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

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1 When Parthenissa talk 'd today
2 You see I am very careful in settling the Chronology of his Poems ; such a Genius is a Curiosity ; and one wou 'd willingly know which are his first Productions .
3 Laertes would surely have killed him .
4 The ‘ profiles ’ school-leaver would thus take his place among the list of the failures , whether designated as ‘ secondary modern ’ school-leavers , the educationally subnormal , the ‘ bottom 40 per cent ’ , or by whatever other title the no-hopers are characterized .
5 Earlier , on Feb. 7 , up to 70,000 people had protested in Garankuwa , in eastern Bophuthatswana , demanding that their South African citizenship be restored , but Mangope had reaffirmed on Feb. 18 that the homeland would never be reincorporated into South Africa .
6 One critic thought it ironic that this building ‘ of which the aim was so obviously beauty , should have achieved so startling an ugliness ’ , but after more than a century Swanage would hardly seem the same place without it .
7 The growing strength of such a new religion would gradually undermine the power of warmongering leaders , who so frequently use entrenched religious beliefs to instil into their sometimes reluctant followers , the will to continue a conflict .
8 S 72(4) could be read as including the limitation , ‘ in a case in which the amount distributed was small compared with the value of the shares in respect of which it was distributed ’ , and none of its express words would thereby be distorted .
9 She doubted the words would even be able to leave her mouth .
10 Such wormy words would surely make an eagle back away in fear .
11 His fascination for words would often keep him awake at night as the poetry of the place is a kind of Rubik 's cube which can become obsessive .
12 Words would only make the situation even worse — if that were possible .
13 And certainly words would only dig her deeper in .
14 In moments of extreme stress Vincent could barely speak , and when he did his words would sometimes be mangled .
15 Public values and government action would thus remain in opposition .
16 The physical interference need not be sufficiently forceful or well-aimed to result in some form of damage or destruction to a proper part of the victim , though we suppose that a violent action would generally be painful to the recipient .
17 Your client who is having to pay for the action would otherwise find himself in the position of being the loser financially despite an order on liability .
18 Speaking on Radio 4 's World This Weekend he added : ‘ Their action would also call into doubt in children 's minds just what authority figures are there for . ’
19 Mr Pena said the deal would be reviewed in a year and that congressional action would also be needed before BA could proceed with an additional $450 million investment , giving it more than 25 per cent of USAir .
20 Mr Pena said that the deal would be reviewed in a year and that congressional action would also be needed before BA could proceed with an additional $450 million investment , giving it more than 25 per cent of USAir .
21 At the outbreak of World War I , both informed and common opinion held that a major , probably decisive , naval action would soon take place between the British and German fleets .
22 On the one hand , such action would simply rekindle the international outcry that resulted in the postponement of the ‘ harvest ’ or cull in the first place .
23 Any such action would therefore lie against the landlord , but the landlord may well have a claim against its solicitors for negligence .
24 The action would then fail .
25 Such action would only damage the interests of both communities .
26 Their Kipling characteristics would surely have immediately attracted man 's attention , and he would soon have thought up other ways of increasing the frequency of such useful animals .
27 In the USA , domestic airlines choose hubs for their operations at smalltown airports whose natural characteristics would never justify the high level of air transport now available to them .
28 The SSA would particularly like to thank Crispin On of Dulwich for his fine efforts in organising the squash competition .
29 The commission 's guidelines would also prescribe a standard way of testing hardware .
30 But the established association would clearly indicate , at this stage of research , that it is n't a good idea to have too much in your blood .
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