Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] [verb] [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Durie is only half right — a defeat would certainly kiss goodbye to Scotland 's sixth successive World Cup finals , but a draw would also seem insufficient . |
| 2 | The Druze leader , Walid Jumblatt , said in Amman yesterday that the Taif deal would not bring peace to Lebanon and that , although he did not intend to block it , he would not accept it either . |
| 3 | It was widely thought that the acceptance of sound broadcasting would soon weaken opposition to television . |
| 4 | Juliana had mistakenly believed that large earrings and wide belts would just draw attention to her size ( being tall makes her feel big ) but , in fact , anything too small looks insipid and unnoticeable . |
| 5 | It is not supposed , however , that such ideas would inevitably bring understanding to all those pupils who currently lack it ; there is always a potential for confusing concepts whatever situations are devised to clarify them . |
| 6 | This difference would necessarily secure traffic to the Railway , and by cheapening the cost would increase the consumption . |
| 7 | The UN would also provide aid to Thailand in the rehabilitation of camp areas after the departure of the refugees . |
| 8 | From the list given in the book , he chooses only herbs which grow in wet places that the fish would naturally have access to . |
| 9 | An increase in motoring costs would also bring revenue to the government , and could be made acceptable by being earmarked for corresponding improvements to public transport . |
| 10 | Williams would certainly have access to candles , ’ he continued . |
| 11 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 12 | If medical practice was not to disclose the risk , then a court would probably declare practice to be wrong . |
| 13 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
| 14 | The advance would not give rise to an income tax charge . |
| 15 | They made love a disproportionate amount , Isobel told him , in the certain knowledge that Edouard would then make love to her again . |
| 16 | I 'm no fool , but that sentence would n't make sense to any insect . |
| 17 | Thus , if in year 1 X is charged under s739 on the income arising in his overseas discretionary trust or in a company owned by that trust and that money is , for instance , then lent to him , the loan of the money would not give rise to any further charge . |
| 18 | ‘ I think it 's most unlikely that either you or Peter would ever pay court to any woman for longer than it suited you . |
| 19 | The pupils would then have access to an OPAC ( On-line public access catalogue ) similar to those available in some polytechnics and universities at present . |
| 20 | A form filling application would also restrict recognition to digits or capital letters in certain places . |
| 21 | According to the Finance Minister , Arne Skauge , the fund would also draw attention to the extent to which government finances were dependent on oil revenues and would ensure that in future closer attention would be paid to long-term use of the revenues . |
| 22 | Unless cash ratios were imposed on every single financial institution , the control of certain institutions ' lending would merely shift business to other uncontrolled institutions . |
| 23 | Gay Rights spokesmen would presumably lay claim to a right to enjoy a full physical relationship which is just as valid as that which is enjoyed by heterosexuals . |
| 24 | The Panel would also have recourse to the courts . |
| 25 | Than Shwe , the SLORC Vice-Chair , officially announced that the SLORC would not transfer power to the Assembly elected in May 1990 , on the grounds that the parties involved were " unfit to rule " . |
| 26 | Such a representation would not give rise to an estoppel , because , as was said in Jorden v. Money ( 1854 ) 5 H.L.C. 185 ( below , p.252 ) , a representation as to the future must be embodied as a contract or be nothing . |