Example sentences of "[vb past] they would [adv] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Australian government announced they would not sign the Antarctic Minerals Convention , designed to control any mineral exploitation there and due to be signed by all nations claiming territory there . |
| 2 | Among financial and personnel managers generally , one in four admitted they would not choose the same career again , 60% were satisfied with their choice , and 15% were unsure . |
| 3 | In the course of our case studies , we found that programmers/analysts capable of working in certain specific software/hardware areas ( for example , IBM System 38 , PICK ) were extremely scarce , in some cases so much so that " nobody is training them any more " ( since high turnover rates meant they would not have the chance to amortise the training investment ) . |
| 4 | As Japanese banks can count 45% of unrealised gains on shareholdings as capital , Japanese banks with huge equity portfolios thought they would easily meet the deadline . |
| 5 | They said they would rather have the cash . |
| 6 | More than half the 500 people quizzed in a poll said they would not use the Chunnel . |
| 7 | All the way back I hoped they would still have the odd one to enable me to complete the suit and happily luck was with me . |