Example sentences of "of [noun] [noun pl] would [adv] " in BNC.

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1 But this would mean asserting another existential proposition , and moreover one that patently can not be analysed in the same way ; so the problem of sorting out the significance of existence claims would still remain unresolved .
2 The exploits of football hooligans would probably be praised if they were part of resistance to an invading army .
3 In the absence of selection , the observed small numbers of seedling recruits would apparently be sufficient to maintain potentially high genet diversity within such a vigorously clonal plant population .
4 It follows that our practices and assessments in the disciplines carry ethical layers within themselves : were our choice of values at any of the levels to be different , our practices and our evaluations of truth claims would also be different .
5 Thousands of lovestruck fans would willingly take her place in Home and Away as the girl who wins Craig McLachlan 's heart .
6 ‘ Being so close to Merseyside is a disadvantage , because a lot of Liverpool lads would rather stay in their area where there 's such a good standard than travel into Wales . ’
7 A hard core of alcohol abusers would probably exist in most societies even if the vast majority of moderate drinkers reduced their consumption drastically .
8 There has also in many of these cases been an increasing awareness , not just of the local situation , but of the regional and National set-up , and a clearer vision of the more overtly political values , such as what sort of society communities would really like to live in .
9 It was too confrontational , she realised as soon as she had said it , seeing something spark in his eyes , the instinctive , age-old masculine response to the sort of rejection men would always interpret as a challenge .
10 However , our Chemicals and the quality of life booklets would certainly not have been improved by the use of recycled paper , the environmental benefits of which are not unalloyed , according to chemists and papermakers .
11 His outline programme included a 100-day package to curb inflation , a declared intention to make the forint into a convertible currency ( but without a specified target date ) , and a commitment to land reforms , as demanded by the Smallholders who had campaigned on the single issue of returning farmland to its pre-1947 owners ; agriculture was to become primarily based on private ownership , with encouragement for family farms and voluntary co-operatives , although a limited number of state farms would also remain in existence .
12 He clearly saw that the extended nature of Rommel 's supply lines made them extremely vulnerable to attack and that destruction of port facilities would severely limit his ability to wage war .
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