Example sentences of "that [pron] would lose [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever its actual effect , the English wanted at least to make sure that they would not be out of pocket over expansion in America , and the fear that they would lose money was expressed by the economist Charles Davenant when he wrote in 1698 : ‘ it can not reasonably be admitted that the mother country should impoverish herself to enrich the children nor that Britain should weaken herself to strengthen America . ’ |
| 2 | One of the TUC 's two great general secretaries , George Woodcock — the other was Walter Citrine — warned them that they would lose influence if they did not reform themselves . |
| 3 | A report in the International Herald Tribune at the end of August suggested that the Khmers Rouges were keeping away from the UN disarmament process because their forces had grown so small that they would lose influence if the numbers were made public . |
| 4 | On May 10 tens of thousands of people stopped work throughout East Germany , protesting that they would lose employment protection under the terms of the treaty . |
| 5 | Some managers believe that they would lose touch with their department ( both workload and staff ) unless they retain some routine tasks . |
| 6 | Tom King did try on one occasion to attack Labour 's defence policy — but mainly on the grounds that it would lose jobs . |
| 7 | An obstacle to Buchan 's transfer was that he would lose income from his Sunderland shop , and the deal was delayed for two months while ‘ under-the-counter ’ terms were agreed to compensate him for this loss . |
| 8 | It appeared that he would lose money by this cancellation and despite his liking for the seaside he did n't want to go to Bournemouth . |
| 9 | In the end all the things I was most frightened of — that we would let my father down , that he would lose control , that he would die in agony — did not come to pass . |