Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] would [adv] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand these actions of preparation would better suit Hippodameia , who was to travel in the chariot ; and the other is perhaps characterised as older . |
| 2 | Any history of adultery would doubtless quote Emma 's seduction in that careering cab : it 's probably the most famous act of infidelity in the whole of nineteenth-century fiction . |
| 3 | To reject final causes from the study of nature would apparently leave providence hanging . |
| 4 | This may have been the case when Lady C. first frightened the servants back in the twenties , but now that kind of behaviour would probably land Mellors in the hot water he so obviously needs . |
| 5 | ‘ The last thing a Secretary of State would normally have time to do is to see if the Historic Royal Palaces are being run in a way to maximise profit . ’ |
| 6 | A blunt statement of envy would certainly give offence : therefore , Leapor reassumes her humility , affirms the need for different stations in life , and denies her own claim for the importance of learning : |
| 7 | But it is not likely that the mere provision of information would necessarily alter sentencers ' practices . |
| 8 | The reversal of the burden of proof would also affect alibi evidence called on behalf of the accused . |
| 9 | For Labour to be tagged with republicanism would still lose votes . |
| 10 | They assessed that the BCP leadership was interested in opposition participation in government only in order to demonstrate Bulgaria 's commitment to democratic reform to Western bodies which might offer financial support , and to burden the opposition with some of the responsibility for tackling the current economic crisis , but that the BCP in practice would still retain control of all the levers of power . |
| 11 | The increase in petrol would also hit Scots in rural areas hard . |
| 12 | ( Prof. Michael Pentz calculated that while a tenfold increase in power would only increase effectiveness by 4½ times , a tenfold increase in accuracy would give a hundredfold increase in effectiveness . ) |
| 13 | Mr Scargill 's election to Parliament would acutely embarrass Mr Kinnock , but would pave the way for the NUM 's merger with the Transport and General Workers ' Union . |
| 14 | Conversion of cereals to grassland would probably involve compensation , although avoidance of autumn fertiliser applications would not . |
| 15 | Foreign trees such as eucalyptus would also need pesticides and fertilisers to grow , and would eventually erode the soil quality , they say . |