Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A suggested reason for this decision is that to grant an action would have subverted the common law negligence action which lay in these circumstances . |
| 2 | Even if we were to change the linear arrangement , the three words presented in association would serve to indicate the same process and the same roles of the participants : |
| 3 | This ahistorical theory of confirmation would seem to have the unappealing consequence that innumerable observations made on falling stones , planetary positions , etc. will constitute worthwhile scientific activity insofar as they will lead to increases in the estimate of the probability of the truth of the law of gravitation . |
| 4 | The department would wish to utilise the following elements in the pilot scheme : — |
| 5 | Daedalus would like to do the same thing for human senses , and DREADCO chemists are now at work on his ‘ contrast-exalting spectacles ’ or ‘ Cexspex ’ ( Regd. ) make of a cunning tinted glass . |
| 6 | However , [ 15b ] is less direct than [ 15c ] in the sense that the hearer would have to derive the contextual implication conveyed explicitly in [ 15c ] in order to establish how well B got on . |
| 7 | Where it is clear that the contract-breaker would have taken the same steps anyway the inducement is not an effective cause of the loss . |
| 8 | If a new Prime Minister were needed for an emergency coalition and no obvious successor existed , the Sovereign would have to make the best choice possible . |
| 9 | Marcos supporters have asked the Supreme Court to reverse the ban , but Mrs Aquino , who ousted Mr Marcos in a ‘ people 's power ’ revolt in 1986 , said : ‘ The return of this man and his minions poses a greater threat to the democratic constitution he ironically invokes than denying him entry would tend to subvert the fundamental law . ’ |
| 10 | To make it look like suicide , the killer would have to get the unconscious — or possibly already dead — man across two metres of rough , stony ground . |
| 11 | Miller , now a financial consultant , confirmed the deal would involve buying the whole club . |
| 12 | Drawing on this conceptual framework , the research would seek to identify the key issues in policy towards the taxation of energy , including those where significant spillovers would arise from the policy decisions of individual member states ( e.g. effects on intra-EC competition , and cross frontier environmental impacts ) and those where important , but largely domestic , considerations are involved ( e.g. ‘ efficient ’ commodity taxation , revenue and distributional effects ) . |
| 13 | As far as Scotton Parish Council are concerned , I have confirmed my instructions from them and they would be more than satisfied if the County Council would agree to amend the key diagram to indicate er a n what is at present shown as a series of stars around the north of of Harrogate , by a single star , that would satisfy Scotton Parish Council . |
| 14 | The Regional Council would like to thank the following organisations for their co-operation during the design and construction of the Sighthill Section of the City By-pass : and all others whose valued contributions have been received . |
| 15 | The Regional Council would like to thank the following organisations for their co-operation during the design and construction of the Gilmerton Bypass : and all others who have in any way contributed to this project . |
| 16 | In other words , the universe would have to behave the same if one replaced particles by antiparticles , took the mirror image , and also reversed the direction of time . |
| 17 | If not detected and corrected this error would have priced the said products out of the market . |
| 18 | If not detected and corrected this error would have priced the said products out of the market . |
| 19 | The disadvantages of market-orientation may be that it requires special leadership ( a ‘ bureaucratic ’ management would fail to achieve the required inter-relationships between the organisation and its customers ) and is likely to be costly in terms of staffing and other overheads . |
| 20 | Seeking views on the future economic role of councils , the Scottish Office consultation paper on council reform suggested that a ‘ better defined statutory footing would help delineate the respective responsibilities of local authorities and other publicly funded organisations which are active in this field ’ . |
| 21 | A true feminist morality would strive to root the abstract principles of right and wrong in the firm ground of our tangible day-to-day existence : because one of the inherent limitations of an ethic based solely on rights — whether it be the fetus 's right to life or women 's right to control our bodies — is that it is one-dimensional . |
| 22 | They are also relatively stable across contexts : for instance , a topless swim-suit would seem to exemplify the same sense of topless as ( a ) , and a topless barmaid the same as ( b ) . |
| 23 | It is not that he lies about them , rather that only a patient and omnivorous prospector would have found the particular treasures which he quotes . |
| 24 | Lanfranc could only hope that the papal Curia would come to recognize the substantial strength of this papally inspired practice of primacy going back to the seventh century . |
| 25 | If no preliminary issue had been ordered , the trial judge would have tried the whole action and decided the compromise issue , the cancellation issue and the misconduct issue . |
| 26 | President Julio Lacidar said that although the country was backward in some respects the First Five Year Plan would help launch the new nation . |
| 27 | According to the regulations currently in force a grower would have to satisfy the following conditions in order to cultivate the Gamay today : |
| 28 | For that Alice got sixty pounds , though the woman kept saying a skilled sempstress would have to replace the missing beads , and it would cost — Alice had no idea what it would cost . |
| 29 | I think it extremely likely that the plaintiff would have followed the inevitable recommendation from its officers which would have been to proceed with this action in order to avoid paying compensation . |
| 30 | He says he would have thought that a programme which attracts such high viewing and media attention would have sought the appropriate legal advice . |