Example sentences of "[adv] would [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ninety percent of them said yes , that it depends on how you present the figures , so in actual fact I wonder how our tenant farmers all of a sudden find themselves in a position that they perhaps would rather sign a petition and not put their heads above the parapet bearing in mind you are in a community , bear in mind you are connected , bear in mind that your livelihood is with those others and I have to say it is true that a certain business in my area connected with farming has been threatened . |
| 2 | In making it Curtis helped to unleash a force which before long would profoundly challenge the British claim to dominion in India . |
| 3 | In R. v. Monopolies and Mergers Commission , ex parte Argyll Group plc Lord Donaldson MR said that courts must show ‘ a proper awareness of the needs of public administration ’ : a court should be wary of striking down a decision if it is clear that the same decision would have been made even if the decision-maker had not acted unlawfully ; or if doing so would unduly delay the conduct of government business ; or if members of the public are likely already to have relied on the challenged decision ; or if the court thinks that the applicant 's motivation in making the application was improper or vexatious or frivolous . |
| 4 | Even the thought of doing so would not enter the hearts of most . |
| 5 | Fortunately she had n't finished unloading the car , so would only have a single hold-all to carry back downstairs . |
| 6 | Moreover , infall alone would not level the mare floors . |
| 7 | My pensions from former employers , together with income from investments , brings me into the age allowance scale , while my wife receives a reduced state pension based on my contributions together with building society interest , which alone would not cover the allowances . |
| 8 | These problems alone would not make the prospects for the straightforward treatment of deictic sentences within truth-conditional semantics look very hopeful . |
| 9 | We both knew that walking alone would not keep the pounds off forever . |
| 10 | Chairing the talks , Japanese Finance Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto declared that flows of fresh credits were essential for renewed growth , and that debt reduction alone would not solve the difficulties of indebted countries . |
| 11 | The hormones dripping from the Ossmodula alone would considerably swell the span of the skeleton , would strengthen his bones ceramically , would fuse his ribs into a solid breastplate … |
| 12 | But this fact alone would hardly entitle a beneficiary to execution in rem against a third party : to allow that would be to indulge in a breach of fundamental principle and equity . |
| 13 | Going too slow would not give the car enough momentum , resulting in it nose-diving into the water , overturning and trapping him underneath . |
| 14 | Other bands just would n't give a toss , they 'd pose like they were asked if they thought they were going to get a front cover . ’ |
| 15 | Then there came it think it was the gearbox or something went on the gar , you know , because I tow a caravan , and the car just would n't pull the caravan , and it was going to cost over a thousand pounds and that like . |
| 16 | He just would n't hold a conversation with him . |
| 17 | ‘ You just would n't believe the things they say . ’ |
| 18 | She had a commode in her room , but she just could n't use the commode or she 'd urinate on it — she just would n't take the lid off or get the hang of this thing at all . |
| 19 | However , this would depend on demand in Europe , and on price — too much Russian gas into Europe too soon would certainly depress a currently over-supplied market . |
| 20 | But , I mean , do , to be more realistic , I mean , o , if , obviously if , if all the government took a fifty percent pay cut it still would n't make a great deal of difference ? |
| 21 | Heads should roll for the creation of modern Aviemore , but a public bottom-spanking of the jerks who built it still would n't solve the problem of how to get rid of it . |
| 22 | That still would n't solve the problem of that nightmare of an interview , though , would it ? |
| 23 | Secondly ( as was pointed out by Russell , among others ) , even if it were true that the number of basic entities was finite , the proposed analysis still would not yield the desired result . |
| 24 | Even if at the next general election Labour does better than ever before in attracting working-class support , say 80 per cent of the working class , it still would not have a majority of the vote . |
| 25 | The real point about the events of 1558 is that it was a missed opportunity for the Catholics , missed because Mary of Guise still temporized , still would not put the weight of the ‘ state ’ behind that of the church . |
| 26 | came up to say it was a matter of time he probably would n't last the weekend he was dying and he was on morphine tablets |
| 27 | Well , but , I said , it probably would n't give the five bleeps . |
| 28 | Speed and distance from the road edge probably would n't make a lot of difference if a landmine was detonated as they went by , but doing it makes everyone feel better . |
| 29 | Your principles and hard held prejudices will be respected if for no other reason than one of simple commercial sense : you probably would n't do a good job creating the advertisement even if you tried , because you actively disbelieve in the product or proposition . |
| 30 | she probably would n't become a manager , because usually you think you can change and develop but I think she 'll be then be able to become a manager and she 'll sort of learn , but she 'd have to actually change her personality for it . |