Example sentences of "[noun pl] [that] would [vb infin] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Got any glad rags that would fit the bill ? ’ |
| 2 | Knowing that it was a basic railway practice to use detonators in foggy conditions to protect signals , etc , and as the sound they emitted carried some distance , the men awaited the series of bangs that would herald the presence of a train . |
| 3 | In Britain , two months earlier , the government had decided in a last-minute about-turn that its nuclear power stations , once the shining lamps that would light the way to the sustainably developed future , were unsaleable and so would be withdrawn from privatization of the electricity industry . |
| 4 | This degree of control was introduced because the government believed that some urban Labour councils were profligate in their policies on spending — policies that would undermine the viability of local businesses . |
| 5 | He argued that , to achieve that , one had to carry out policies that would eradicate the poverty , misery and difficulties facing those citizens . |
| 6 | At the same time , it was reluctant to pursue policies that would increase the tax burden or the public sector of the economy . |
| 7 | We have n't been trying hard to persuade the Garrimperos to adopt different technologies , more modern technologies that would avoid the contamination of the mercury , but as I said I believe the only way of reaching this goal is if we can organize the Garrimperos to have er a kind of er institutionalized way of exploiting gold , not the sort of gold rush i that is being on and on On and off in Brazil for two centuries right now . |
| 8 | And the acrylics because the acrylic yarns had to be developed , new yarns had to be developed apart from machinery we had to develop yarns that would meet the demand . |
| 9 | : the computer has no knowledge of the cultural norms that would identify the fridge as being a likely repository for food . |
| 10 | The research was supported by WACC and carried out by the Centre for Artistic and Cultural Research ( ceneca ) with the aim of encouraging TV networks to carry programmes that would improve the quality of young people 's lives and thereby enhance their contribution to national life . |
| 11 | Referring to the Autumn Statement 's firm limits on public sector wage increases , its public spending ceilings and its priority for programmes that would help the economy , Mr Lamont said those measures had played a key role in putting Britain on course for recovery and would be continued . |
| 12 | They are also prohibited from entering into transactions that would have the effect of altering significantly the assets or liabilities of the company or entering into commitments without consideration . |
| 13 | In 1991 it offered handsome tax incentives to encourage the creation of big trading companies that would do the job more efficiently than lots of little sellers . |
| 14 | Coun Nigel Watson said British Steel should be encouraged to apply for grants given in special circumstances that would keep the quarry traffic on the railway . |
| 15 | Chesarynth gritted her teeth , her lips clamped on half-formed phrases that would give the game away , knowing she was n't good enough to deserve the shining wonder the meanings sang inside her . |
| 16 | As the complex railway networks fanned out from these nodal points of British power the companies built there stations that would match the railway , civic , and administrative grandeur associated with them . |
| 17 | British filmmakers could come up with films that would overcome the resistance of American exhibitors to non-Hollywood products , as the $5 million grossed by The Red Shoes suggests , but they would n't do so in sufficient quantities until Rank had developed more sophisticated ideas about how to cajole the right sort of product from his writers , directors and producers . |
| 18 | Conservatives sought to update their theoretical perspective without giving way to ideas that would threaten the notion of a divinely structured natural hierarchy . |
| 19 | Advanced in the interests of increasing the resources and efficiency of the State , the programme of the civil servants of Charles III contained in its armoury weapons that would destroy the complex of values upholding the static society of the old regime . |
| 20 | It will also assess other potentially detectable cardiac conditions that would place the athlete at increased risk . |
| 21 | They require little or no pruning or other attention , being remarkably resistant to disease , and are among the hardiest of all roses , thriving in conditions that would frighten the life out of most others . |
| 22 | There are also those who would like to see changes that would redress the balance towards the Plowden objective of social planning ( Walker , 1984 ) . |
| 23 | and it would be relatives that would do the bidding in a certain district . |
| 24 | A stone hurled at a raised arm splashing casually in the approach , or the noise of stones crunched underfoot , was sufficient reminder of more deadly missiles that would come the way of a careless visitor on an enemy beach . |
| 25 | It would be difficult to build water-gathering reservoirs of the size of those found in other Parts of the Pennines in the Dales because of the many eaves and potholes that would carry the water away . |
| 26 | It was n't any use going back to the shop now ; she would phone Myra , then she would get down to designing the bridesmaids ' dresses that would match the bride 's gown she was commissioned to make for a big wedding in the autumn . |
| 27 | If you only want to take a few doors or windows back to bare wood for repainting , there are many other cheaper guns that would do the job . |
| 28 | In particular , he began to harp on the conservative themes that would provide the centrepiece of his campaigns for the governorship of California and which he would eventually carry with him into the White House . |
| 29 | Ian Oswald and Phil Telford then detailed the review of branch procedures that would involve the development of Formlink , enhancement of the LAN system and an appropriate reduction in unnecessary clerical tasks . |
| 30 | Below each speck , attacked by the unseen lines were the dark smudges of the personal life rafts that would hit the water seconds before their bodies . |