Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When a girl 's period was due , she would sign a little red book hanging by string in the medicine cupboard , and the under-matron would discreetly place an unwieldy packet of sanitary towels in her underwear drawer . |
| 2 | Mr Pena hoped that a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK and added that the US would vigorously defend the right of its carriers abroad . |
| 3 | The system would mostly operate a service of at least half-hourly frequency , but the Twotowns North line would incorporate the existing BR express service between Shrewsbury and Wellington with Metro stopping trains at the alternate half-hour . |
| 4 | ( 12 ) Para 33 of Chapter 2 of Section 5 of the Yellow Book provides that , where an increase of authorised share capital of a listed company is proposed and 10 per cent or more of the voting capital will remain unissued , the circular accompanying the notice of meeting must state that no issue will be made which would effectively alter the control of the company without prior approval of its shareholders in general meeting . |
| 5 | That choice would effectively enable the Purchaser to re-negotiate price by threatening one course or the other . |
| 6 | As this was a Bill that was passed for one year only , the refusal to pass it would effectively restore the Lords ' power over the government by taking away its legal control over the army . |
| 7 | In the ensuing weeks the two parties negotiated an agreement on a transitional federal coalition which would effectively oversee the dismantling of the Czechoslovak state . |
| 8 | This would effectively end the problems of over-production which have interfered with the workings of the European Community 's Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 9 | Unit writers were well aware that their HN Unit Specifications would effectively form the assessment contract between centres and SCOTVEC . |
| 10 | An interpretation of the Hague Convention as the exclusive means for obtaining evidence located abroad would effectively subject every American court hearing a case involving a national of a contracting state to the internal laws of that State . |
| 11 | Following a speech by Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , to barristers this month , there have been fears that senior judges involved in drawing up rules would effectively block the use of the new rights in practice , by insisting that preparation of some cases and their presentation in court should be handled by different people . |
| 12 | Such a pattern would place limits on the availability of mutual aid , and would effectively separate the long- term unemployed from contact with the world of formal employment . |
| 13 | We have of course proposed a change to this criterion which would effectively terminate the criterion after P P G seven . |
| 14 | Conservative Central Office has been inundated with jittery reports from regional Tory organisers , but is banking on driving home the message to a receptive audience that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would effectively open the door of Downing Street to Mr Kinnock . |
| 15 | This would effectively give the white population a veto on all constitutional changes . |
| 16 | The European companies were hoping to meet the deadline set by the International Radio Consultative Committee for the presentation of technical proposals for a new system which , once chosen , would effectively set a world standard , Japan and the USA having already submitted their applications to the Committee . |
| 17 | This would effectively reduce the power supply to a simple half wave rectified type . |
| 18 | A half-speed recorder would effectively halve the rate of tax that consumers would pay , should a levy be introduced . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , when a minister with a firm grip on government patronage was involved , a refusal to offer such a return would effectively deprive the member of parliament of further opportunities to aid his own constituents . |
| 20 | Since both Greek and Turkish Cypriot political leaders accepted that a new Cyprus republic would have a federal and bizonal character , the essence of the pre-conference negotiations concerned the proportion of territory the Turkish authorities in occupied Cyprus were willing to cede to what would effectively become the Greek area in a federal republic ( early indications being that they were prepared to concede no more than 9 per cent of the occupied area ) , and precisely how many refugees could return , out of some 180,000 Greeks Cypriots who fled following the Turkish invasion . |
| 21 | Capture of the Mort Homme would eliminate the most injurious of the French field gun batteries that were crouched behind it , and would effectively dominate the next ridge towards Verdun , the vital Bois Bourrus where the French heavies were concentrated . |
| 22 | This application , if granted , would effectively destroy the ‘ comparative peace and quiet which the residents of Scorton now enjoy after the daytime visitors have left ’ . |
| 23 | And for the once mighty Dublin side , defeat would effectively signal the end of what has been a bitterly disappointing and frustrating season . |
| 24 | But I do not consider it reasonable to expect the theist to prove the existence of God , something that would effectively remove the element of trust which I have also highlighted . |
| 25 | Any such proposals would effectively remove the strong and independent enabling role which has served Stirling students so well over the past 25 years . |
| 26 | Competitors complained that the restriction would effectively turn the race into a one-mile sprint at the end when motorcycle outriders moved from their path to allow the race to proceed at its natural pace . |
| 27 | This would effectively replace the 1988 Convention on the Regulation of Antarctic Mineral Resource Activities ( Cramra — see p. 36062 ) , which had met with widespread opposition , and which Japan alone now supported . |
| 28 | This constraint would effectively limit the amount of vehicles that a firm could service . |
| 29 | From now on time was on the side of the anti-coalitionists , for the approach of another election would eventually reopen the argument to their advantage . |
| 30 | However , the realisation that he would eventually inherit the farm at Skiplam , when Maisie 's father was too old to run it , sweetened the pill . |