Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [adv] [vb infin] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the late seventies there was a great deal of fearful speculation that Soviet oil production would peak in 1980 and that the Communist bloc would soon become a net importer rather than a net exporter of oil . |
| 2 | One can not be certain , in such circumstances , that a court of law would meekly accept a general return to a writ in the face of clear knowledge that the House was , in effect , seeking to usurp the role of Parliament itself . |
| 3 | This diversity led to confusion among observers as to whether the Council would indeed become a significant centre of political decision making , or would be a much less important and purely consultative body . |
| 4 | Dayglo orange , pink or lime green would never make a successful scheme , although having said that , everyone 's taste is different ! |
| 5 | ( Incidentally , exactly how the appropriate implicatures in these cases are to be predicted remains quite unclear , although the maxim of Relevance would presumably play a crucial role . ) |
| 6 | A lady would usually wear a long , flowing tunic , fastened at the shoulders with brooches , tied under the bust , and bloused at the waist . |
| 7 | Having travelled five times to Rhodesia , having spent hours in laborious , painful , and indeed anguished disputation with Mr Smith and his colleagues , to discover that it was all futile because of arrogance on the part of the Foreign Office is something about which a saint would undoubtedly entertain a certain resentment . |
| 8 | Give them time , and the rest of the coppice wood would also find a good home . |
| 9 | A complete change of spelling would instantly destroy a large part of what most people consider to be a fixed aspect of the world . |
| 10 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
| 11 | The new job would also entail a complete reassessment of playing resources and a re-structuring of the club , whether they ended this season in League Two or not . |
| 12 | Were one to create a mouse the size of a moose , that mouse would probably have a folded neocortex if its cortex had increased in proportion to the increase in its body size . |
| 13 | If the decision were in favour of subsidized family day care — developing what is now called child minding-this would also require a substantial financial and training commitment but be less costly in terms of bricks and mortar . |
| 14 | These should be major counselling objectives , and encouraging an ageing person to be part of such a group would indeed constitute a major counselling success . |
| 15 | On the eve of the crisis , most politicians , political commentators and — so far as we can tell — citizens remained sceptical that the sixty-seven year old General would ever play a major role in politics again . |
| 16 | Our experiences during this era would probably fill a whole book by themselves . |
| 17 | ‘ And also , can we be sure that the Robemaker would ever weave a good enchantment at all ? ’ |
| 18 | If I do n't manage the bedspread I know that my friend would really like a loose , plain , black sweater in fine wool for winter or a synthetic yarn for summer rather than one of my more dashing designer confections . |
| 19 | The English tradition that it is tor Parliament to do the taxing is so deep-seated that the court would probably assert a legal presumption , as a matter of statute interpretation , that powers of taxation are not included in a statutory delegation of power unless clear words are used , and that a general formula like that in the statute stated in the question is not sufficient . ’ |
| 20 | First the court would sometimes place a strained or tortured meaning on the words of the exemption clause in order to deprive it of effect . |
| 21 | A time should be prescribed for exercise of any option , though that could be extended by subsequent agreement and the court would readily imply a reasonable time if none were in fact specified . |
| 22 | Up to one-third of people can not force themselves through this procedure , even for the best of diagnostic reasons , and the court would never enforce a complete stay of the action in these circumstances ( see further RSC Order 25 , r 6 ) . |
| 23 | The results showed the race would always require a strong element of commercial sponsorship , an area in which LEEL would not see itself becoming directly involved . ’ |
| 24 | Any Marxist revolution would simply generate a new ruling class : ‘ The socialists might conquer , but not socialism , which would perish in the moment of its adherents ’ triumph' ( Michels , 1959 , p. 391 ) . |
| 25 | Those increases , he said , meant that each eligible hill ewe would now get a total subsidy of £30.55 compared with £24.78 previously . |
| 26 | i.e. choose the moment when the current would safely sweep a small boat through one of the narrow arches of old London Bridge . |
| 27 | Members of Sedgefield District Council unanimously rejected plans for 25 executive houses and a nature park at the Agnew Plantation , Newton Aycliffe , after planning officers said the development would seriously damage a green belt and wildlife area . |
| 28 | A salesman who makes a large number of sales every day would probably prefer a weekly target to give him a continued sense of achievement . |
| 29 | Born to an unwed teenage mother in South Carolina , Jackson came of age when no Black man or woman would ever request a public cup of coffee , or enter a public bathroom , or undertake to register to vote , without calculating the easily fatal risks attached to such a simple act . |
| 30 | So we asked ourselves whether this catalogue would still find a corresponding resonance , given the flood of technical literature which is currently circulating in the ceramics market . |