Example sentences of "that it [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Someone pointed out that it would stop passers-by popping in to buy something . |
| 2 | ‘ But the vendor told me that it would stop anyone getting access to the computer ! ’ |
| 3 | Her fear was that it would stop in the tunnel . |
| 4 | Not that it would stop him buying his son a small biplane , a Gypsy Moth , for his twenty-first . |
| 5 | Not so that it would stop cars getting across into the car park , but it would nevertheless give the impression . |
| 6 | On arms control issues , an announcement by the Soviet side that it would stop producing rail-mounted strategic nuclear missiles from the beginning of 1991 was the one concrete outcome of the talks . |
| 7 | The following day , as the UK government announced a similar decision , the chemicals company ICI declared that it would stop making CFCs as from the same date . |
| 8 | The city council , backed by the government , announced on Friday that it would stop distributing the food aid that has kept Sarajevans alive during a ten-month siege until convoys reached eastern Bosnia . |
| 9 | Although the NUR still has some members among drivers , it agreed in 1983 that it would stop recruiting them . |
| 10 | He maintained that Latin America had already been drawn into the capitalist system in a dependent role , and that the activities of imperialism would ensure that it would retain this colonial status . |
| 11 | The government announced , however , that it would retain the tax on trucks from non-EC countries . |
| 12 | He placed it so that it would shine into the right-hand corner of the wall by the fireplace . |
| 13 | Both Japan and South Korea had expressed reservations about Dunkel 's draft accord on the grounds that it would oblige them to open their rice markets by imposing " tariffication " under which import quotas would be converted into tariffs [ see p. 38602 ] . |
| 14 | GEC , Ferranti 's main British rival in radar , is also keen to mount a takeover bid but would encounter fierce Ministry of Defence opposition on the grounds that it would damage competition in electronics procurement . |
| 15 | Indeed one of the main arguments against the televising of Parliament was that it would damage the way the House works , although some thought it would change for the better . |
| 16 | The Taiwan stock market fell 3.3 per cent following the decision , which was not officially announced , while the Foreign Ministry criticized the bank 's intervention , saying that it would damage Taiwan 's year-old financial liberalization programme . |
| 17 | Environmentalists had criticized the project on the grounds that it would damage the Danube valley ecosystem . |
| 18 | Sweden 's environment commission has ruled against the construction of a bridge to link the country with Denmark across the Oresund strait , on the grounds that it would damage the strait 's sensitive marine environment and cause an unacceptable rise in car pollution . |
| 19 | A joint economic commission to monitor links was established and it was hoped that it would meet on a regular basis . |
| 20 | It is typical of the Labour party 's attitude that it would fritter away additional resources by spending more money not on increasing the number of training places but on paying more to those already in training places . |
| 21 | The suggestion for a community treatment order was rejected by some , on the grounds that it would infringe civil liberties , there was insufficient research to justify this extra measure , the existing legislation provided a sufficient framework to give the necessary powers to deal with the problem , and changing the law might divert attention from the real need to provide resources to support an acceptable programme of community care . |
| 22 | Although the constitution was passed unanimously , fears were raised that it would infringe the rights of the Russian minority in Turkmenistan . |
| 23 | I realized then that the lamp had been put behind me so that it would light her entrance ; and it was an entrance to take the breath away . |
| 24 | I hoped that it would distract his mind from his problems at work . |
| 25 | ‘ It must have occurred to you before you dropped your bombshell that it would distract Simon , ’ Vitor said , starting to pace up and down the confined space like an enraged tiger trapped in a too small cage . |
| 26 | The Department of Health had been expected to approve another £250,000 when the story that it would refuse was leaked , apparently from Downing Street . |
| 27 | Moreover , on July 28 Turkey announced that it would refuse permission for the use of Turkish bases to launch allied attacks against Iraq . |
| 28 | On July 16 the Supreme Court ordered the Uttar Pradesh government to explain the nature of a concrete platform that had been built on the disputed site , and on July 22 declared that it would refuse to adjudicate on the issue until all construction activities had ceased . |
| 29 | Turning down a request to support a US$22,000,000 telecommunications project , the Norwegian government on Aug. 22 announced that it would refuse Malawian requests for economic development aid as a result of continuing allegations of human rights abuses [ for Norwegian attitude towards Namibia see p. 39038 ] . |
| 30 | Lebanon , which had accepted 66 Palestinian deportees since the start of the intifada in 1987 , on this occasion announced that it would refuse to co-operate . |