Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | She doubted the words would even be able to leave her mouth . |
| 3 | Such wormy words would surely make an eagle back away in fear . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Words would only make the situation even worse — if that were possible . |
| 6 | And certainly words would only dig her deeper in . |
| 7 | In moments of extreme stress Vincent could barely speak , and when he did his words would sometimes be mangled . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The commission 's guidelines would also prescribe a standard way of testing hardware . |
| 11 | Brown knew that the universe was his own imagination , and that he just had to send thoughts and entire galaxies and peoples would no longer exist . |
| 12 | Large reserves of foreign currencies would then be required to buy the domestic currency in support operations , but the growth and mobility of capital flows has made most countries accept that such a defence is impractical . |
| 13 | This magical number may have rendered the split-screen sequence superfluous ; but most Astaire and Charisse fans would probably give a day 's pay to see it once . |
| 14 | Thousands of lovestruck fans would willingly take her place in Home and Away as the girl who wins Craig McLachlan 's heart . |
| 15 | THERE are many dates Liverpool fans remember and Everton fans would rather forget , and vice versa , and one of those is November 6 , 1982 . |
| 16 | Ferguson : The Leeds fans would never give him a chance , plus he is crap . |
| 17 | However , depositors would generally get lower returns and potential borrowers would find loans more expensive . |
| 18 | The first intimations that the forces which had lain dormant for two centuries would soon be unleashed came in the late 1870s , when frequent minor earthquakes began to shake the areas round the Sunda Straits . |
| 19 | Many natural foods we have happily consumed for centuries would never be allowed to be sold in the shops today if they were subject to the same tests as modern drugs and edible substances . |
| 20 | The contribution of rattles would merely provide a backdrop . ’ |
| 21 | Hari moved past the woman and as she negotiated the narrow passageway , her legs would hardly carry her . |
| 22 | The whole western seaboard of France and all the western provinces would thus fall into English hands . |
| 23 | Most walkers would probably agree that the Langdale Pikes are Lakeland 's finest miniature hills — shapely and aloof , especially Pike o'Stickle ( 709m ) , and certainly there are enough quality approach walks and challenging scrambles here to satisfy the most discerning of mountain walkers . |
| 24 | Crows , like the ones that hover round the summit of Buchaille Etive Mor , could fly in a pyramid formation and play the trumpet and walkers would still look the other way . |
| 25 | The Lib Dems would also reintroduce student grants . |
| 26 | They felt they had hit the targets by going on about tax and emphasising the warning that votes for the Lib Dems would only help Labour . |
| 27 | Internal documents tend to be word processed , they look as though they have been typed , whereas brochures and price lists would generally be professionally produced using typeset material . |
| 28 | Most such British lists would probably include Alan Roberton , David Hewlings and Bill Perrie . |
| 29 | Small electorates can be managed by politicians , and when the typical county might number forty to sixty freeholders in its electoral roll , while even one of the more extensive lists would rarely exceed 150 voters , many of whom would be nominally qualified , there was clearly opportunity for manipulation . |
| 30 | Had the Plowden Report received more support from politicians , academics and educationalists and had its recommendations been applied rather more vigorously across the country , I think our primary schools would today be much less open to criticism . |