Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] [prep] [Wh det] [pers pn] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | But again I think it has been unfortunate er er that recently there have been a few cases in which it would have been better not to prosecute |
| 2 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 3 | There are certainly some situations in which it would be seen as entirely inappropriate , for example in relationships between grandchildren and their grandparents , where support is normally given from the older to the younger generation , but in the form of a gift . |
| 4 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 5 | In this example , No. 3 is the same as No. 1 , but it is easy to imagine many circumstances in which they would be different in practice . |
| 6 | Laura had many principles over which she would never compromise , one of which was the importance of giving each guest or employee a room of his or her own ; even two women would never be expected to share . |
| 7 | So the argument put forward by Machiavelli that a leader ‘ must not mind incurring the scandal of those vices without which it would be difficult to save the state ’ on the grounds ‘ that some things which seem virtues would , if followed , lead to one 's ruin and that some others which appear vices result in one 's greater security and well-being ’ , is completely contrary to Gandhi 's views . |
| 8 | Moreover , he did not envisage any circumstances in which he would exercise a right to intervene . |
| 9 | I could not have conceived of any circumstances in which it would have been sensible for any particular political group to murder Gaitskell , and the likelihood that it was murder — in such an immensely complicated fashion — seemed to me at first blush fanciful and absurd . |
| 10 | Are there any ways in which you would , or do , bring up your own children differently ? |
| 11 | ( 2 ) Any officer , servant or agent of the Bank may , on producing if required evidence of his authority , enter any premises occupied by any person on whom a notice could be served under section 39 above for the purpose of obtaining there such information or documents as are specified in the authority , being information or documents that could have been required by such a notice ; but the Bank shall not authorise any person to act under this subsection unless it has reasonable cause to believe that if such a notice were served it would not be complied with or that any documents to which it would relate would be removed , tampered with or destroyed . |