Example sentences of "would [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the tip of one of them were damaged now , it would drip blood . |
| 2 | In a statement issued on July 2 Bush said that it would remain US policy neither to confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons , but that " where we 've said we do n't have those weapons on board , we mean it " . |
| 3 | He expressed particular concern that the President would remain Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces , albeit nominally . |
| 4 | However the judges did order that margin notes made by the so-called nymphomaniac on their genital size , sexual skills and bedroom fantasies would remain secret . |
| 5 | On Oct. 26 the national conference elected Amadou Cheffou as Prime Minister for a 15-month transitional period ( Nov. 1 , 1991-Jan. 31 , 1993 ) ; on Oct. 11 the conference had confirmed that President Ali Saibou would remain head of state during the transition . |
| 6 | ‘ The men would be paid wages and would remain shareholders . |
| 7 | Pilger himself would remain editor in chief as agreed . |
| 8 | Sir Denys Henderson would remain chairman of the two groups . |
| 9 | In spite of his resignation , it was believed that Deng would remain China 's most influential political leader . |
| 10 | Once they were back on the train there was yet more waving of handkerchiefs from pin-hatted ladies who would remain spinsters for the rest of their lives . |
| 11 | The thought that Ace could go bad rankled him for some reason , and he mouthed a silent prayer that her judgment would remain sound . |
| 12 | He nevertheless accepted the idea that there would probably be ‘ natural ’ limitations on their development , and envisaged that the vast majority of women would remain wives and mothers after legal emancipation . |
| 13 | But though this hope might be enough for some who were actually to lift themselves out of the working class , and perhaps also for a greater number who never got beyond dreaming of success as they read Samuel Smiles 's Self-Help ( 1859 ) or similar handbooks , it was perfectly evident that most workers would remain workers all their lives , and indeed that the economic system required them to do so . |
| 14 | Thus , if the law were changed in the manner outlined , the overwhelming majority of rape victims would remain female . |
| 15 | Even however , if the hereditary element were thus removed , there would remain controversy about the basis of selection for the rest . |
| 16 | Mr Gillespie would remain vice-chairman until his 65th birthday and be a director to the age of 75 . |
| 17 | The sensitive nature of the case was further inflamed by the woman 's near-complete recovery — after an initial medical prognosis had suggested that she would remain brain-damaged for life — a development which led some members of the black community , including Rev. Sharpton , to suggest that aspects of the attack had been fabricated . |
| 18 | It was not clear whether Mmusi would remain secretary-general of the ruling Botswana Democratic Party . |
| 19 | The world would remain unshaken over this but maybe the constable would have a gentle word with the unthinking reverser . |
| 20 | At a federal congress on May 28-31 in Bremen 97.4 per cent of delegates voted in favour of the election of Björn Engholm , 51 , as chair of the SPD in place of Hans-Jochen Vogel , 65 , who was retiring after four years ( but would remain chair of the SPD faction in the Bundestag . |
| 21 | According to Soviet sources , however , the US side had softened its previous position that Najibullah would have to be removed from power before elections could be held , and was now considering a compromise under which he would remain President but would give up control of the military , the security police and the media to non-partisan bodies . |
| 22 | Hungary and the Soviet Union signed a trade protocol on April 18 providing that the Soviet Union would remain Hungary 's main trading partner ; however , Soviet exports to Hungary would decrease by 8.5 per cent and imports by 12 per cent . |
| 23 | News of Venables ' defeat was greeted with fury by hundreds of Spurs fans outside court , amid pledges that they would picket matches to discourage other supporters , until he was reinstated . |
| 24 | Later , ashamed , Two-Dogs would picket screenings of the films he had appeared in , although he admitted in private that many times as a young man he had eaten well at a movie commissary when he would otherwise have starved . |
| 25 | ANY repeat of yesterday 's 24-hour strike over pit closures would consign Britain 's coal industry ‘ to history ’ , miners were warned last night . |
| 26 | Labour would throw money at industry . |
| 27 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 28 | She then swore that she would throw Dudley and his she-wolf into the tower . |
| 29 | There was one teacher who used to get so mad that she would throw slates around , with the whole class ducking out of the way . |
| 30 | ‘ Are you suggesting that Barney made up his mind to kill Angy and cold-bloodedly chose a method that would throw suspicion on someone else ? |