Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew only too well where that would lead . |
| 2 | The court will read the words of a contract by understanding the words used in their ordinary meaning , except where that would be absurd in the context . |
| 3 | An experienced maritime law practitioner has suggested that a charter party bill accompanied by a ‘ Master 's ’ bill of lading showing freight paid or prepaid would eliminate this uncertainty . |
| 4 | I was told by a Milanese , with a wry smile , that it was as well the prophet had not heard of smog , or that would have been included as well . |
| 5 | Evidently there was no wording for a civil-law disposition , or that would have been mentioned . |
| 6 | it was just more or less They they certainly would n't have food or anything like that I think it was just more or less the supplier or That would be |
| 7 | I mean at that point I would either do that , you know er change it or that would have been it |
| 8 | Nobody who is sensible or sane would say that we should export more arms to a country that is already awash with them , because it would do little more than increase the bloodshed that has already stained that country . |
| 9 | It is reasonable to assume , therefore , that there would be a residue of canine stock , who for one reason or another would be deemed unsuitable to die for the perverted pleasure of the gloating Roman nobility . |
| 10 | During or after the consumption of the good one or another would stand and say very simply what love and grace of God meant to him or her . |
| 11 | There are some people who for one reason or another would n't experiment with things at a young age , and find that they like it , ’ said a married 39-year-old building surveyor . |
| 12 | It was not that each child was continually talking but every now and then a child would speak to his neighbour or another would leave his place quietly and walk over to another child to speak with him . |
| 13 | From time to time one or another would begin to scrape in the gravelly bank , or venture a little way in among the trees and nut-bushes to scuffle in the leaf-mould . |
| 14 | If the single market is to be effective , companies must be able to provide goods or services across state lines without setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries where this would be superfluous , and without being subjected to more burdensome rules in the host state than are absolutely necessary . |
| 15 | The former , however , may not be required to comply with all the requirements of local law where this would place unreasonable burdens on a company from another member state and where the public interest is adequately safeguarded in the member state of establishment . |
| 16 | Professor Sloman has brought spelling up to date except where this would involve changes in pronunciation , accentuation and capitalization . |
| 17 | If an order is made , a person is not to be compelled to give evidence where this would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; here again , a certificate of the Secretary of State is conclusive |
| 18 | In such circumstances , it would still be under an obligation to give notification of its intention to march , and the courts should perhaps hold that no offence is committed under section 11(7) if notice has been given , however shortly before the proposed ‘ counter march , ’ where this would still permit the imposition of conditions by the police , if necessary , under section 12 . |
| 19 | Unlike a share sale , where this would be financial assistance ( CA 1985 , s151 ) there are no company law objections to such security . |
| 20 | A witness summons should not be issued to compel the attendance of a child witness where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party to the proceedings ( R v Birmingham CC , ex pP [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 221 ) . |
| 21 | The court will not however compel his attendance by issue of a witness summons where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party ( Butler-Sloss LJ in R v Birmingham CC , ex pP , cited above ) . |
| 22 | There are no hard and fast rules determining the exact knot-count required to justify a rug being referred to as " fine " or " finely knotted " , but anything over c. 150 knots per in 2 can be considered medium grade ( reasonably finely knotted ) and anything over 250 or 300 would generally be acknowledged as top grade ( fine ) . |
| 23 | With low ratio , four-wheel-drive selected in preference to the rear wheel drive high ratios recommended for road use , a combination of brute force and good tyres allows the vehicle to be forced over terrain where few would attempt to walk . |
| 24 | And of course when you was er was n't on guard duty at the f early evening , course there used to be used to pop into the Peel and have a couple of halves or some would have a pint and there was a chap in , in the Home , Home Guard he , he used to be able to play the piano so we used to have a singsong in there for a social , you know . |
| 25 | The Highways Department is not a building — it is a collection of people who as a team ( or some would say various teams ) have exhibited innovation and ingenuity . |
| 26 | And he 'd come out maybe at ten o'clock , just gone and give you tuppence or some would give you a penny . |
| 27 | To the Annual Conference of the union in September 1915 he reported that " the Government had commandeered the Camp " , and that , when they eventually handed it back , reinstated as agricultural land , which he doubted that they ever would , compensation and rent paid or payable would ensure that " the maintenance of aliens at Eastcote would have cost the Union not a single farthing " and provide a useful start to its programme of Homes for Seamen . |
| 28 | Course we was feverishly trying to chip the bricks and things off the horse then how , what had happened because we 'd got two stalls for them , and there was pigs in the one side and the horse in the other one , but of course when we eventually came to it , or they eventually came to the horse , he was dead , been killed standing up there like , you know and er , poor old pigs was all dead as well and as I said , about a hundred fell and two or three would been blown sky high . |
| 29 | ( Grunte settled down comfortably and glanced at his Daily Mail ; Angela never used one word where three would ‘ suffice ’ . ) |
| 30 | Having external angles equal to internal opposites follows from being a figure of three lines , but is no more a part of that idea than being yellow or malleable would be part of a detailed idea of the corpuscular constitution of gold . |