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 | It was widely thought that the acceptance of sound broadcasting would soon weaken opposition to television . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This difference would necessarily secure traffic to the Railway , and by cheapening the cost would increase the consumption . |
| 6 | The UN would also provide aid to Thailand in the rehabilitation of camp areas after the departure of the refugees . |
| 7 | From the list given in the book , he chooses only herbs which grow in wet places that the fish would naturally have access to . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Williams would certainly have access to candles , ’ he continued . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | If medical practice was not to disclose the risk , then a court would probably declare practice to be wrong . |
| 12 | Relationships were just too difficult , the sexes would never see eye to eye , it was all too much bother . |
| 13 | They made love a disproportionate amount , Isobel told him , in the certain knowledge that Edouard would then make love to her again . |
| 14 | ‘ I think it 's most unlikely that either you or Peter would ever pay court to any woman for longer than it suited you . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | A form filling application would also restrict recognition to digits or capital letters in certain places . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Unless cash ratios were imposed on every single financial institution , the control of certain institutions ' lending would merely shift business to other uncontrolled institutions . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | The Panel would also have recourse to the courts . |