Example sentences of "[noun] would [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acceptance of our City Challenge bid would enable us to wrought that miracle far more quickly . ’ |
| 2 | If they were subsequently found to have an affected son , the apparent failure of the programme would bring it into unjustified disrepute . |
| 3 | By its declaration of Palestinian independence the PNC filled the inter-statal void left by Jordan 's abdication of the West Bank , though it was doubtful that the United States would accept it as such . |
| 4 | But there can be no real doubt that it was on medical advice that Law resigned , for he was advised that only a complete break would save him from total breakdown , and he was actually suffering from the disease that was to kill him in less than three years . |
| 5 | They did not want it to be too obvious , since observing the search would provide them with great amusement . |
| 6 | Both Lewis and Pound hoped that the Nobel would free him of that cautiousness which had smoothed his ascent . |
| 7 | The results so far suggest that those informants who described themselves as infrequent and inexperienced readers of SF would not regard this as SF at all ; whereas those informants who did read SF would characterise it as such . |
| 8 | But , particularly since Tiananmen , it has been echoing the argument that people would be less concerned to leave Hong Kong before 1997 if they could be absolutely confident that other countries would accept them after that date . |
| 9 | As any Tory would tell you until Black Wednesday , his personality and his popularity won the election . |
| 10 | She still doubted whether Roirbak would betray her in this way , but perhaps Lennon was right and Quincx had been duped by Malamute . |
| 11 | I 'd believed the English boy would protect me from these sounds . |
| 12 | Other editors might make a slip , but let her so much as spell a name wrong and her telephone would blare , and some outraged lady would correct her with withering sarcasm . |
| 13 | The mother says that it was not a wrongful removal and that , even if it was , she has a defence under article 13 in that there is a grave risk that the return of the child would expose him to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place him in an intolerable situation . |
| 14 | He submits that matters regarding their welfare can only be taken into account on the exercise of discretion under article 13 if they establish the criterion to be found in article 13 ( b ) , i.e. , that there is a grave risk that their return would expose them to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place them in an intolerable situation . |
| 15 | Since paraprofessional social welfare personnel are an important resource for meeting people 's needs , one would assume that policy makers , social service administrators and professional social workers would view them in this light and would do what they could to support and develop this valuable resource . |
| 16 | Will it be the council , on the ground that the upper band would provide it with more money , or will it be the householder ? |
| 17 | Just as Jesus taught them the truth because he was Truth , so the Spirit of Truth would lead them into all the truth about Jesus ( 14:6,17 , 15:26 , 16:13 ) . |
| 18 | Also , a hotel room would remind her of that first night they had spent together ; what happened then had been repeated by now many times . |
| 19 | She took to living in her swimsuit , a colourful sarong tied at her hips , long black hair streaming loose and silken down her slender back , and Damian would watch her with intent eyes as she moved around the house , his eyes eating her up as she grew more and more sensual , her inhibitions almost completely erased by his lovemaking . |
| 20 | Conventional shellac records were very brittle ; only a few ounces of shear stress would crack them in half . |
| 21 | Vera would supply us with some from time to time and I know Uncle was partial to it . |
| 22 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
| 23 | The eventual extension of the index to include outposted files would bring them under closer scrutiny and control , and , although a degree of consistency would be achieved by revising the file references to the level recommended by the Working Party , branch officers would still retain considerable discretion to organise their files in a manner that suited their particular needs . |
| 24 | When I was a child my father would tease me with two conundrums : ‘ What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object ? ’ and ‘ If you discovered a substance that destroyed every solid , how would you contain it ? ’ |
| 25 | Some people would leave it at that ; but not Alice : there would be a second coat . |
| 26 | It was better , but not a lot , and McLeish who knew her to be in her late fifties decided any casual observer would put her at nearer seventy . |
| 27 | The letter was , however , present in the orthographic tradition ( regardless of the mixed origins of the tradition in Old English , Anglo-Norman and Latin orthography ) : thus , in the absence of strong orthographic standardization , the scribes would omit it on some occasions and insert it ‘ hypercorrectly ’ on others . |
| 28 | Perhaps the presence of her young mistress made her desist from talk ; Emily would address her in high tones as a servant , no more , although the woman was her only companion . |
| 29 | When Kylie finally won her biggest break as Charlene in Neighbours she remained modest and unaware that the role would take her to international stardom . |
| 30 | Or maybe Norris and his pals would distract her from this crazed idea of getting air-locked drunk by suggesting a friendly game of cards . |