Example sentences of "would [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This could only mean that , in time , India would attain a status equal to that of the white dominions . |
| 2 | A star that is 1.4 times heavier than our Sun has a Schwarzschild radius of only 2 km , and if such a star were to shrink to this size it would attain a mean density of , far beyond the density of nuclei . |
| 3 | With a cash transfer the recipient of government assistance would attain a welfare level as shown by . |
| 4 | He would ply a wealthy traveller with drink until he was besozzled , and then lead the unfortunate traveller up to his best room . |
| 5 | And twice a day , somebody would transmit a very brief , very high speed coded message from the apartment next door via the VHF array aimed at Nicosia . |
| 6 | But though the intention will be to curb the power of union leaders wielding hundreds of thousands of block votes , Mr Whitty emphasised that Labour would remain a trade union-based party . |
| 7 | Under this Mrs Thatcher and Dr FitzGerald agreed that Northern Ireland would remain a part of the United Kingdom according to the wishes of its majority , but that ministers from Britain and the Republic would meet regularly to review political and security aspects . |
| 8 | The majority view was that Britain was and would remain a great power , giving the world leadership based on her experience over the centuries rather than on the depth of her pocket . |
| 9 | To reassure worried German managers , Pirelli stresses that Continental would remain a German company and would keep control of its own brands . |
| 10 | Whatever route was chosen , water supplies would remain a controversial topic . |
| 11 | Finally , there would remain a central core containing the reactor building itself . |
| 12 | In February 1937 Marshal Göring visited Marshal Śmigły-Rydz in Warsaw and assured him that Germany had absolutely no territorial claims on the Polish Corridor and that Danzig , though ‘ eternally bound ’ to Poland by trade , would remain a Free City . |
| 13 | So we have the nine daughters of Benjamin James Titford : three died young , one remained a spinster , three were Edwardian brides , two married during the early years of the reign of King George V. Their lives would take them far apart from each other and from Curry Rivel itself — yet they would remain a close-knit family , for all the physical distance which separated them . |
| 14 | But sometimes mysteries are more intriguing than explanations , and the swans on the blue lake , like the creatures on the golden cloud , would remain a mystery for ever in Little Billy 's memory . |
| 15 | Yet , until that capacity could be built , it seemed , power cuts in winter would remain a fact of life . |
| 16 | Confined to their present role , trade unions would remain a response to the exploitation , actual or hypothetical , of employees by employers — a response which meritocratic benevolence would , if performance matched intention , progressively reduce to a satisfied silence . |
| 17 | Inevitably there was a lot of sycophantic non sense around her too.Thus when she made a blood donation , the director of the clinic declared that the room would remain a shrine for her and everyone who now had a transfusion would insist that it was her divine blood that flowed and miraculously and potently into his veins . |
| 18 | It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along . |
| 19 | My right hon. and learned Friend the Attorney-General has made it clear that the law is not suspended and therefore it would remain a matter for local authorities if they wished to bring actions . |
| 20 | However , NATO would remain a defensive alliance and must continue to provide for the common defence , while enhancing its political component . |
| 21 | In a later address to the Hong Kong chamber of commerce Lu also sought to reassure the business community and international investors that Hong Kong would remain a free port and an international financial centre after 1997 and that its prosperity would be maintained and investments protected . |
| 22 | The self-appointed executive council of the " autonomous region " of Krajina adopted on March 16 a formal decision to break away from Croatia permanently , but declared that it would remain a constituent element of the Yugoslav federation . |
| 23 | Chancellor Kohl said that Germany would remain a " nation of friendship for foreigners " but stressed that the right of asylum should not be abused , a point which he again emphasized on Oct. 13 when he described those who attacked foreigners as " fools and criminals " bringing shame on Germany . |
| 24 | Without the light of the Gospel , it would never be seen in its true depths , but would remain a coloured stone , beautiful , but not bright with a message of God shining within it . |
| 25 | The prime minister , Mr Felipe Gonzalez , indicated that talks would remain a possibility until ETA carried out its next terrorist attack . |
| 26 | Even if it were possible to model accurately the supply and demand responses to changes in taxes and transfer or benefit provisions of all kinds , it would remain a GNP or market calculation . |
| 27 | In contrast to earlier fears that the ‘ special relationship ’ might have been in jeopardy , he said he had no doubt that the president would remain a friend of Britain and that the relationship between the pair could not be more easy . |
| 28 | Germany 's President Richard von Weizsaecker said he was sure close ties between Bonn and Washington would remain a stable anchor . |
| 29 | Now they became the precious material for the new sciences of ethnology and prehistory ; they were priceless documents which , once deciphered , would throw a flood of light on human evolution and progress . |
| 30 | Very occasionally a small child would throw a tantrum when denied something , and it would be described as chan . |