Example sentences of "[noun] that would [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Between Levels 1 and 2 there is at least a logical association that would support their inclusion in some form in the same hierarchy . |
| 2 | There was a certain ritual quality in this exchange , as though Melanie had stumbled on the secret sequence of words that would lead her safe over the sword-edge bridge into the Castle of Corbenic . |
| 3 | So I clung to the concept of ideal love for you , at the same time hoping for the even more impossibly ideal physical fulfilment and completion that would seal our closeness for ever . |
| 4 | They knew that physically Rose could do much more than she was willing to try , so they kept searching for the key that would restore her will to live without being , unnecessarily , a burden on others . |
| 5 | His first and continuing urge was to drive him towards crisis and clarity , which involved , one might almost say which meant , finding a podvig that would satisfy his idea of Stavrogin . |
| 6 | You give a good firm aid that would have your youngster wandering gently off to the left and suddenly find yourself falling off the side because the old hand did a sharp left turn ! |
| 7 | There are a lot of institutions that would love our collections . |
| 8 | The lathes were serviced with a light oil film , draped in it as if to give them an overcoat protection that would ensure their survival against age and wear . |
| 9 | Throughout the coalition , Law was prepared to support its continuation , but he was rarely prepared to argue for concession that would weaken his own party . |
| 10 | Meanwhile , Socratic culture , shaken from two directions , has lost its self-confidence : witness its present obsession with novelty , coupled with a fear of any change of direction that would contradict its own premises . |
| 11 | After a year 's break , Crawford was back at the BBC , making a final series of Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em and a play that would show his more serious side to a large audience in the way that only television could do . |
| 12 | Coppola may not have provided the definitive film of the Vietnam War , but he succeeded in providing ‘ a film experience that would give its audience a sense of the horror , the madness , the sensuousness and the moral dilemma of Vietnam ’ . |
| 13 | Frank also gave Crawford the opportunity to dream up stunts that would put his previous daredevilry in the shade . |
| 14 | His mind was elsewhere , exploring , recording , storing up scenes and experiences that would serve his work , even as the travel served his restless needs . |
| 15 | The federal government is proposing changes in the nuclear energy law that would remove its obligation to subsidize the development of nuclear power . |
| 16 | Seb asked the question that would decide his future . |
| 17 | Mr Ricks said Koresh had now told negotiators that astrological events were taking place that would meet his need for a sign from God . |
| 18 | It was only from the 1880s that the larger Canadian cities sprouted stations that would match their rapidly growing civic pride . |
| 19 | There were some who were clever , some who were stupid , and none who cared for the lecture that would take her forty-five minutes to read and three evenings to prepare . |
| 20 | They all looked blowsy , lipsticky and desperate , locked in a fight with a life set to trample them into the barroom floor , a series of no-account boyfriends too free with their fists and guns , and an incipient obesity that would limit their later careers to shrill mother roles . |
| 21 | Potters , faience artists , pot painters , clay figurine makers , stone carvers and the priesthood probably worked closely together , sharing ideas that would glorify their deities . |
| 22 | This in turn implied that the transition period was now viewed , not as a relatively short , chaotic time , but as an epoch that would develop its own laws of equilibrium . |
| 23 | While Ollokot was boisterous and full of daring , the young Joseph demonstrated the gentle , dignified nature that would distinguish his later life . |
| 24 | Students from all departments were invited to submit bids for up to £1000 to carry out a project of their own initiative that would develop their enterprise skills . |
| 25 | The promises to cut taxes had been brushed to one side , but it was unlikely that the government would wish to fight the next election against a background of undertakings that would entail their actually being increased . |
| 26 | The farmers feared heavy rain that would crush their ripening crops . |
| 27 | One of the four diesel generators that would power its computer controls in the event of a blackout was also out of service and the reactor was threatened with shut-down . |
| 28 | He tried to find a compromise that would satisfy his artistic urge and quieten his conscience . |
| 29 | I may look like a demure little wife who sits at home minding the house , but darling , I could tell you one or two things that would make your ears stand up on end . ’ |
| 30 | You simply need Garden Secrets , a unique range of authentic , easy to maintain structures that would give your garden an entirely new dimension of colour and beauty . |