Example sentences of "would [verb] [adv] [adv] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Castelnau 's snap decision was one that in its fateful implications would affect not merely the course of the Battle of Verdun , or even of the war itself , but also the whole stream of subsequent French history . |
| 2 | We have made it clear for a long period that we believe that devolution or independence would damage very severely the degree of inward investment into Scotland and the degree of self-generating investment within Scotland as well . |
| 3 | Both Robert Jones and Dewi Morris will be in action on the final Saturday of the Five Nations but Jones — probably only Ireland 's Simon Geoghegan has lost more ground than him in the course of the season — would need just about the game of his life to regain his lead over Morris as the other scrum-half to Gary Armstrong . |
| 4 | The ‘ other professional officers ’ whose comments might be incorporated if appropriate would include not only the officers and advisers of the authority and centrally employed caring and counselling staff but also teaching and ancillary colleagues within the school . |
| 5 | That would benefit not only the individual , but the community in which he intends to live . |
| 6 | But in his eagerness to demonstrate how wonderful the scheme was , he let drop the fact that in the event of his death Karen would inherit not only the house , fully paid-off under the terms of their endowment mortgage , but also a lump sum amounting to almost half a million pounds . |
| 7 | This would show how well the catapult worked and if they had to make any adjustments in their aim . |
| 8 | Third market companies had to find a member firm to sponsor them who would ensure not only the suitability of the company for trading , but also that the company 's decisions were communicated to the shareholders , and that there was an effective and orderly market in the shares . |
| 9 | If we publish an article in these terms , we would dishearten not only the workers but their supporters also . ’ |
| 10 | They doubted if the public would respond to a call for a second general strike over what many would see as only the shooting of one man in a period of frequent shootings and violence . |
| 11 | The first hurdle to be overcome was the development of a joint US/New Zealand resolution which would meet not only the concerns of the South Pacific nations which were at the forefront of the initiative , but also would not alienate the US , whose powerful political muscle would be required to gain the necessary support . |
| 12 | Could any definition of this relationship be devised which would fit equally well the circumstances of middle-aged working-class mothers and young male students , remote Highland villages and the anonymous , teeming metropolis ? |
| 13 | In early December Goh announced that Suppiah — Dhanabalan would take on temporarily the post of Minister of Trade and Industry . |
| 14 | So first of all I would call in today the accuracy of the minutes , because as far as the revenue , supplementary revenue estimate was concerned , no figure was mentioned . |
| 15 | What good businessman would hand over even the engagement dower without signing and sealing a contract ? |
| 16 | For the club handicap player , the 1 and 2-irons , and if something has to go from the woods I would leave out either the driver or 2-wood . |
| 17 | It soon transpired , however , that the Corporation had agreed to combine with the guardians for the reception of smallpox patients from the Borough only , not from the rural areas , whereupon Mr. Haddock gave notice that he would raise once more the question of putting the hospital on workhouse premises , specifically the south-east corner of the grounds . |
| 18 | With some modification , this view , expressed in African Political Systems , is generally accepted , Recent research would broaden even further the category and also include systems where descent groups are linked one to another by marriage , rather than by believed common descent . |
| 19 | It was widely rumoured that if the Sagawa Kyubin affair was to be fully revealed its scope would surpass not only the Kyowa scandal , but also the Recruit affair . |
| 20 | It would reveal not only the acceptance of cruelty , suffering , destruction , fighting , massacring , torturing and other terrible acts that humanity as a whole instinctively condemns , but also the corruption , superstition , misrepresentation of the truth and love of pomp and elaborate ritual that has been allowed to flourish within the powerful hierarchies built up to control the various churches within the religions . |
| 21 | The broad definition of a ‘ base ’ contained in such statements left open the possibility that a settlement of the Afghan conflict along Soviet lines would involve not only the retention of Soviet military advisers but a Soviet-DRA agreement on granting the USSR some form of military base rights in Afghanistan following the withdrawal of Soviet troops from that country . |
| 22 | They and their publicity men realised acres of news space dedicated to the couple would promote not only the TV series but also their own newspapers , and photographers trailed the two stars everywhere during 1988 , at the height of the show 's popularity . |
| 23 | It recommended that Section 2 be replaced by a new Act that would define more narrowly the information that was to be protected ; restricted categories would cover confidential material about defence , foreign affairs and currency reserves , information concerning law enforcement and information provided for the government by an individual or private concern . |
| 24 | English court procedure at present gives no rights of intervention to third parties ; and it might be argued that if they were significantly extended , this would increase even further the role of the courts in resolving disputes which ought to be settled by political , not legal , means . |