Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ‘ profiles ’ school-leaver would thus take his place among the list of the failures , whether designated as ‘ secondary modern ’ school-leavers , the educationally subnormal , the ‘ bottom 40 per cent ’ , or by whatever other title the no-hopers are characterized . |
| 2 | Earlier , on Feb. 7 , up to 70,000 people had protested in Garankuwa , in eastern Bophuthatswana , demanding that their South African citizenship be restored , but Mangope had reaffirmed on Feb. 18 that the homeland would never be reincorporated into South Africa . |
| 3 | The growing strength of such a new religion would gradually undermine the power of warmongering leaders , who so frequently use entrenched religious beliefs to instil into their sometimes reluctant followers , the will to continue a conflict . |
| 4 | Public values and government action would thus remain in opposition . |
| 5 | The physical interference need not be sufficiently forceful or well-aimed to result in some form of damage or destruction to a proper part of the victim , though we suppose that a violent action would generally be painful to the recipient . |
| 6 | Your client who is having to pay for the action would otherwise find himself in the position of being the loser financially despite an order on liability . |
| 7 | Speaking on Radio 4 's World This Weekend he added : ‘ Their action would also call into doubt in children 's minds just what authority figures are there for . ’ |
| 8 | Mr Pena said the deal would be reviewed in a year and that congressional action would also be needed before BA could proceed with an additional $450 million investment , giving it more than 25 per cent of USAir . |
| 9 | Mr Pena said that the deal would be reviewed in a year and that congressional action would also be needed before BA could proceed with an additional $450 million investment , giving it more than 25 per cent of USAir . |
| 10 | At the outbreak of World War I , both informed and common opinion held that a major , probably decisive , naval action would soon take place between the British and German fleets . |
| 11 | On the one hand , such action would simply rekindle the international outcry that resulted in the postponement of the ‘ harvest ’ or cull in the first place . |
| 12 | Any such action would therefore lie against the landlord , but the landlord may well have a claim against its solicitors for negligence . |
| 13 | The action would then fail . |
| 14 | Such action would only damage the interests of both communities . |
| 15 | But the established association would clearly indicate , at this stage of research , that it is n't a good idea to have too much in your blood . |
| 16 | A levy through a trade association would also discourage credit grantors from membership . ’ |
| 17 | The Association would strongly recommend that they should take effect at the earliest in January of the following year . |
| 18 | Mom gave birth to a baby boy , and called him Winchell ( not after the doughnuts , though the association would later cause him grief at school ) . |
| 19 | The nature , aims and objectives of such an Association would therefore need to be carefully thought through , and its formal relationship to Convocation as a statutory body be clearly and unequivocally defined . |
| 20 | Suppose now that the outcome each side would most prefer ( labelled 4 in preference order in the figure ) is to gain an ‘ arms advantage ’ . |
| 21 | Most observers agreed that the German side would eventually write off the Soviet debts . |
| 22 | Mr Holford hinted that , given the current fallibility of the top order , his side would probably include seven batsmen . |
| 23 | But even if we did have some such reason — even if we thought it slightly more natural for right-handed people , who form the majority , to drive on the right — our reasons for wanting everyone to drive on the same side would still be much stronger . |
| 24 | Brown estimates that a loss on the server side would adversely impact NT 's position on the desktop . |
| 25 | Second , it was vital that the proceedings should be conducted largely on non-party lines ; if the committees merely offered another forum for party battle , then the government side would always win , the committees would have no effect whatever and no good purpose would be served . |
| 26 | Liverpool 's inexperience meant they got sucked into the type of game a more experienced side would never have got involved in . |
| 27 | But anything on the side would perhaps break it . |
| 28 | The horse would instantly change from placid and tractable to anxious and difficult ! |
| 29 | The horse would only behave with Wolski and Wolski stayed . |
| 30 | So , although a wild horse would continually roam in search of food , a domestic horse may not , or may not have the opportunity to do so . |