Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , to avoid an immediate and pre-emptive Serb offensive , allied aircraft would at the same time bomb Serb artillery positions and supply lines . |
| 2 | Massoud Barzani , leader of the Kurdish Democratic Party ( KDP ) and of the eight-member coalition of Kurdish opposition groups , the Kurdish Democratic Front ( KDF ) , secured agreement from Turkey and the UK at the end of February that allied aircraft would continue their protection of Kurdistan against a possible attack by Iraqi forces . |
| 3 | The bumps and marks on the this goldfish would prevent it from winning any show prizes — but even a humble fantail deserves the best conditions . |
| 4 | Longitudinal data would be invaluable in providing this essential information in Britain . |
| 5 | The only alternative would be to put in an inferior system , which means that the German aircraft would be less capable than those in the other three air forces . |
| 6 | At first sight , this may appear to be a poor performance but it is in fact over twice as frequent as a random selection ( which for this data would be 32.7% of cases ) . |
| 7 | Having said this , I 'm sure some folk would prefer them a bit tighter round the seat and hips . |
| 8 | The French want to stop British imports and argue that subjecting Russian catches to a minimum import price would cut the cross-Channel trade as more British fish would sell in the UK . |
| 9 | whatever they were using as bait presumably some mackerel or something like that but , but as I was saying you could see it trailing through and then all , suddenly out of like nowhere this fish would come and like chase after it |
| 10 | Q. Which marine fish would you recommend for the beginner ? |
| 11 | English family relationships are said to be less strong than those of Asians , but most English people would be deeply shocked if their grandmother or grandfather , coming to visit them , or their young brother or sister , was held in detention by people with quasi-police powers , accused of lying and then sent back ; or if their husband or wife , coming to join them after a long separation , was further delayed for years and then told that they were not the people they claimed to be and hence had no right to come at all . |
| 12 | ‘ I guess you polite English people would have suffered in silence , would n't you ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Perhaps Ianthe will stick to spaghetti and ravioli , ’ said John , mentioning the better known varieties of pasta which English people would probably be familiar with in tinned form . |
| 14 | It added that after liberation " the Kuwaiti people would be governed by " the legitimate regime which they chose and are satisfied with " . |
| 15 | In hospital , trained staff would listen to her ramblings , make her feel welcome ; she would be better off , in fact . |
| 16 | By this means would emerge a general spirit of social responsibility , a strengthening of charity , self and mutual help , which would remove the need for long-term state intervention . |
| 17 | We estimate that a further 1,750,000 people would have to pay national insurance contributions if the directive were adopted . |
| 18 | Some people would argue that the bout is too short to require any form of aerobic training . |
| 19 | Some people would do it in a very extrovert way . |
| 20 | She said the report , from the Committee on the Medical Aspects of Food Policy ( Coma ) , ‘ does not support the view , as some people would have us believe , that sugars , at usual intake , have a direct adverse effect on general health . ’ |
| 21 | H. P. Some people would get a bottle of beer — we 'd had a lot of fellows come out of the army and they were fond of their drink and there 's no doubt that they could get it . |
| 22 | He was not the type to make a fuss as some people would have done , but he was very fed up about it . |
| 23 | VISUAL display units are not the radiation hazard some people would have you think , according to E. A. Cox , Her Majesty 's Principal Inspector at the Health and Safety Executive . |
| 24 | Some people would say we were deprived . |
| 25 | Some people would say I make a lot of money out of them but I paint them with sincerity . |
| 26 | Some people would say that the most exciting pastime in Preston is to watch the traffic lights change , but others would strongly disagree ! |
| 27 | One of the things the expert would note would be that , however big the meal — and let us assume that over-large portions were served — some people would consume every morsel and leave an entirely clean plate . |
| 28 | Otherwise , some people would indeed quite literally eat themselves to death — in fact there have been a few cases of disturbed people doing just that in recent years . |
| 29 | That young man sitting on an old man 's knee ; some people would think it improper . ’ ‘ |
| 30 | Some people would claim that the parables are out of date and have little to say to a modern world . |