Example sentences of "[num] [noun pl] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would be a step in the right direction , however the 2 teams would still be separate within the organisation and would not necessarily operate in practice as one team . |
| 2 | Valerie conducted a survey of parents in the village and has found that 30 children would definitely want to attend the school , and another 26 have expressed an interest . |
| 3 | An individual with two capital letter alleles at all 22 loci would then be 2 × 3 × 22 inches = 11 foot tall . |
| 4 | One could theoretically dilute with one drop to 50,000 drops ( 100 drops of 95% alcohol = 3.6mls ) but the bottle to be succussed 100 times would then contain 1.75 litres of alcohol . |
| 5 | Six bedrooms would pro , six bedrooms would probably cost you two to buy . |
| 6 | Alan and Maryon both felt that six weeks would probably be enough and did not think he could manage to continue on this diet for another three weeks . |
| 7 | The 230 councillors would then form an electoral college to elect 10 out of the 60 Legco members . |
| 8 | Assuming that all the ILP members acquiesced in the amalgamation , the new Party with less than 12,000 members would certainly have lost two of its three MPs . |
| 9 | One in 10 motorists would actually consider selling their car to save money . |
| 10 | The tightest tight shoppers are in Wales , where nine out of 10 women would only spend £5 on a pair , even for a special event such as a wedding . |
| 11 | Then the man who is believed to have attacked at least 100 women would never again be a threat . |
| 12 | ‘ If Elinor is unable to live in Saracen , the trustees might consider it an unjustifiable expense : apart from the income that might be generated by the capital that 's tied up in the place , keeping five full-time domestic staff members and three secretaries would no longer be viable . |
| 13 | . The damage done to industry by any of these three methods would probably be more than the good done to it by the direct help and , anyway I am not clear on the sort of direct help that might be intended . ’ |
| 14 | All three directors would probably have liked ICI to narrow its broad span of interests to just two : a bulk commodities business and a value-added specialties business . |
| 15 | Autopsy findings concluded that all three occupants would probably have survived had they been restrained effectively . |
| 16 | Most human observers of these three sentences would also confirm this as the most likely choice . |
| 17 | ‘ Provision would be made for over sixteen million phantom children in the families containing less than three children , while those in excess of that number , over 1¼ million in all in families containing more than three children would still remain unprovided for . ’ |
| 18 | So , the final stage in Darwin 's argumentation concerns how a species meeting those three criteria would eventually arise with prolonged isolation and divergence . |
| 19 | For example , in all but small companies a project of a few thousand pounds would probably be approved by a senior manager , whereas a multi-million pound project will probably require board approval . |
| 20 | Your thousand pounds would now be worth five hundred and ten , if you take the effect of R P I . |
| 21 | The Perkins 4203 diesel of 3 3 litres would probably be your best choice It will fit the LR chassis without modification The cost is relatively low ( £300-£500 ) and including overhaul and adaptor kit should not cost over £1,000 plus the cost of an overdrive needed to achieve a realistic cruising speed |
| 22 | This , he maintained , could lead to despotism : " 173 despots would surely be as oppressive as one … |
| 23 | A man who would get seven children on Dinah in twelve years would surely need one . |
| 24 | He quoted a study of all fuels by the Henley Forecasting Centre which concluded that doubling the fuel costs over five years would simply keep energy consumption level through the 1990s . |
| 25 | Anything less than five years would only encourage a " timid subserviency " of representatives to their constituents : |
| 26 | The Pembroke lot comprising 766 items would probably prove to be very useful to owners of the ex-60 Squadron machines , despite the parts having no paperwork available . |
| 27 | ‘ Four wins from nine games would probably earn us a play-off place but I want to go for the No.2 spot . |
| 28 | A small local chain of bookshops seeking to identify its strengths and build a strategy in the face of a large chain moving into two of its five towns would probably find that research cost it about £4,500 . |
| 29 | It called for the formation of a joint parliamentary commission in April , when the two-plus-four talks would also begin . |
| 30 | In the example just given , if the Maoris remained away without exercising their rights continuously for one generation , their claims would not be materially affected , but absence for two generations would seriously weaken the claims and render them subject to some recognition by the tribe ; they would not entirely cease until after an absence of three generations … |