Example sentences of "[noun prp] would [verb] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the British system virtually every seat in Wallonie would have returned Socialists and virtually every seat in Flanders would have returned Christian Democrats . |
| 2 | Oil industry officials said that Mexico would have to import some petrol products until a new 300,000 bpd plant was completed . |
| 3 | Hungary would love to join other trade clubs . |
| 4 | Penny would have known more wives from the Agency and from the Bureau than she would have met wives from the Service . |
| 5 | By the time the United Kingdom referendum had been held at the beginning of June 1975 , electors in Northern Ireland would have voted seven times in two and a quarter years . |
| 6 | Dalgliesh said : ‘ Agnes Poley would have understood that atmosphere too . |
| 7 | The Algerian embassy in Washington would cease to represent Iranian interests . |
| 8 | In a resolution published by the republic 's official press , it was also announced that the Ukraine would stop building nuclear power plants altogether . |
| 9 | Later ages have tended to magnify the importance of those thinkers and poets who disagreed ; there is no reason to think that the young Wordsworth would have taken any notice of them ; he believed with his University that whatever Newton said , was right . |
| 10 | She hoped for a reply , but dared not hope too much ; she imagined that the Hon Mrs Anderson-Hunt would have had many replies and perhaps ladies with experience would be far more preferable to a young comparatively inexperienced girl like her . |
| 11 | The assumption underlying Bismarck 's diplomacy in the 1880s , that given her conflict with Austria-Hungary over the Balkans Russia would have to accept German terms to avoid diplomatic isolation , proved unfounded . |
| 12 | Folivores ( leaf-eaters ) may satisfy their sodium requirement only by consuming soil or water plants , while animals like litter-feeding cockroaches in Amazonia would need to consume 30–40 times their energy requirement of litter to satisfy their phosphorus needs : in fact they eat dead animals as well . |
| 13 | Had he succeeded , Sartre would have established dialectical reason as successfully for the human sciences as Kant had established analytical reason for natural science . |
| 14 | John Durnford-Slater would have accepted this sailor 's surrender , but a more angry commando shot the bomber dead . |
| 15 | And we think that Gen McCreery would have given short shrift to anyone who tried to pull the wool over his eyes . |
| 16 | A medieval visitor to Cambridge would have passed twelve churches as he walked through the town , roughly a hundred yards apart over a stretch of a mile ; and Cambridge was a very modest town . |
| 17 | Brooking , Devonshire or Dickens would have rendered useless Leeds 's tedious offside trap by the simple expedient of running through from deep with the ball . |
| 18 | One would have thought Willi would have drummed some kind of graciousness into him . |
| 19 | A report to members of the borough council 's transport committee claims any trader selling refreshments at Chesnut Street would need to attract other clientele and extend opening hours . |
| 20 | Hayling explained further that if the GLC was going to support the venture , Walsh would have to get some newspaper professionals — or at least semi-professionals — involved , including , of course , Ben Lowe . |
| 21 | Even a detractor of Caro would want to own this book just for the photography . |
| 22 | Surely , in a different generation , John Jackson would have gained more honours than his single appearance for the Football League . |
| 23 | Martin would go to help any parent if he could , to talk to their youngsters , and I think that is the situation . |
| 24 | If Pinewood studios had been in need of a resident historian — and the days of historical dramas emanating from that studio seemed themselves to have been consigned to history-Kenneth Williams would have fulfilled that role . |
| 25 | Frank played left midfielder/winger in a 4–5-1 formation ( with Jostein Flo from Sheff.Utd. at the right flank and debutant Geir Frigard from Kongsvinger , Norway , as the striker ) and did well , even though ‘ Drillo ’ Olsen would have wanted more movement off the ball from him . |
| 26 | Oliver would have had more sense and initiative . |
| 27 | He promised that China would continue to strengthen bilateral co-operation with the UK on the basis of the Joint Declaration and the Memorandum of Understanding concerning the construction and financing of a new airport in Hong Kong , a highly sensitive issue [ see p. 38340 ] , on which more bilateral discussions were to be held in July . |
| 28 | The issue was raised during the recent presentations of the annual results for the company when GBW managing director was asked whether Guinness would consider issuing such scrip dividends . |
| 29 | One would have assumed that as two classicists , Punch contributors and men of letters of an old-fashioned Christian temper , Lewis and Knox would have known each other for years . |
| 30 | I suspect Lil would like to make further efforts towards reconciliation . |