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

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31 This is particularly true of many 2∗ hotels which under less stringent classifications , would easily rate 3∗ .
32 I am very fond of my ex-editor , but on the whole I would sooner Bill got his pleasure from watching Fred Couples play golf than from reading open-razor letters to the Guardian .
33 decorative mirror , with or without a frame , is the type you would normally hand on a bedroom or living room wall , or perhaps over a mantlepiece to reflect the room .
34 He would generally lunch in one of the clubs to which he belonged ( by the end of his life , he was a member of the Athenaeum , the Garrick , and the Oxford and Cambridge ) although there were occasions when he would take guests to his favourite restaurant , L'Etoile , in Charlotte Street .
35 Would more Government money in the home stop young girls going out to engage in prostitution ?
36 So would more police , speedier courts , and better prisons and drug-treatment programmes .
37 Failure to keep their friends in office would rapidly doom the Cunningham interest in these burghs to extinction , as councillors and trades voters started to reconsider their former loyalties and to listen to the argument of the Haldane partisans that the colonel had the ear of government .
38 Is early detection possible and would early treatment help ?
39 Of course , if everyone knew their partners inside out , there 's a good chance no-one would ever plight their troth .
40 His vestigial liberalism or compassion persuaded him to resist the introduction of the poll tax for nurses and other deserving persons — but the Whips knew him as a man who would always toe the lobby line with a specious ministerial assurance , such as Nicolas Ridley 's promised poll tax rebate of £130 millions .
41 When the member of the team finds any colour she makes the sound of her team so that cows would always moo .
42 ‘ He said it was inevitable , that bad blood would always surface in the next generation , and that the only way he could hope to save me was to chase the devil from my soul before he got a proper hold . ’
43 A thorough grasp of molecular biological techniques is essential , and experienced in DNA sequencing and cDNA cloning would be advantageous , as would further knowledge of biochemistry or pharmacology .
44 For for fourteen er years ago when I studied erm communications at one of the things he said was the Sun paragraph would be short short of twenty words , whereas the tabloids would probably qualities they er full size papers would probably be longer , but interestingly enough the this introduction the introduction of the story about Princess Diana in the Sun is the same length as introduction about the story of Princess Diana in the Independent .
45 For example , the experience of members of the Women 's Cooperative Guild , who in both their own estimation and that of observers were adjudged respectable married women , shows that family misfortune , particularly in the form of sickness and unemployment , could quickly plunge a family into poverty , whereupon the wife would probably resort to strategies similar to those of her poorer sister .
46 She would never mock it , he was certain of that , and he could not believe that she would be shocked , because she was far too experienced and sensible to waste energy on such a useless emotion ; but it would probably distress her , and she had enough distress to absorb without his adding to it .
47 To know I know would probably distress Jenny .
48 Despite his difficulties Barry did not indicate that he had revised his decision to seek a fourth consecutive term as mayor in the November 1990 elections ( although conviction on a felony charge would automatically debar him ) .
49 Would both Mr and Mr like to comment on that .
50 It should be noted also that many sociologists would argue-particularly Goode , for example ( Goode , 1970 ) — that these changes are not simply confined to Britain and the United States but are taking place throughout the world , although at different paces and starting from different points .
51 Collectivism would eventually lead to totalitarianism — fascism and communism are collectivist ideologies — but it would also surface in the bureaucratic thinking of Western governments and multinational corporations .
52 The type of new installations that will be allowed if the paper becomes law are farm shops , sport and recreation facilities for activities such as clay pigeon shooting , BMX bikes and wargames , car parks , refreshment areas and educational centres would also burgeon .
53 Even if the US kept up the pressure , would public statements from France about her intentions be enough ? particularly in view of what they had told the US so far ?
54 So sometimes the sisters would , would really sort of get it in for a nurse and she 'd and they could make your life very unpleasant indeed .
55 But the fact is no lender can ever be absolutely sure that a guarantor is not being subject to pressure from the principal debtor , and to require him to do more than properly and fairly point out to the guarantor the desirability of obtaining independent advice , and to require the documents to be executed in the presence of a solicitor , is to put upon commercial lenders a burden which would severely handicap the carrying out of what is , after all , an extremely common transaction of everyday occurrence for banks and other commercial lenders .
56 In order to secure the payment of tribute , servicemen would often resort to taking hostages ( amanaty ) .
57 If you if you would please Trevor .
58 I pointed out that by slackening our programme efforts we would simply court mediocrity .
59 A lot of players would simply set-up and hit the ball directly at the flag , and them wonder why they did n't get the ball close .
60 He said baiters broke the animal 's back and his jaw and would even resort to poking out his eyes if they were training a dog to fight .
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