Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you have any queries or would like to discuss this matter further please telephone me . |
| 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 | In contrast with One 0ver The Eight in which he constantly said his ‘ gloo — oo-oo-m ’ words or would take a word like ‘ now ’ and repeat it excessively , he behaved with total seriousness in this ; a different character entirely . |
| 4 | However , the success of the Inuit is based far more on dressing , housing and feeding themselves as well as possible , and avoiding risks that would expose them unduly to cold . |
| 5 | He predicted that it would be those publishers who were prepared to embrace change and take risks that would gain a competitive edge and succeed in the tough marketplace of the '90s . |
| 6 | The problems of the British social formation were sufficiently pressing to demand at least rhetorical radical solutions from the parties ( Wilson 's ‘ planning ’ , Heath 's ‘ free market ’ ) , and governments ' failures to match their promises were of sufficient concern to the people to breed a serious disillusionment with party politics , yet I submit that for most people of all classes the problems were not considered so urgent as to demand a really radical questioning of existing social relations , with all the risks that would entail . |
| 7 | These bursts of repetitive non-sequential pressure peaks did not show any characteristics that would suggest a common cavity phenomenon ; they were not preceded by a sudden small increase in base line oesophageal pressure occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus ; and the shape of the individual waves , although occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus , was often different from one level to the other . |
| 8 | As the trio began mapping out the songs that would fill Kylie 's first album , Stock was among the first to make what was to become a familiar prediction . |
| 9 | A further difficulty concerns the sheer numbers of such spores that would need to be involved . |
| 10 | These are animals that would seem to have no chance of survival in the desert — they are toads . |
| 11 | There are a lot of animals that would like to dine off nome , Masklin had said . |
| 12 | There must be enough of the right food , the temperature and habitat must be right , there must not be too many other animals that would parasitize it , or kill it for food . |
| 13 | Hewlett-Packard Co is crossing itself to ward off any demons that would give it the same misery Sun Microsystems Inc is going through moving from Solaris 1.0 to Solaris 2.0 . |
| 14 | I do n't even know Hearts fans that would like to go out there . |
| 15 | The libraries with the most extensive training programmes were most likely to be the ones who had clearly identified their training needs , and who were looking for ways of either increasing or maintaining the effectiveness of their training by developing methods that would enable them to get round the restriction of decreasing staff ‘ mobility ’ . |
| 16 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman would care to tell the House of the additional job losses that would follow if Labour 's reckless defence cuts were superimposed on the problems already faced by the industry . |
| 17 | It can also be shown that smooth-fronted electromagnetic waves would generate smooth-fronted or step gravitational waves that would persist through the interaction region . |
| 18 | Got any glad rags that would fit the bill ? ’ |
| 19 | He smiled for a long moment into the raging eyes that would have struck him dead if they could . |
| 20 | A further recommendation is for the setting up of an independent body of journalists that would abide by an agreed code of conduct . |
| 21 | According to a representative of the Public Citizen group , the Administrat-XXXX ion 's present proposals " fail to offer substantial , enforceable guidelines that would protect US citizens from contaminated meat , pesticide-covered fruit and vegetables and toxic air and water " . |
| 22 | So it did n't necessarily mean that you get a squad of riveters that would stayed together all the time , erm for various reasons , as I say they may have been , unfortunately some of them might even die and therefore you had to make up the squad again |
| 23 | The percentage of drivers that would prefer the old 50 km/h limit has fallen from 46 per cent before , to six per cent after , the experimental period . |
| 24 | Knowing that it was a basic railway practice to use detonators in foggy conditions to protect signals , etc , and as the sound they emitted carried some distance , the men awaited the series of bangs that would herald the presence of a train . |
| 25 | It is not only defence ministries that would look askance at the creation of a defence oligopoly ; competition authorities exist to keep a beady eye on such tendencies . |
| 26 | The Rebbe has told Israeli followers to vote against left-wing parties that would cede land to the Palestinians — an action he maintains would be militarily disastrous . |
| 27 | ‘ Developing countries are afraid funds for combating climate change will come out of funds that would have gone for development aid , ’ says Reddy . |
| 28 | Mr Justice Cooke said that if a receiver failed to terminate a receivership although he had funds that would have achieved just that , then he should be treated as if his authority had ceased . |
| 29 | The budget cutbacks eliminated funds that would have gone to reinstallation , maintenance , and security . |
| 30 | In each of the corners of the civilised world , men and women pondered the flawed and tragic conditions of human life and attempted to find solutions that would enable them to survive the suffering that flesh is heir to . |