Example sentences of "[that] would [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 If we follow Popper and refer to those sets of observation statements that would serve to falsify a law or theory as potential falsifiers of that law or theory , then we can say that the potential falsifiers of ( a ) form a class that is a subclass of the potential falsifiers of ( b ) .
2 For all their efforts to uncover trends that would serve to unify the history of life on earth , the vast majority were unwilling to explain the trends as the result of natural processes that could be seen operating in the world today .
3 In our attempt to understand the diversity of tropical forests , using largely the example of the trees , we have had to take into account all the features of the plant that would appear to reflect the forces of natural selection in terms of physical factors : meteorological , topographical , pedological , and biotic ones .
4 Pascale Bachmann and colleagues , of the Institut fur Polymere in Zurich , have apparently successfully devised a series of elegant systems that would appear to fulfil the criteria of simple chemical autopoiesis .
5 Boys and girls , And women that would groan to see a child Pull off an insect 's leg , all read of war The best amusement of our morning meal !
6 These are animals that would seem to have no chance of survival in the desert — they are toads .
7 It was clearly bitterly divided and strongly polarised in its conflicting views , mostly revolving around the rights that would follow allowing the ladies to serve on the Main Committee .
8 This new construction can be cultured and develops quite a nice tooth , but now the sheet of cells that would have become the skin of the foot is induced to make enamel .
9 Uninhibited by any tradition of building , they have taken off in a confused conglomeration of tile , cement , plastics , marble and paint that would have taxed the imagination of Disney .
10 But what comes across from the letters is an overwhelming ignorance about female physiology and sexuality , the difficulty of gaining access to information , and a lack of privacy in their homes that would have rendered the use of female methods of birth control extremely difficult .
11 The British government has backed down under pressure from the House of Lords over a controversial proposal that would have given the Secretary of State for Education formal responsibility for the way in which universities are run ( see Nature 362 , 275 ; 1993 ) .
12 Premier League chairman Sir John Quinton , who will also attend the talks , made ‘ final offer ’ noises last Friday when Taylor rejected a deal that would have given the PFA 5pc or a minimum of £1m from future revenue .
13 I knocked eventually on the door of the horse-car and , after inspection and formalities that would have done an Iron Curtain country proud , was admitted again by Ms Brown to the holy of holies .
14 There was nothing short of taking the chap by the scruff of his neck and showing him the street that would have done the trick .
15 He walked back from the shop and the plate of meat and potatoes was put in front of him with a regularity that would have pleased an army officer .
16 Nor should we overlook the emotional fatigue that would have followed the achievement of the 1832 Reform .
17 SHILDON Strollers retained their leadership of the Durham Second Division at a canter when a weakened Wingate failed to offer any real threat despite the incentive of moving into third place with a win that would have toppled the home team from the No 1 spot .
18 Without warning the air was split by a high pitched banshee wail , rising and falling on a sliding scale of pain that would have made the slates fall off the roof if there had been any .
19 Walpole got full environmental approval , but it already has a state prison , and local residents were successful twice last year in lobbying the legislature to reject bills that would have made the land available for the harbour clean-up .
20 I can not think of anything that would have made the loss of the election from my point of view more certain .
21 Wales B could have repeated Swansea 's midweek defeat of the world champions but Llanelli outside-half Colin Stephens missed with three penalties , a conversion and a drop goal — 14 points that would have made the difference .
22 He took a pinch of snuff that would have fired a cannon .
23 A division of labour , for example , might have been different in ways that would have affected the system of education .
24 He had functioned in the community , not just in his family up until … you know , with a lung function that would have kept a lot of people in bed , and he was reading , writing — he had published an article shortly before his hospitalization , and he was a very forceful fellow .
25 Is not it clear that a party which , a few years ago , was offering to do a deal with the Soviet leadership that would have involved the sacrifice of 100 per cent .
26 The poison was not given to the Indians in massive doses that would have provoked a reaction , but was administered drop by drop , until it brought about the loss of personality .
27 But his dream of reaching the White House was haunted almost from the start by a series of disclosures that would have wrecked the career of another politician .
28 If the judge had accepted that submission that would have unlocked the door to the exercise of his discretion under article 13 ( b ) .
29 We now propose a council tax that would have produced a bill this year of £617 .
30 The SparKit LSI is announcing is the self-same kit it was supposed to come up with almost two years ago — one that would have produced a Sparcstation 2 clone for $18,000 .
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