Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [vb infin] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But , particularly since Tiananmen , it has been echoing the argument that people would be less concerned to leave Hong Kong before 1997 if they could be absolutely confident that other countries would accept them after that date . |
| 2 | Since paraprofessional social welfare personnel are an important resource for meeting people 's needs , one would assume that policy makers , social service administrators and professional social workers would view them in this light and would do what they could to support and develop this valuable resource . |
| 3 | Hitler was fit only for the loony bin , his generals would kill him within five minutes if he ever declared war , and he only had one ball . |
| 4 | The eventual extension of the index to include outposted files would bring them under closer scrutiny and control , and , although a degree of consistency would be achieved by revising the file references to the level recommended by the Working Party , branch officers would still retain considerable discretion to organise their files in a manner that suited their particular needs . |
| 5 | The letter was , however , present in the orthographic tradition ( regardless of the mixed origins of the tradition in Old English , Anglo-Norman and Latin orthography ) : thus , in the absence of strong orthographic standardization , the scribes would omit it on some occasions and insert it ‘ hypercorrectly ’ on others . |
| 6 | Or maybe Norris and his pals would distract her from this crazed idea of getting air-locked drunk by suggesting a friendly game of cards . |
| 7 | Signor fragolli would meet us at one thirty P.M. outside the Central Naval Museum , which he insisted upon calling the Stock Exchange . |
| 8 | He also decided that his usual debt-collection procedures would persuade me of that seriousness . |
| 9 | For example , Hungary , Poland and Romania were inserted into the upper-middle-income group , where their apparent per capita income scores would locate them in any case , whereas Angola , Cuba and North Korea were transplanted from lower-middle-income to nonreporting nonmembers . |
| 10 | He further decided that she had not established a grave risk that the return of the children would expose them to physical or psychological harm or otherwise place them in an intolerable situation , and he ordered their return to Australia pursuant to the provisions of article 12 of the Hague Convention . |
| 11 | Papa says that most horses would envy me in that line ! ’ |