Example sentences of "that would [verb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ Any fellow that 'd pay a pound a bottle for dirty water — water that could very well carry typhoid , ’ Frank said severely , ‘ should have his head examined too . |
| 2 | There 's not many men who are n't even relations that 'd give someone a record player for a wedding present . ’ |
| 3 | Much good that 'd do her , if what his department suspected was true . |
| 4 | I reckoned it 'd have t'run' from the house to a point outside the perimeter fence , cuz that 'd take 'em clear of anyone who wuz in control of the grounds . |
| 5 | Yon Balberith is reet big orrid ruffy beast wi gurt black beard full o rats and green teeth gnashing and a grinding and flames coming out o bum that 'd take wallpaper off front parlor . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I thought if I do n't get these exams , I wo n't get a job , because that 's what people rubbed into us , and then I thought , well , Christ , if I went down town now and had a look , I bet there 's a dozen jobs that 'd suit me . |
| 7 | An officer from a large rural district considered to be quite a ‘ difficult ’ patch observed , for instance , that he was ‘ sure the blokes in [ the city nearby ] , where there are many polluting discharges into relatively fishless rivers , would not worry about things that 'd cause great concern to Stewart and Fred ’ [ two officers in very rural catchments with potable supply rivers ) . |
| 8 | The Department of Transport awarded contracts to firms to develop electronics that would identify cars passing over buried toll ‘ gates ’ . |
| 9 | : the computer has no knowledge of the cultural norms that would identify the fridge as being a likely repository for food . |
| 10 | The aim was to create a non-biased set of figures that would paint an international picture of the scale of air pollution . |
| 11 | He spoke enthusiastically at the time of co-opting the help of government , community groups and business — a troika that would transform downtrodden parts of the city into gleaming new shopping malls and day-care centres and rebuilt factories and office space . |
| 12 | It remains a Soviet priority to dissuade the ASEAN states from taking the final step that would transform ASEAN into a Western-sponsored security system . |
| 13 | He fought for higher oil revenues to finance this and the development programmes that would transform Iran 's economy . |
| 14 | I afterwards met Mr Blair at the Congress , and observing his deep solicitude for Kildalton , I admitted the claims which its neglected state had upon my faith and affection , and remarked that it was not the pecuniary sacrifice that I should make that would deter me , so much as the expenditure I had lately incurred on my House and Glebe , and which would in a measure be thrown away , by my moving to Islay . |
| 15 | In this guise , the computer 's role was to deliver machine-readable information that would supplement that normally found by students in printed form or received by them in the shape of lectures and seminars . |
| 16 | The Nadd Al Sheba course came about when the Sheikh asked Trutch to devise a scheme that would improve the appearance of the desert wastes inside the city 's popular racetrack . |
| 17 | The research was supported by WACC and carried out by the Centre for Artistic and Cultural Research ( ceneca ) with the aim of encouraging TV networks to carry programmes that would improve the quality of young people 's lives and thereby enhance their contribution to national life . |
| 18 | In the educational sphere Japanese rule aimed to achieve a level that would improve literacy but which would keep the Korean people in a subordinate position . |
| 19 | The profits have been in public relations for a long time but too often those in charge have refused to invest some measure of it in capital equipment that would improve client services and the daily life of their workers . |
| 20 | It was the indictments of the Audit Commission that led the Secretary of State for Social Services to ask Sir Roy Griffiths ‘ to review the way in which public funds are used to support community care policy and to advise … on the options for action that would improve the use of these funds as a contribution to more effective community care ’ . |
| 21 | I would welcome anything that would improve the legislation . |
| 22 | But if we think of our target as anything that would improve survival chances , the argument still works . |
| 23 | The town councillors said the fountain was the first of many such gifts that would improve the villagers ' quality of life . |
| 24 | To avoid the chaos that would arise if , for example , several users wanted to print at the same time , the resources of a network may be controlled by ‘ servers ’ . |
| 25 | This chapter examines a study , where , at the outset , the analysts were not entirely clear what could be achieved by using soft systems analysis , but felt it would provide an overview of the situation , enabling ideas to be formulated about new relationships that would arise from a fundamental change in role . |
| 26 | If the audit regime were removed , it would mean that most small practitioners would no longer need to suffer the burden of being registered auditors , with the commensurate savings that would arise in terms of regulatory fees , penal professional indemnity insurance and time . |
| 27 | Where amounts are included in debt representing instruments in respect of which the claim that would arise on a winding up is significantly different from that at which the instrument is stated in the financial statements , the amount of the claim that would arise on a winding up should be stated . |
| 28 | Where amounts are included in debt representing instruments in respect of which the claim that would arise on a winding up is significantly different from that at which the instrument is stated in the financial statements , the amount of the claim that would arise on a winding up should be stated . |
| 29 | In a subsequent discussion on 23 March , MacArthur advocated an early peace conference despite the problems that would arise from Soviet obstruction . |
| 30 | This ignores the substantial number of additional cases that would arise if screening became widespread . |