Example sentences of "[Wh det] would [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | Moreover the young hero was never alone ; he always had a pure process , waiting for him , holding the thread of life which would protect him from the flames and the teeth and the dark belly of the monster . |
2 | Following such an incident , a Board of Trade enquiry ruled that the cars should be fitted with massive bumpers , which would protect passengers on the rear steps . |
3 | We called on the Attorney-General to refer his case to the Appeal Court so that the sentence could be increased to one which would protect women for a long time . |
4 | Influenced by developments such as these , substantial public support began to develop for measures which would protect the position of the indigenous nationalities and which would ensure that economic decisions were taken with a greater degree of consideration for local circumstances . |
5 | Therefore , I respectfully suggest to the Solicitor-General that a clear and simple change can be made to the law which would protect those who are not the parties to a trial — third parties outside a trial . |
6 | On Oct. 5-8 in Moscow , and again in Washington in late October , US and Soviet arms control negotiators apparently discussed a defence system which would protect the Soviet Union from ballistic missile attacks . |
7 | The negotiated settlement was hailed as a historic breakthrough which would protect the ecology of the rainforest , but it was bitterly opposed by non-Indian landowners who feared that they would be driven off and their properties confiscated . |
8 | Now , under the impact of guilt and remorse motivated by the positive side of the original ambivalent feelings for the father , the ego sought to defend itself from further conflict with its id by erecting safety measures which would protect it from such distorting and stressful impulses . |
9 | In other responses , Lord Melchett , executive director of Greenpeace , said that the White Paper was even worse than had been expected from leaks and that the government had " dodged the important issues by reiterating existing inadequate policies and avoided making any new commitments which would protect the environment " . |
10 | These contain detailed statistical or other information , which would disturb the flow if presented in the body of the report . |
11 | In the end he gave up trying to analyse his own feelings , or even totally understand them , and lay there relaxed , listening for the slow , regular breathing of sleep , and was n't sure if he detected it or not — The door opened briefly at one point and a young man 's voice said " Shit , " but Graham did n't even turn to look ; he knew it could be nothing which would disturb them . |
12 | The centre 's system for emergency lighting runs from a generator , which would fail in the event of a fire cutting off main electricity , so the fire officer said spectators could not be allowed in . |
13 | I can imagine a slow recovery and low inflation which would fail to bring interest rates down — the poison 's antidote . |
14 | Should it reveal areas which would fail to meet the standard , then alternative sets of options for emission control can be considered . |
15 | There are some transitional arrangements to cope with designs which had been registered on or after 12th January 1988 but prior to the more rigorous standards now applicable ( that is , prior to 1st August 1989 ) and which would fail to be registrable subsequently . |
16 | The provisions relating to Economic and Monetary Union take the form of amendments to the EEC Treaty and therefore form an integral part of Community law ( even if one might have doubts as to the likelihood of the factual events which would trigger the final stage ) ; on the other hand , in the context of the provisions relating to political Union , a distinction was made between those matters which constituted amendments to the existing Community treaties , and those which fell outside the scope of the Communities , notably the provisions on a Common foreign and Security policy and those on co-operation in the fields of Justice and Home Affairs . |
17 | ‘ Is there , ahem , anything in your personal life which would embarrass the party if it became public ? ’ |
18 | Gina flashed him a bright , insincere smile , wanting nothing more than to escape from his presence before she betrayed the kind of emotions which would embarrass both of them . |
19 | But his account of natural philosophy , which rejects any inner mechanisms or real essences ‘ hid … behind the scenes ’ which would purport to explain ‘ those appearances which are seen on the theatre of the world ’ , is a clear example too . |
20 | From time immemorial it was a commonly held belief in Gaelic Scotland that where a disease occurred there would be found growing in the locality of its prevalence a plant which would cure that disease . |
21 | Prior to the 1970s , the penal system could plausibly legitimate itself by claiming as its raison d'être the rehabilitation of offenders , the provision of training and treatment which would cure them of their criminality , benefiting both them and society as a whole . |
22 | At a number of points , Ian Paisley and others had tried very hard to create a new party which would embrace all traditional unionists . |
23 | But in meeting with Kosygin it became clear to Razak that the Soviet Union would prefer its own larger collective security agreement , which would embrace Japan , Pakistan and India as well as the smaller states . |
24 | Over the winter of 1977–8 the Vietnamese Foreign Minister , Trinh , visited the region again and raised the idea of a new and broader organisation to that of ASEAN , which would embrace all the countries of Southeast Asia based on the principles of ‘ peace , independence and neutrality ’ . |
25 | What 's more , Pinnacle says it will deliver its S-10 clone at around 65% of Sun 's list price , which would peg an entry-level machine with a 36MHz CPU doing 86 MIPS , 44 SPECint92 and 53 SPECfp92 at around $12,000 — £9,600 . |
26 | These could include a tele-smell machine ( which would detect and emit pheromones ) and 3-D holographic pictures . |
27 | There were other problems which would remain because they were to a large extent independent of the problems caused by too restrictive a sexual morality . |
28 | There was a further period of tussles for power until the ageing grandson of Bruce and son of Walter and Marjory at last reached the throne in his own right as Robert II , and gave to the royal house the name which would remain as Stewart until Mary , Queen of Scots , altered its spelling to Stuart . |
29 | The investigative role would not supplant the conciliation stage , which would remain with ACAS . |
30 | The grant will assist the final editing of the journal , and the cross-checking of some of Nadel 's local tours and identifications of people and places , which would remain obscure were it not for more recent ethnographic inquiry . |