Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a range of 10,000 miles , the aircraft could have managed its mission although each sortie would have taken nearly thirty hours ! |
| 2 | If the place had carried the distinct imprint of Carson 's personality the action would have fitted in easily , but the apartment was strangely arid in its elegance and she was sure that she would feel unsettled . |
| 3 | The party 's new policy is that workers taking sympathy action would have to demonstrate a ‘ genuine interest ’ in any dispute . |
| 4 | Parliament could not have intended paragraph ( b ) to produce new substantive rights in respect of registered land , enabling registered dispositions to be set aside and removed from the register in circumstances where , if the land had not been registered , no cause of action would have existed . |
| 5 | Pursuing legal action would have cost them money they did n't have ( unless it meant selling their house which was not an option ) but doing nothing left them with the feeling that justice was n't being done . |
| 6 | Had we emphasized not the choices made but the social rules followed by social actors , then a more collective account of social action would have emerged . |
| 7 | Mr Jack Adams , chairman of the union side , said that action would have to take place within a 28-day period from yesterday 's anouncement or it would be ruled out of order . |
| 8 | A suggested reason for this decision is that to grant an action would have subverted the common law negligence action which lay in these circumstances . |
| 9 | But the solicitor for the three cleared men says he doubts a civil action would have succeeded . |
| 10 | To translate this new legal status into political action would have required an organised support basis and this did not exist . |
| 11 | Had the plaintiff sued his brother then the action would have failed on the grounds of volenti . |
| 12 | Had the hernia been strangulated , action would have had to be taken at the first sign of trouble . |
| 13 | Had the plaintiff acted on his own , rather than in combination with his brother , no action would have lain . |
| 14 | A casual glance would have made it seem that her expression was stiff with anger . |
| 15 | One glance would have told her that he was close to a heart attack . |
| 16 | ‘ About 100 jobs could go and facilities throughout the borough would have to close . ’ |
| 17 | He also had to juggle the practicalities of being coach , going on part-time high-school teaching , and seeing if Otago Cricket Association would continue employing him in the off-season as executive director when he would n't be around for much of the summer . |
| 18 | Even if we were to change the linear arrangement , the three words presented in association would serve to indicate the same process and the same roles of the participants : |
| 19 | The Association would have changed the day if the Minister had consulted them , but he had banned it without enabling them to change their plans . |
| 20 | I do not think this association would have put Flaubert off . |
| 21 | The Soil Association , British Organic Farmers and the Organic Growers Association would like to see organic farming given the type of financial assistance that conventional farming receives from the Government . |
| 22 | The association would like to see minimum standards for visiting managers ' accommodation on the sides of pitches . |
| 23 | The ICAS Lanarkshire association would like to hear from members who wish to attend its first annual dinner which is to be held at the Silvertrees Hotel in Bothwell on Friday 29 October 1993 at 7 for 7.30pm . |
| 24 | These were to be considered at the AGM on 20 September 1986 when the association would seek to create ‘ a blend of social and professional academic pursuit ’ . |
| 25 | In order to assure industry relevance , the association would wish to develop close links at an early stage with institutions seeking accreditation . |
| 26 | Politeness and kindness would have constituted a refusal . |
| 27 | Presumably each side would want to state its position about the quality/condition of the sample and the evidence would presumably be about other samples said to be of various qualities or conditions . |
| 28 | And that was only about a minute of the game gone and I dare say er Ian whose place he 's taking on that left-hand side would have relished that kind of opportunity . |
| 29 | Superficially such a resolution might appear to have been no more than a minimum concession by the Federation in response to the seamen 's involvement in a wave of strikes by transport workers which had reverberated around the ports of Britain in the previous summer — an undertaking that it would withdraw its " ticket " if the union would do the same , so that neither side would attempt to control the supply of seamen and free labour disputes would cease . |
| 30 | At various intervals a shout would go up , a path would be cleared down the middle of the field and a horse would come galloping through the crowd , its bareback rider putting it through its paces . |