Example sentences of "[Wh pn] would [vb infin] [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Shelley understood better than you the passionate quest for truth which overrides any other considerations in the heart of those who would open the secrets of nature , whether scientists or poets . |
| 2 | Who would compensate the investors here ? |
| 3 | With staffing already cut to the bone , it was union members who would suffer the effects of these new redundancies , which would also be felt by the economy . |
| 4 | The benefits would accrue to everyone who would suffer the effects of flooding . |
| 5 | In China , the European trading houses began to employ local Chinese to act as their agents from the middle of the nineteenth century , and the term began to be attached to those who would serve the interests of the foreigner before the interests of their co-nationals . |
| 6 | These schemes were very unpopular with the medical profession as they limited the number of private patients who would pay the doctors direct . |
| 7 | In the boroughs it is normally the Social Services , or the Environmental Health Department who would handle the arrangements . |
| 8 | The Sergeants who would supervise the Scouts were wearing hybrid body armour of eagle plastrons , flexible leggings , and great shoulder plates embossed with jewelled axes , but no helmets — for the more lightly armoured Scouts wore no covering to their heads , either . |
| 9 | ‘ Ta , love , ’ said the messenger , taking them from her as if they were any old signal , carrying them to the coders who would make the groups of figures into words . |
| 10 | Thousands of years of experience have honed the tactics and organisation of the army of Ulthuan to a keen edge , and there are few who would dispute the Elves ' ability to muster an army and get it to the point of conflict by land or sea with what seems to be supernatural speed . |
| 11 | The introduction , in October of 1840 , of a Mine Club , was probably welcomed by the majority though there would always be a few who would begrudge the payments . |
| 12 | In theory , the captain of a ship was entitled to take into his ship as midshipmen , volunteers , or captain 's servants any of the sons of his friends who hoped for a naval career , but in practice even this form of entrance patronage was limited and largely in the hands of flag-officers , for it would be a captain with a liking for half-pay who would refuse the requests of an influential admiral . |
| 13 | William of Dene , a monk based at Rochester , wrote in 1349 : ‘ To our great grief the plague carried off so vast a multitude of people of both sexes that nobody could be found who would bear the corpses to the grave . |
| 14 | It was Dave who organised the hiring of the heavy machinery ; Rory liaised with the contractors who would deliver the planings . |
| 15 | There was time when they had to bribe er , give some sort of er incentive to the foreman to give them a good time , then it was the shop stewards who would give the workers to the management who will do the o overtime . |
| 16 | At Christmas , Hattie Jacques would have a party and Ken and Joan were among the ‘ Carry On ’ team who would share the festivities and her very ample food selections . |
| 17 | Menstruation was a week 's holiday for the woman who would provide no services for the males of her family , in cooking , cleaning or sex , during this period . |
| 18 | He said she was very beautiful , just the sort of woman who would defy the laws of God . |
| 19 | ‘ He wanted to set out his stall as someone who would balance the books and create a firm financial situation , ’ said Professor Sherer . |
| 20 | Among those who would join the commandos in probing these defences were the men of the Small Scale Raiding Force ( SSRF ) , responsible jointly to Lord Mountbatten and SOE . |
| 21 | They told us that many customers would be ready to pay £30 more for a washing machine , say , to get it from someone who would have the payments collected weekly from their homes , simply because that fitted into the pattern of their normal use of credit . |
| 22 | Do you know someone who would appreciate the sentiments ? |
| 23 | Another $1 million would come from scientists at seven California campuses who would use the lines for non-weapons research . |
| 24 | About this 40,000 , maybe ; but not about the next 40,000 who would fill the camps as soon as they were cleared . |
| 25 | About this 40,000 , maybe ; but not about the next 40,000 who would fill the camps as soon as they were cleared . |
| 26 | Brutus says that it would be the public who would see the effects of this sudden change of personality . |
| 27 | It was crucial to the development of the plot to have a character — in this case balding , in a mackintosh — who would defend the prerogatives of Congress , rehearse the finer points of democracy and say , in answer to North 's ringing endorsement of the theory that the end justified the means , ‘ But that 's not what America is all about , Colonel . ’ |