Example sentences of "[that] it [modal v] [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her fear was that it would stop in the tunnel . |
| 2 | He placed it so that it would shine into the right-hand corner of the wall by the fireplace . |
| 3 | A joint economic commission to monitor links was established and it was hoped that it would meet on a regular basis . |
| 4 | In January Czechoslovakia announced that it would press for the withdrawal of 75,000 Soviet troops from its territory by the end of 1990 . |
| 5 | The Libyan government instead emphasized in a Foreign Ministry statement of March 26 that it would co-operate in the implementation of Resolution 731 , that the UN and the Arab League should work towards a " political solution " to the dispute , based on international law and the UN Charter , and that it would accept the forthcoming verdict by the International Court of Justice in the Hague ( ICJ ) . |
| 6 | that it would contribute to the regional greenfield land supply . |
| 7 | This was to be drawn up by commissions of both parties in the belief that it would evolve into a " national agreement " , supported by the business and trade union sectors and other political parties , which would extend beyond the term of the current government . |
| 8 | On Aug. 6 Islamic Jihad issued a statement saying that it would send within the next 48 hours " a special envoy " with an extremely important message to Pérez de Cuéllar . |
| 9 | The skill of the lawyer existed in ensuring that the relationship between the statements in his legal discourse was such that it would lead to a legal outcome which would translate back directly into the outcome chosen by the client as formulated in his or her own , non-legal discourse . |
| 10 | There was no guarantee that it would lead to a new deal for the industry nor that , even as a compromise , it would hold against the tensions of a situation in which one side at least seemed determined to continue on a collision course . |
| 11 | WHEN CHRIS OWEN , Head of Natural History Publications at the Natural History Museum , published a painting of mosses that I had done for the National Museum of Wales , I had no idea that it would lead to a further and more exciting job offer , so a call out of the blue from Chris was a welcome surprise . |
| 12 | The final hurdle was overcome on Dec. 18 , when the Ministers approved a directive on the question of solvency and capital adequacy for banks-an issue which had already caused deep disagreement , notably in West Germany , where fears had been expressed that it would lead to a dilution of the sector 's relatively high national standards . |
| 13 | Moi was opposed to a pluralist political system , on the grounds that it would lead to a resurgence of intertribal conflict . |
| 14 | The independence referendum had provoked warnings from Gorbachev that it would lead to a breakup of the Union and hence disaster . |
| 15 | Except , as we have seen , for confident bourgeois like James Mill and Edward Miall , both those who campaigned for universal suffrage , like the Chartists in the 1830s and '40s , and those who dreaded and opposed it were agreed that it would lead to the political domination of the working class . |
| 16 | It was Mr. Newman 's submission that the matters to which regard should be had in the present case were ( 1 ) the lapse of time between the commission of the alleged offences and the request for extradition , and ( 2 ) the fact that the accusation against the applicant was contrary to the interests of justice , in that it would lead to the trial of the applicant in Sweden on the basis of the record of Price 's evidence , despite the fact that Price had subsequently retracted that evidence in this country in so far as it implicated the applicant . |
| 17 | Libya , Sudan , and Iraq supported the coup , saying that it would lead to the restoration of " international balance " . |
| 18 | The original observation that an extract containing prostaglandins lowered blood pressure was a good reason for further investigation , but did not mean that it would lead to an agent for treating high blood pressure . |
| 19 | A proposal put forward by Mona Wilson , a feminist employed at the Ministry of Reconstruction during World War I , to make provision for all one-parent families outside the Poor Law , failed because , in the view of the Government Actuary , first it was too expensive and , secondly , by abandoning the principles of the 1834 Act , he feared that it would lead to an increase in illegitimacy . |
| 20 | Apart from issues of principle , perhaps the major practical objection put forward against charges is that it would lead to an increase in evasion ; the incentive to undertake development without applying for planning permission would rise in line with the rate of charge ( particularly for ‘ householder ’ types of development ) . |
| 21 | Always during this period the same paper was used , although a rumour that it would change at the next sitting was constantly promulgated by dealers who had once cheated , to discourage others from doing likewise . |
| 22 | In the light of that , will he reconsider the abolition of vacation hardship allowance , especially as it was abolished in clear breach of undertakings given in the House that it would remain as a safety net following the abolition of social security provision ? |
| 23 | On the same day the Egyptian government made it clear that it would remain within the coalition even if Israel were to retaliate against Iraq , while a somewhat more ambiguous Syrian statement allowed the inference that a limited Israeli response , proportionate to the Iraqi attack , need not have adverse consequences for Syria 's participation in the coalition . |
| 24 | This glider looked sturdy enough , but he could n't be certain that it would return to the ground safely . |
| 25 | Fourthly , Woolwich was not , of course , to know at the time of the payments that it would succeed in the judicial review proceedings . |
| 26 | Fourthly , Woolwich was not , of course , to know at the time of the payments that it would succeed in the judicial review proceedings . |
| 27 | However , he reversed an earlier decision ( announced on Feb. 23 ) to dissolve the PDG , declaring that it would continue as an element of the RSDG grouping . |
| 28 | The final stage of the evaporation of a black hole would proceed so rapidly that it would end in a tremendous explosion . |
| 29 | I wished they would go somewhere and fight a duel to the death , and that it would end in a draw . |
| 30 | Did he really believe that it would vote for the introduction of industrial democracy in the Bullock Report 's dubious prescription for it ? |