Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [conj] it would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , an attempt by France on April 2 to persuade the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution to provide protection for the Kurds , ended in failure after opposition from China , the Soviet Union and the USA , which maintained that it would set a precedent for Security Council involvement in internal controversies . |
| 2 | France , which envisaged that it would lead the new force , had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 [ see p. 21601 ] and had since then pursued an effectively independent line on military issues . |
| 3 | A petition signed by 115 leading personalities , requesting the King to appoint a 1,300-1,500 member National Assembly , drew widespread opposition from the main political parties which claimed that it would drag the monarchy into politics . |
| 4 | The project has now been cancelled , despite continuing support from local politicians , due both to lack of funds and studies which showed that it would operate at only 25 per cent of capacity in winter , when electricity demand is highest . |
| 5 | Once it was mooted that there should be a study-period after school , but this was vetoed by the parents ' meeting which protested that it would interfere with after-school sports . |
| 6 | The bill was passed despite fierce opposition from the white commercial farming community which warned that it would transform productive commercial farms into subsistence smallholdings and could turn Zimbabwe from a food exporter to an importer . |
| 7 | Reports indicated that US pressure to grant associate membership to the Soviet Union had been opposed by Germany , which feared that it would delay granting the Soviet Union full IMF membership . |
| 8 | The move was welcomed by the ANC which said that it would co-operate fully with them . |