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

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1 Struggling for a frame of reference , I calculate that it would contain Empire State Buildings .
2 What she did mind — minded quite horribly — was that it would upset Auntie Lou .
3 THE United Nations relief agency UNHCR said yesterday that it would send aid convoys to challenge a Serb blockade of thousands of starving Muslims trapped in eastern Bosnia .
4 In a statement issued on July 2 Bush said that it would remain US policy neither to confirm nor deny the presence of nuclear weapons , but that " where we 've said we do n't have those weapons on board , we mean it " .
5 In the emotionally charged atmosphere in which the hearings on the Freedom of Choice Bill began , its opponents ( most of whom were Republicans ) claimed that it would extend abortion rights beyond those already established by Roe v. Wade .
6 Although China gave no guarantee that it would end missile sales , it indicated that it was " seriously considering " signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) .
7 On the basis of Fields 's figures , if certain guidelines were adhered to rigorously , Branson estimated that it would cost Virgin £20m a year to run the airline , but the most they stood to lose by ‘ cutting and running ’ at any time was £2m .
8 Like the unit in Pembrokeshire , it has done that because it believes that it can satisfy the Secretary of State on four points : first , that such a move would show benefits for patients ; secondly , that it would improve management capability ; thirdly , that clinicians would be involved in management ; and , fourthly , that the trust has a future of financial soundness .
9 The decision clearly affected the Chief Constable 's legal right for no better reason than that it would affect pension rights .
10 The UK joined the USA in declaring from Aug. 13 that it would enforce UN sanctions , believing that there was sufficient legitimacy for this on the basis of a request from the Kuwaiti Emir in exile , but obtaining UN endorsement on Aug. 25 for the use of appropriate " measures " to verify the cargoes and destination of shipping .
11 When the March figure for money-supply growth was released late last week , showing year-on-year growth in its favoured monetary measure , M2 plus CDs , at a record low of 4.9% , the central bank was quick to squash any hopes that it would lower interest rates .
12 Following expiry of the revised deadline , the Federal Defence Secretariat warned on Jan. 23 that it would put JNA units on combat readiness unless Croatia and Slovenia complied with the disarmament order immediately .
13 In addition slow progress was made on renegotiating terms with commercial creditor banks despite the government 's December announcement that it would recommence interest payment on its US$60,000 million commercial debt .
14 I now find that this computer is clearly inadequate for my needs and that despite the fact that Dixon 's staff assured me that it would support desktop publishing and graphics , I now discover that it is never going to produce the results I need .
15 Japan 's Mitsui and Company said yesterday that it would join Okamoto Industries to build the plant for the Soviet Ministry of Chemical and Oil Refinery Industries at Serpukhov .
16 Adding salt to the wound , HP also announced that it would have OpenView release 3.1 out by the third quarter increasing the pressure on other DME participants to get their stuff out the door .
17 If the animal lived on the sea bottom , it seems unlikely that it would have eye lenses specialized for looking downwards , and we begin to suspect that the animal habitually dwelt above the sea floor .
18 Pakistan said yesterday that it would seek UN help for its estimated 20,000 nationals in Libya .
19 ‘ There 's a real chance that if the banks really push the price high , public spending becomes such that it would allow Mr John MacGregor , the education secretary , to reopen the whole argument . ’
20 Farmers ' representatives have attacked the move , arguing that it would cut crop yields , but environmentalists argue that it is insufficient , and should extend to an 80 per cent cut .
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