Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Williams , who saw his initial Derby prospect , Pond Tornado , eliminated , said : ‘ I would expect New Level to win his heat but Pond Pavarotti is on a wing and a prayer . |
| 2 | If interest is earned in a separate account from the cheque account I would expect automatic transfers to keep the cheque account at an agreed limit . |
| 3 | This would be my shopping list : I would like voluntary organisations to accept a continued role as innovators — they perform this role better than anyone . |
| 4 | And I would take good care to see that it was the end of your career . ’ |
| 5 | which would enable local authorities to formulate a comprehensive policy for the promotion of the welfare of elderly people in their area . |
| 6 | All Divisions were expected to do this , which would enable National Council to consider the level of Divisional grants . |
| 7 | Dr Roger Williams , director of the hospital 's liver unit , last night called for change in legislation in line with American law which would oblige medical staff to approach the relatives of suitable donors for permission to transplant healthy organs . |
| 8 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |
| 9 | For example , in early 1983 MP Jack Ashley was attempting to secure the passage of a Private Member 's Bill through parliament which would require pharmaceutical companies to establish a ‘ no blame compensation fund ’ . |
| 10 | Until a tax avoidance clause is incorporated into law which would require corporate officials to establish the legality of any avoidance scheme , there will always be a wide-open prairie of opportunity for gouging back profits from the exchequer , leaving ordinary tax-payers to ‘ foot the bill ’ . |
| 11 | Is n't it also true that the European union or community or whatever you like to call it , is also intending to introduce a compulsory identity card in the form of a smart card carrying details of the citizen 's health , but which would have ample room to put all sorts of other things on . |
| 12 | Every sentence had to be thought out in full , every adverb and adjective scrutinized for signs of contamination or hints of hysteria , those tell-tale flaws which would allow sharp minds to deduce that he was not writing about someone else 's misdeeds , but his own . |
| 13 | At least one deal has been mooted which would allow European firms to publish simultaneously in several languages . |
| 14 | And far far from muddying the waters I think it makes clear that there are certain considerations that are acknowledged er which would allow certain proposals to come forward . |
| 15 | A much more flexible system which would allow local managers to negotiate local rates — on a national pay spine — is needed . |
| 16 | ‘ I promise , ’ Katherine said in a small voice , not quite sure what it was she was pledging , though in later years she would have ample occasion to reflect on what he said . |
| 17 | With £100 million from the Callaghan government ( and a further £50 million from Mrs Thatcher ) De Lorean was the white knight who would save British efforts to industrialise Ulster . |
| 18 | Black personalities are being approached to become ‘ father figures ’ who would encourage suspicious youths to regard the police service as an acceptable career . |
| 19 | Almost certainly if you were suffering from such an illness you would have other symptoms to indicate that you were unwell . |
| 20 | If you think you would like professional help to draw up your c.v. , there are several firms that specialize in doing this , and they generally advertise in the personal columns of the upmarket daily newspapers . |
| 21 | Are any of those other one simple , what you would consider simple ones to understand ? |
| 22 | Similarly , if score A has a positive Z score then we would expect variable B to have a variable Z score . |
| 23 | Just how that 's going to be accomplished we do n't know , we 're not party to the discussions , we understand that the Greater York authorities do plan to meet shortly after the end of this examination , but just what further work is necessary before they then get onto the location aspects we do n't know about that , all I would say is that we would expect final plan to have the general location of a new settlement embodied in in that plan before it is approved . |
| 24 | He has agreed to pay us more than our usual commission — well , I explained , of course , that we would need ample compensation to lend him one of our girls for such unusual services , and I must say — ’ |
| 25 | We would need extraordinary circumstances to arise before we abandoned laws like the Law of Non-Contradiction . |
| 26 | ‘ Our attitude was very much one of reacting against people , so we would get constant impetus to behave as we did because there was so much around us that was lacking . |
| 27 | We would ask national officers to respect a time limit allowed for their reports . |
| 28 | Though , you know , there 's a sense in which we can use , we we 're a , we gave it in you to have a certain amount of license , and we can use illustrations just as we would use modern illustrations to describe spiritual truths and to use them to illustrate the gospel . |
| 29 | One would expect extra income to matter more as the unemployment spell lengthens and benefits get reduced . |
| 30 | One would expect natural selection to have eliminated the characteristic . |