Example sentences of "[adj] that would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said I did n't want anything shoddy … something strong that would stand up to a bit of rough and tumble . ’ |
| 2 | Its " tough scenario " , required to reach the 35 per cent target , would include the following measures : the insulation of houses to a standard that would reduce heating requirements by 85 per cent and air conditioning by 45 per cent ; the introduction of energy-efficient lighting for commercial buildings , to cut consumption by 60 per cent ; a requirement that new car engines be designed to achieve an average of 58 miles per gallon ; a reduction in coal-fired power stations , with compensatory increases in natural gas and nuclear generating capacity ; and the planting of large areas of forest , which would act as a " sink " for excess carbon dioxide . |
| 3 | Designer of the stamps , Paul Hogarth , commented that ‘ Glasgow presents a wide spectrum of flamboyant Victorian architecture and it was quite a task to choose something symbolic that would make a good image on the stamps . |
| 4 | She wanted the strength to be the first to pull away but it would n't come , that little bit extra that would separate desire from decency . |
| 5 | IBM bought up the technology outright before going public on its agreement with Apple to ensure that no enterprising outfit could subsequently go off and get a licence from Interactive that would allow it to develop compatible versions of PowerOpen , AIX or even Pink . |
| 6 | Negotiating a few cairns , falling into a stream or two , arid avoiding the tempting green sheep-track to the left that would lead you straight into a bog , you followed the pilgrims ' way ever downwards . |
| 7 | ‘ I really do n't see what good that would do , ’ snapped Miss Pinkney . |
| 8 | Much good that would do him . |
| 9 | I ordered them to fasten all windows — much good that would do — draw the curtains , and stay out of sight . |
| 10 | Much good that would do her , she thought gloomily . |
| 11 | Okay good yeah they are that 's good that would add together to make twelve but how about some number times another number . |
| 12 | Much good that 'd do her , if what his department suspected was true . |
| 13 | And I could willingly kiss him , if I was n't sure that would shock him to death ! ’ |
| 14 | I 'm not at all sure that would happen . |
| 15 | From the mid-1970s , he formed the base of an alternative that would avoid ecological ruin as well as exploitative labour , which provided health care , eliminated alcoholism , raised women 's status , devised technology to enhance not supplant human labour . |
| 16 | The Democrats have been calling Mr Bush 's aid plan ‘ grossly inadequate ’ and have been determined to produce an alternative that would increase the aid to the eastern European countries . |
| 17 | ‘ I should think he looked around for something heavy that would take glue , and with all that junk lying around there was bound to be something . |
| 18 | Gaitskell became excited at the prospect and instructed me with great firmness that as soon as I had received the ‘ discovered ’ documents I was to show them to no one but to come straight to him , so that he should be the first person to know who the culprit was or what information was available that would lead to the culprit 's identity . |
| 19 | Aldercine Hodson recently took up the challenge of organising a ‘ Fun Sports Afternoon ’ for the disabled that would cater especially for those handicapped people who have athletic inclinations but not necessarily the strength to cope with competition at County , Regional or National level . |
| 20 | That baby Maria Luisa was that something precious that would bring Maria Luisa back to you . ’ |
| 21 | She stopped abruptly , and Belinda thought it was because she had been about to say something outspoken that would betray this afternoon 's confidences — ‘ A wife like Belinda , ’ or ‘ Someone to share your house and your life , ’ but when Faye did speak again her tone was not the breezy cover-up that Belinda had expected . |
| 22 | Once locked on to a heartbeat pattern , they would whizz around like fireflies until they found the precise biosignal that would allow them to explode . |
| 23 | Irigaray 's analyses of the use of pronouns by hysterics and obsessives ( 1966:29–31 , 1967:55–68 ) reveal that whereas obsessives are unable to say ‘ me ’ because they are caught in a specular image of themselves in which there is no object , only an undifferentiated self ( Irigaray 's ‘ on ’ ) , hysterics are unable to say ‘ I ’ because they are unable to complete the trajectory through the other that would allow them access to full subjectivity . |
| 24 | ‘ I could n't find a mirror I liked or that was even the right size , so I decided to have one handmade that would incorporate the colours and the theme of the living room , ’ said Geoff . |