the wooden canopy would take his weight . |
| 23 | A truly incremental algorithm would improve its performance during a single search , so that information learned early can be used later in the same search . |
| 24 | ‘ An opportunist killer would use whatever weapon came to hand , ’ declared Sophie , undeterred . |
| 25 | You 've brought messages that the German High Command would shoot you for . |
| 26 | Under the old concession , the Inland Revenue would give its approval to a group scheme which included a JOC provided certain conditions were met : the JOC was controlled by two people neither of whom controlled the company and one of whom was the grantor of the relevant scheme ; and the relevant scheme was extended to the JOC by only one of its two joint owners . |
| 27 | Normally , the Inland Revenue would require you to meet with them to discuss any potential tax liabilities on an individual basis , and could also possibly require the completion of annual tax returns . |
| 28 | As fast as her rheumatic legs would carry her , she toddled round to the Rope Walk , to the house where Eb and Josh and Ruth had been born and brought up . |
| 29 | A final point to make about the adoption of accruals accounting is that in the USA the Governmental Accounting Standards Board has further developed the idea of a set of accounts which are not purely cash-based but are also not full accruals accounting as best commercial practice would envisage it . |
| 30 | Jonathon knew he had less than two miles to go and that his faithful horse would trudge him home as he had done many times before . |