Example sentences of "[Wh det] [pron] would [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We can explain that they come from an age when theology and the natural sciences were not divorced from one another , when God was held directly responsible for disasters we would now call ‘ natural ’ , and for which we would have scientific explanations to hand that did not mention God at all . |
| 2 | Most of the weekend exercises started off with a para drop on to a drop zone somewhere in the British Isles , after which we would spend two days marching with large packs , practising attacks and fieldcraft . |
| 3 | We can all think of examples to which we would apply these descriptions and be willing to give reasons . |
| 4 | All CIS member states signed an agreement on a single defence budget into which they would pay fixed contributions to be determined by the Council of Heads of Government . |
| 5 | Ahead lay more normal days , during which they would experience more downs in proportion to ups and consequently discover the fickleness of supporters whose approval is conditional on success . |
| 6 | The murder had only occurred ten minutes before , but the old man already saw himself in the role of vital witness , and was polishing the phrases in a story which he would tell many times . |
| 7 | Salomons used the theatre to mount dramatic displays in which he would produce startling effects with the aid of electricity , music from the orchestrion , and scenes with magic lanterns . |
| 8 | There was a little work to do , fetching and carrying about the kitchens , for which he would get ten shillings a week . |
| 9 | The British Defence White Paper of 1958 laid down with surprising confidence the circumstances in which it would unleash nuclear weapons : ‘ It must be well understood that if Russia were to launch a major attack , even with conventional weapons only , the West would have to hit back with strategic nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 10 | In 1982 , Rudi Fuchs came up with an accurate analysis of the new avant-garde movements in painting , and in 1987 Manfred Schneckenburger drew our attention to what I would call sociological considerations : art and culture , art and design , and so on . |
| 11 | All these ideas are for what I would call BIG presents . |
| 12 | At first glance there appears to be a preponderance of narrow gauge or what I would call miniature railways . |
| 13 | Most of us who 've been on this council some years will have seen the stress that the labour party brought on a number of senior officers who felt obliged to leave in what I would call distressing circumstances . |
| 14 | Er whereas the County Council have sought to re to er keep vacancies constant , we have said that it is reasonable to seek to plan to keep second homes etcetera as a constant number but what I would term normal vacancies , can be reasonably be expected to go up to maintain the same proportion . |
| 15 | She would typify what I 'd hope all students would be . |
| 16 | Erm , what I 'd like both groups to do is , first of all think of words and phrases you 'd use to describe that person 's performance in a formal scenario , I E in the appraisal , in an interview situation . |
| 17 | Are any of those other one simple , what you would consider simple ones to understand ? |
| 18 | There were erm , let us be honest , erm other what we would call non-core parts of the education budget , which were cut or reduced . |