Example sentences of "[Wh det] would [verb] [adj] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 The workhouse visitors , who functioned as a house committee , had noted that the supply of water to the workhouse had failed on several occasions , and they expressed the hope that an adequate supply would be forthcoming quickly , ‘ which would enable each person to have a fresh quantity for his or her bath ’ .
2 which would enable local authorities to formulate a comprehensive policy for the promotion of the welfare of elderly people in their area .
3 All Divisions were expected to do this , which would enable National Council to consider the level of Divisional grants .
4 In their search for a market for great stores of goods , the capitalists screamed about the necessity of putting Germany on its feet , Austria on its feet , Russia on its feet , and talked about granting credits which would enable those countries to purchase from us , so clearing our markets and setting our industries going .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 ’ .
8 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 ’ .
9 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 .
10 If the money was ploughed back into dog racing — horse racing enjoys a £40million levy — tracks could improve amenities and strengthen security which would encourage more people to go to the dogs .
11 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 .
12 At least one deal has been mooted which would allow European firms to publish simultaneously in several languages .
13 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 .
14 Parental leave — which would allow either parent to take time off when a child is born — has been blocked by Britain for several years .
15 A much more flexible system which would allow local managers to negotiate local rates — on a national pay spine — is needed .
16 No move was ever made to introduce flexible or partial retirement which would allow older people to reduce the amount of work they did and to choose for themselves finally when to retire .
17 I ca n't imagine what would prompt this woman to dredge it all up if there was n't some truth in it .
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