Example sentences of "[noun prp] would [verb] [verb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did n't expect to find any as the hotel had recently been refurbished and the KGB would have used the latest available technology , burying it in the plasterwork , the heating and the plumbing . |
| 2 | Opponents of this proposal , who included the Comptroller General , Charles Bowsher , argued that a borrowing limit above that of $25,000 million originally sought by the FDIC would threaten to draw the federal government further into debt , because the FDIC would be unlikely to be able to honour such a high level of debt on its own , and could itself be compelled eventually to turn to the government for rescue funding . |
| 3 | Last month President Lee Teng-hui announced that Taiwan would seek to rejoin the United Nations , as well as pushing for membership of the GATT . |
| 4 | By ensuring that young Robert Edward would live to father the next generation of Titfords , Elizabeth had made her contribution to the survival of that branch of the family . |
| 5 | But Milan would have to be dealt with again , and Barbarossa would return to quell the troublesome Italians on more than one occasion . |
| 6 | After all she was her friend and she was in no doubt that had the positions been reversed Maggie would have done the same . |
| 7 | No doubt Sewell would have maintained the old order but there were forces outside the College working for change . |
| 8 | Spain would continue to show the highest annual incidence in Europe . |
| 9 | Mildred dived for Ethel 's bench , knowing that Ethel would have made the best potion of all , and there it was , dark green and bubbling in the cauldron , with a half-full test-tube conveniently spilling a puddle of the liquid onto the bench . |
| 10 | As I say , at Darlington Hall too , many a visiting employee would bring the latest tales of Mr Neighbours 's achievements , so that I and the likes of Mr Graham would have to share the frustrating experience of hearing anecdote after anecdote relating to him . |
| 11 | Doumen would love to become the first French trainer to accomplish that remarkable double . |
| 12 | ‘ In a subsequent editorial the newspaper fiercely attacked the CPS decision … and questioned whether the CPS would have made the same decision if the woman had been a black girl caught in exactly the same way on Broadwater Farm . |
| 13 | I think Protheroe would like to get the occasional report . ’ |
| 14 | Moreover , had he accepted an offer from the National Gallery , Mr Walsh would have abandoned the biggest museum construction project in the world , the $1 billion headquarters now beginning to rise on the Getty 's oceanside compound ( The Art Newspaper No. 12 , November 1991 , p. 4 ) . |
| 15 | Surely Tom would have rejoined the other guests and forgotten all about her by now ? |
| 16 | To claim his inheritance , Nero would have instructed the chief financial officer in Britain , the Procurator , Decianus Catus , to make a full inventory of the royal estates and possessions . |
| 17 | Yet you still came across people who thought that South Africa would have won the last World Cup . |
| 18 | That so few boilers in the UK would have met the tougher standards would have provided an excellent opportunity for new , cost-reducing investment . |
| 19 | ( Laidler 1987 , p. 345 ) ( One argument for the UK fully joining the European Monetary System is that in order to maintain our par the UK would have to have the same ( low ) inflation rate as West Germany . ) |
| 20 | To make assurance doubly sure-and also to begin a move in the direction of greater picturability — let us now see how Schrödinger would have obtained the same result . |
| 21 | Vincent would have applauded the religious tenor of Lawrence 's Foreword to Sons and Lovers , and especially this : ‘ So there is the Father — which should be called the Mother … ’ |
| 22 | But for Whelan 's late goal , Wembley would have staged the first all-Second Division FA Cup Final on May 9 . |
| 23 | If Mr Parkinson agrees , BR would have to abandon the private Bill it is planning to introduce in Parliament next month , to build the link . |
| 24 | Alan Gordon James Watt would seem to have the ideal credentials for an international lock . |
| 25 | Rocky introduced them as Carl Wood , Jubal Cantrell and Austen Parker , but Jim Miller would have recognised the latter two as Jube and Red , the pair who had baited him and given him such a hard time before Rocky 's intervention had rescued him . |
| 26 | No archbishop but Fisher would have had the administrative ability or the tenacity to achieve the end . |
| 27 | If they could have , the NZCC would have cancelled the 1931 trip . |
| 28 | These might have been held to be missing links in a chain of which the links were very small in some places , and large ( so far ) in others ; but this idea conflicted with the notion that God would have created the best of all possible worlds , which should therefore not change over time since all change must be for the worse . |
| 29 | Czechoslovakia would seek to rejoin the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) and the World Bank ( both of which it had left in 1954 ) before 1991 . |
| 30 | Mr Delors claimed Mr Major had gone back on his word that Britain would help fund the EC-backed High Definition TV , being developed by France and Holland . |