Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [vb infin] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To give the dream words would warn his pursuers . |
| 2 | The danger with this was that the longer it went on the more likely it became that both players and fans would get their priorities wrong , so that the feeling of ‘ we may as well concentrate on what we 're good at and not bother too much about Tests ’ would become steadily more predominant . |
| 3 | Good schools would educate their pupils to be useful , practical , and self-motivated . |
| 4 | The LEA then identified the resource needs of the system as a whole and voted the additional resources to meet them , determining precisely which schools would receive what level and kind of additional resources , and when . |
| 5 | Like so many of us , he thought computers would make his job much easier , and — like so many of us — he found that it just was n't that simple … |
| 6 | Like so many of us , he thought computers would make his job much easier , and so like many of us — he found that it just was n't that simple … |
| 7 | The Britons observed that " everyday at midday the two ( rival ) emperors would take their meat , and on both sides they would cease fighting till all had finished eating . |
| 8 | Hence , a black hole formed out of the collapse of a collection of baryons would forget its baryon number and radiate equal quantities of baryons and antibaryons . |
| 9 | Tutors would supervise their students ' work in the manner of teacher trainers . |
| 10 | There was never any doubt that the shops would take their name from the labels in the clothes , which , it was hoped , loyal customers would recognize . |
| 11 | Our Montgomeryshire Branch Chairman has asked if both the Radnor and Brecknock Branches would send him copies of their responses to the structure plan , for his information . |
| 12 | The RAC 's campaign manager , Edmund King , said : ‘ Research shows that just under 50 per cent of experienced drivers would fail their driving test if they took it today . |
| 13 | Similarly , although Wilde ( 1988 ) claims that a potentially variable level of subjective risk is necessary for RHT , a prediction of RHT is that subjects would modify their behaviour in order to actually experience constant levels of subjective risk which would only alter if they changed their ‘ target level of risk ’ . |
| 14 | Britain 's voluntary , though gradual , conversion of the colonial Empire into the British Commonwealth of Nations would help her recovery as a great power : her military commitments to provide overseas garrisons should diminish , and her influence was expected to be enhanced as she became the central pivot of an association of free and independent states girdling the globe . |
| 15 | SOME of these difficulties might be avoided if the United Nations would broaden its approach to consider the possibility of punishing what are now called international crimes . |
| 16 | If a controversy were to arise , and if republicanism were to gain its vocal adherents , then it could be predicted that supporters would sharpen their justifications , as implicit themes become explicitly developed in the course of argumentative debate . |
| 17 | Afterwards , Mr Sheridan said that if he had been banned from the picket line , he would ensure that at least 50 to 100 supporters would take his place . |
| 18 | ‘ whereby that person is likely to believe that such violence would be used or it is likely that such violence would be provoked ’ The officer dealing and/or civilian witnesses could help prove this point by including in their evidence observations such as , ‘ The crowd of visiting football supporters were likely to believe they were going to be attacked ’ , or ‘ It was likely that the visiting supporters would lose their tempers and attack the home crowd ’ . |
| 19 | He bent his head to her breast again , still nuzzling through the thin cotton , as if finding a perverse pleasure in delaying the moment when his lips would trail their way across her flushed skin . |
| 20 | These tournaments were also not being played on clay , and she obviously felt that participation in the Olympics would damage her chances on the tournament circuit , where failure to defend her points would mean that she might drop out of the top 100 in world rankings . |
| 21 | There was no shelter to make for , anywhere on the long , wide ridge , and the heather and the little bushes would tangle his feet and trip him as soon as he strayed from the straight path . |
| 22 | For example , if investment exceeded saving , the demand for loanable funds would exceed their supply and this would push interest rates upwards , bringing forth more saving and curbing investment until they were equal again . |
| 23 | She hoped such mundane matters would keep his mind occupied for a good while , because , if he ever discovered how helplessly she had responded to him , Isabel knew she would die of humiliation . |
| 24 | ‘ For Tony Bland I suppose his parents would say his life is over , ’ he said . |
| 25 | What sort of parents would allow their daughter out until this time of night ? |
| 26 | Headteachers stressed that some parents would condone their children 's absence and provide bogus explanations for it . |
| 27 | No doubt , even at the end , as he saw the blade of the knife flash in the moonlight , he had assumed his killers would rob his corpse . |
| 28 | According to Richard Prebble , then Minister for State-owned Enterprises , the two companies would reduce their holding in Telecom to 24.95 per cent each over the next three years so as to keep in line with the government 's planned 49.9 per cent limit on foreign ownership of the company . |
| 29 | Within the holdings , the biggest disappointment was Thomson Corporation , which failed to live up to the hopes expressed in the last article that ( a ) the travel side would benefit from the collapse of Intasun , a major competitor , ( b ) that the results of the North American ( and at a later stage UK ) newspaper interests would reflect a developing cyclical upturn , and ( c ) that the professional publishing companies would maintain their profits momentum . |
| 30 | One of the inevitable problems with this new tax was that business properties in the more dynamic or prosperous areas would find their valuations rising overnight to a much higher level than before , while other businesses in less prosperous areas would experience a fall in their valuations . |