Example sentences of "[conj] would [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course , there may be those who would argue that the entrenchment of the middle ground in power would be a good thing that would lead to moderate government and stable policies , but let them not argue that it would also be fair or would give the majority of people what they wanted of government . |
| 2 | According to this view , de Gaulle was calculating that his resignation would produce a groundswell of popular annoyance with the parties or would give the politicians an opportunity to display their full incompetence — either of which outcomes would lead to de Gaulle 's rapid reinstatement , this time with a popular mandate to create the kind of constitution that he favoured . |
| 3 | The court has to be satisfied that there are substantial grounds for believing that , if released on bail , the defendant would fail to appear for trial , would commit an offence while on bail , or would obstruct the course of justice . |
| 4 | If the exclusion is for a fixed period which would bring the aggregate exclusion in any term to more than five days or would involve the pupil missing a public examination , the governors or LEA may order the reinstatement of the pupil and the head teacher would be bound to comply with the direction . |
| 5 | But the vast majority of such sentences would either not fit into the story ( message ) meaningfully , or would alter the story to a greater or lesser degree . |
| 6 | All Protestant politicians were agreed that , in theory , Protestants should be allowed to march anywhere in Ulster and there was agreement that marches should not be banned or re-routed simply because nationalists would be offended or would attack the marchers . |
| 7 | This would ensure , inter alia , that defendants charged with relatively trivial acts would neither suffer the stigma of conviction for a serious offence with a high penalty nor would run the risk of a more severe sentence than would have been dispensed under the old law . |
| 8 | : the computer has no knowledge of the cultural norms that would identify the fridge as being a likely repository for food . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 ’ . |
| 12 | I would welcome anything that would improve the legislation . |
| 13 | The town councillors said the fountain was the first of many such gifts that would improve the villagers ' quality of life . |
| 14 | Agreement could not be reached on a formula that would serve the best interests of the Charity and the discussions were finally closed . |
| 15 | Both are spectacular , well-scripted pictures , but neither has the sort of commercial edge that would justify the high financial expectations their investors had of them . |
| 16 | They were looking , he told the delegates , for a socialism that ‘ renounced everything that deformed socialism in the 1930s and that led to its stagnation in the 1970s ’ , a socialism that would inherit the ‘ best elements ’ of the thinking of its founding fathers together with the constructive achievements of other countries and social systems . |
| 17 | However , it is unclear to me at this time what recommendations one could put in the form of legislation to be put before the House that would command the majority needed to make sensible legislation , to allow the country to move forward in the 1990s . |
| 18 | And another resident was in favour of any proposal that would slow the traffic down . |
| 19 | Indeed , socialism was expected to release the dynamic qualities of the British people that would create the wealth needed to sustain standards of living and world power . |
| 20 | The High Elf sorcerers chanted the spell that would create the vortex . |
| 21 | Senior also differed from his colleagues with respect to the larger and smaller councils that would complement the local authorities providing the main services . |
| 22 | It was safe from air attack and shielded by the Karochooq mountain mass from satellite photography that would tell the story of the purpose for which this rock cave was fashioned . |
| 23 | It 's only if there 's a sort of niggling problem that would tell the coordinator about and they would pass it to the police officers . |
| 24 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 25 | This will be appreciated by the candidate and prevent any unnecessary bad feeling that would affect the outcome . |
| 26 | Many families who get into difficulties have been struggling with problems that would daunt the most energetic and resourceful of people . |
| 27 | Dickson himself admits to having early doubts about some of the ecological subtleties — including the supposed , and biologically unusual , ability of the common reeds that would comprise the visible part of the constructed wetland , to transfer oxygen from leaf-surface to below water , thereby allowing aerobic bacteria to metabolise concentrated sewage . |
| 28 | Then she gave him a fine-toothed comb that would drag the dead lice and their eggs from his hair after the liquid had done its work . |
| 29 | Erm the unstable bladder was present more often amongst our obstructed group although erm this was not something that would distinguish the obstructed patients from the non-obstructed . |
| 30 | The Italian sat close to his friend on the front row of the plastic-coated seats , and studied every two , three , minutes the T.V. monitor that would announce the next flight out . |