Example sentences of "[vb base] that would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He uses another shabby character , Tigg , to do his scrounging for him , he himself being ‘ of too haughty a stomach to work , to beg , to borrow , or steal ; yet mean enough to be worked or borrowed , begged or stolen for , by any catspaw that would serve his turn ; too insolent to lick the hand that fed him in his need , yet cur enough to bite and tear it in the dark ’ . |
| 2 | These include proposals to codify in detail the criteria for applying the rule of reason , to reduce antitrust penalties for ventures that include cooperating in the production and marketing of the fruits of R&D , to establish a ‘ safe harbour ’ for collaborating firms that lack market power , and to establish an administrative review process that would clear proposals which might otherwise risk antitrust penalties ( for further details , see Brodley , 1990 ; Shapiro and Willig , 1990 ; Jorde and Teece , 1990 ; and others ) . |
| 3 | ‘ The goal was to develop a research process that would result in systematic , accurate collection of land ownership data while facilitating maximum participation and potential for follow-up action . ’ |
| 4 | HP pooh-poohs Sun 's programme for focusing solely on discounts and wanting to move Domain users to ‘ ageing members of Sun 's product family ’ then on to Sparcstation 10s in two step process that would require going first to Solaris 1.0 and then to Solaris 2.0 . |
| 5 | They are thought to have formed by partial melting of subducted oceanic crust — a process that would have been much more widespread early in Earth history than at present , owing to the higher thermal gradients prevailing at that time . |
| 6 | We would be delighted , and I expect that would blight his future even more , but it is essential that we have a mechanism to check on what is happening so that there is information and a body to which people can bring their grievances so that matters are properly set out and , more important , rectified before damage is done . |
| 7 | Entertainment would come in the form of the funfair , races and sports for the children , sideshows and tents packed with crafts and fancy merchandise , pleasure flights in light aircraft taking off from the company runway , and then , much later in the evening , the grand firework display that would wind up the day 's events . |
| 8 | Any partial parse that is rejected will be removed — thereby removing any parse that would have contained this component . |
| 9 | He describes the tour of Wales as ‘ a joke ’ , not meant as a jibe at the opposition but at Australian officials for keeping them on a whistle stop that would daunt American tourists . |
| 10 | As was to be expected in American contracts there was a paragraph prohibiting any act that would shock , insult or offend the community or degrade them in society . |
| 11 | Clothes shop that would fit the bill |
| 12 | But there were , inevitably , in a period when municipal provision was subject to restraint , problems about the achievement of the social services support that would match the NHS devolution . |
| 13 | But two powerful senators , Robert Dole and Howard Metzenbaum , scotched the idea , saying it was a special interest tax break that would cost the Treasury $64 million over four years . |
| 14 | He is allowed , among other things , a hangdog look that would poison champagne . ’ |
| 15 | The PHG 600 CE is a very well specified machine that would prove a good investment for those doing a lot of varied stripping work ( especially where bare wood is to be exposed and scorch marks would ruin the appearance ) . |
| 16 | GOALKEEPING giant Peter Schmeichel saved referee Brian Hill from a fan attack that would have shamed Manchester United . |
| 17 | Living in the troubled times of the late fourth and early fifth centuries , St Augustine regarded the Christian era as the age of senility and decay that would lead to the seventh age when time would end , although he was careful not to forecast a definite date for this . |
| 18 | Ideally IXI would like to see OSF put together an extended application programming interface that would allow other technologies and applications to be brought in . |
| 19 | You can imagine the intrigue , the excitement and gossip that would accompany the selection of a king ! |
| 20 | SUNDERLAND boss Malcolm Crosby yesterday opened the door to a swap deal that would bring Norwich schemer Ian Crook to Roker Park in exchange for Gordon Armstrong . |
| 21 | Although parts of Sun , such as Sun Federal , have reportedly been flirting with IXI , Sun headquarters has clearly labelled the firm a competitor going so far as to put a last-minute kibosh on a real estate deal that would have moved IXI headquarters in Cambridge , England into Sun UK 's offices as a tenant . |
| 22 | We 're in favour of the part that would protect the work of art after it leaves the studio , but we 've fought against the resale royalties section that would provide a share of resale profits to go to the artists . |
| 23 | Like many people around 40 we desperately needed a programme for diet and exercise that would fit in with our busy lifestyles . |
| 24 | When the child reached the bottom of the first page the woman darted forward , black hair swinging across her face , for the kind of effortful page turn that would have upstaged Paderewski himself . |
| 25 | I reckoned it 'd have t'run' from the house to a point outside the perimeter fence , cuz that 'd take 'em clear of anyone who wuz in control of the grounds . |
| 26 | Liberal Democrat Coun Ken Walker said : ‘ While I would not like to jeopardise any move that would benefit the town , I am rather wary . |
| 27 | Liberal Democrat councillor Ken Walker said : ‘ While I would not like to jeopardise any move that would benefit the town I am rather wary . |
| 28 | Uninhibited by any tradition of building , they have taken off in a confused conglomeration of tile , cement , plastics , marble and paint that would have taxed the imagination of Disney . |
| 29 | Of course , two parties may announce before an election that they are prepared to go into coalition with each other but they can not guarantee the election result that would make that coalition possible . |
| 30 | But he stopped short of setting up a ‘ shadow government ’ before the handover , a previously threatened step that would undermine the authority of the colonial government and denied China had any intention to seize the colony back before 1997 . |