Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [noun prp] " in BNC.

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31 Three years later , this question would much trouble Boswell .
32 ‘ The Community as a whole should make it absolutely clear that it would warmly welcome East Germany joining West Germany on the basis that it was not admitting a new member state to the Community , but simply recognising the extension of the territory of an existing member ’ , he stated .
33 And since Joan 's taking her place would greatly please Anne
34 If her mother were living in this Hansel and Gretel cottage , she would naturally ask Robbie to move in as well .
35 That is not to say that he would necessarily replace Weir , because in the long term Weir could still find himself on the side of the scrum — his lineout talents are difficult to ignore , and he has revelled in the additional freedom that the No 6 jumper is allowed .
36 On the basis of the Karamanid document mentioned above , one would necessarily question Husameddin 's dating of the appointment , but there seems to be no reason to doubt the consensus of the early sources on the fact of it .
37 An analogy which would better express Aquinas ' view compares the universe to a number of objects , say a pile of books on a table .
38 On the other hand these actions of preparation would better suit Hippodameia , who was to travel in the chariot ; and the other is perhaps characterised as older .
39 ‘ We do not want to do anything which would prematurely lever Mr Kinnock into Number 10 .
40 Apart from that , however , I would broadly accept Mr. Munby 's third and fourth propositions .
41 If one was to draw up a balance sheet of terrorism and murder involving innocent people it is likely that Mossad , the Israeli government and the CIA would easily exceed Arafat 's record depending , of course , upon how you choose to define terrorism .
42 When Harold Wilson succeeded Hugh Gaitskell as party leader in 1963 , he swore he would not make Gaitskell 's mistake of surrounding himself with elite coteries of policy advisers .
43 But his defeated rival , the nationalist Stasys Lozoraitis , said Mr Brazauskas ' programme would not resolve Lithuania 's economic crisis and amounted to no more than cosmetic changes .
44 She would not expect Rachaela to be home in any case and always had her lunch and tea with Emma .
45 The bomb , claimed big-wigs from the prime minister to the bosses of City firms , would not stop London 's financial markets from trading normally .
46 But that would not stop Ben .
47 And it would not stop Rab .
48 Mexico would not privatize PEMEX , the state oil company , while US and Canadian oil companies would not be allowed to explore for oil in Mexico , nor operate refineries or open petrol stations there .
49 He said the group hoped to run a peace train from Dublin to Scotland to reinforce the message that terrorism would not unite Ireland .
50 Baker said that the United States would not recognize Slovenia or Croatia as international subjects , but spoke in favourable terms of the idea of Yugoslavia becoming a loose alliance of states as in the Izetbegovic-Gligorov compromise proposal [ see above ] , and warned , at the end of his visit , of the tragic consequences of Yugoslav instability .
51 From there in Michaelmas 1317 the cardinals promulgated a two-year truce , but since they would not recognize Bruce 's claims to the Scottish crown he ignored their pronouncements and prepared to launch another attack on the north of England .
52 Hailed by Sir David Wilson , the Governor of Hong Kong , as " a good agreement for Hong Kong " , the memorandum was widely seen as the UK acceding to China 's demands for a greater say in Hong Kong 's affairs , although Sir David claimed that it would not give China a veto over the Hong Kong government .
53 But she was feeling guilty : she had not given and she would not give Miss Danziger Fru Gertlinger 's note .
54 He would personally assume responsibility for disconnecting food and water supplies and would not give Tony antibiotics if he developed any more infections .
55 Khrushchev 's first reaction to the naval quarantine was to denounce it as " outright banditry " ; but two days later he halted five ships outside the quarantine zone and sent Kennedy a letter offering to remove the missiles in return for a public pledge that the USA would not invade Cuba .
56 After meeting with Chinese leaders during his September visit , Carlucci reiterated the US view that improved Sino-Soviet relations would not threaten US or world security , a view reiterated by Li Peng .
57 WILD horses would not drag Stuart McLean away from Coleraine right now .
58 Even some of the most loyal Tory MPs would not dispute Mr Lamont 's claim that the government has been giving the impression of being in office , but not in power .
59 Even so , he would not disregard Dublin 's input — ‘ everyone listens , I listen , but the Government should not delay progress in any area where it is possible .
60 The students were partly to blame , it was implied , but they did not intend to cause his demise and would not forget Hu Yaobang .
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