Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the outbreak of World War I , both informed and common opinion held that a major , probably decisive , naval action would soon take place between the British and German fleets . |
| 2 | A levy through a trade association would also discourage credit grantors from membership . ’ |
| 3 | Labour would also take control of the national electricity grid , making it responsibility for energy saving . |
| 4 | But although there may be little that another Tory government could do to lower interest rates , Labour would undoubtedly make matters worse . |
| 5 | The Lib Dems would also reintroduce student grants . |
| 6 | Alatas said that the delegation would also include representatives from the UN . |
| 7 | Any history of adultery would doubtless quote Emma 's seduction in that careering cab : it 's probably the most famous act of infidelity in the whole of nineteenth-century fiction . |
| 8 | Most such British lists would probably include Alan Roberton , David Hewlings and Bill Perrie . |
| 9 | If the magazine ever publishes an article called , ‘ What Embalmers Get Up To In Their Spare Time ’ the following photograph would surely earn pride of place . |
| 10 | I know that the farmers of Esher would particularly welcome school visits . |
| 11 | It costs £49.95 , but an agent would only pay £30 . |
| 12 | The various Irish organizations would probably take care of him — it depends on how deeply involved if they 're shielding him . " |
| 13 | I remember David would always watch television if the Alwin Nicholson Dance Company was performing , or there was a programme on Kobuki Theatre or something . |
| 14 | ( W. H. Lever would soon follow Buckley 's example with his ‘ Christ Church ’ in Port Sunlight ) . |
| 15 | Traders would naturally regard stall-sites close to the abbey wall as the best for business . |
| 16 | It was clear from the start that American aid would only take place in the context of commitments to economic reform within Europe . |
| 17 | Bill Gates , in London yesterday addressing sundry gatherings , notably the Institute of Directors annual convention , said he dispatched 50 messages back to base on the flight over ; asked if his impending nuptials would adversely affect Microsoft Corp , he said ‘ it takes a lot of time being single : I think being married will be very efficient . ’ |
| 18 | In 1987 it began to turn its attention to the inner urban areas , with the idea of opening small factories , workshops and offices in the hope that private industry would then follow suit . |
| 19 | The highlight is the week-old calves — they 're encouraged to let the calves lick their fingers , and shown how the farmer reproduces their mother 's teats , because the milk the calves would otherwise have ends up in the supermarket . |
| 20 | Durie is only half right — a defeat would certainly kiss goodbye to Scotland 's sixth successive World Cup finals , but a draw would also seem insufficient . |
| 21 | This is close to instrumental accounts of the role of the state , but Habermas argued that these economic crises would only threaten capitalism if they were unresolved . |
| 22 | The shops would also give people the chance to use a consumer complaint system . |
| 23 | The model of branching relationships would eventually lead Owen towards a limited kind of evolutionism ( see below ) , but he carefully suppressed this implication in the pre-Darwinian era . |
| 24 | Such matters were occasionally raised in the interviews and always received vigorous denials that such considerations would ever influence decision making . |
| 25 | UK Transport Minister John MacGregor yesterday published a paper proposal to introduce road pricing to ease congestion in London : under his plan , every car would have to be fitted with an electronic identifier , and its movements within the capital would be monitored by 4,000 roadside beacons : drivers would either establish credit with the system operator or be sent a quarterly bill , the Evening Standard reports ; the paper says that MacGregor has been trying to think up a snappy name for the thing , but reckless of the manner in which the Community Charge degenerated into the much-excoriated Poll Tax , he has settled on Congestion Charge . |
| 26 | A charter which encouraged the poorer countries to move towards the best practice in the richer nations would clearly affect competitiveness in the less well-off states . |
| 27 | Angered by Hoover 's decision to switch 400 jobs from Dijon to Cambuslang , Mr Mitterrand told a television audience that the 11 other nations would eventually force Britain to stop what he described as unfair competition by opting out of the social chapter . |
| 28 | This sort of application of test-tube fusion also impressed Indian Government scientists who decided that the western nations would soon classify test-tube fusion as a secret ; thus India mounted an immediate test-tube fusion research effort so as to ‘ get in on the ground floor ’ . |
| 29 | Such a general rule would then have application , regardless of the details , to all unions recognized as marriages . |
| 30 | They assessed that the BCP leadership was interested in opposition participation in government only in order to demonstrate Bulgaria 's commitment to democratic reform to Western bodies which might offer financial support , and to burden the opposition with some of the responsibility for tackling the current economic crisis , but that the BCP in practice would still retain control of all the levers of power . |