Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was on the dole in Sheffield once and I swore I 'd sweep streets rather than going back . ’ |
| 2 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 3 | Similarly for example 3 , syntax would choose are over arc , and for example 2 , semantics would choose dog rather than clog . |
| 4 | Were such a proof to be successfully produced , moreover — in other words if Anselm were shown to be right — then from our point of view such a success would undermine faith rather than establish it . |
| 5 | Cyril Ramaphosa , president of the National Union of Mineworkers and one of the group who met Mr Mandela on Tuesday , said that after their release the ANC men would demand passports so as to visit ANC leaders abroad for consultations . |
| 6 | ( 4 ) Finally , I have the unchallenged evidence from her father , supported by her boyfriend , with no evidence from the mother to contradict it , that , as I noted in his evidence , ‘ I have no doubt in my mind that [ Miss T. ] would take blood rather than die . ’ |
| 7 | However , some of my medical and scientific friends now suspect that some women burn up only 1,500 calories daily — so obviously , on this intake , they would maintain weight rather than reduce surplus fat . |
| 8 | Darlington Ramblers spokesman Alan Hutchinson , who accused the committee of favouring landowners in rights of way issues , said the suggested change at Cleatlam which would skirt fields rather than cross them would offer inferior views and be longer . |
| 9 | During his next sermon he said he would leave Kidderminster rather than cause them to be guilty of his murder . |
| 10 | A wide statutory definition would require exceptions so as to exclude tax avoidance ; a narrow definition would exclude many existing qualified worthy bodies , and hamper growth for the future . |
| 11 | Ear lobes , of course , on a whale would pose problems underwater where streamlining is so important and in any event , they would not perform as efficiently in water as they do in air . |
| 12 | A better piece of news for the Government yesterday came from Brussels , where there were indications that German and Spanish EC finance ministers were gradually swinging round to the Government 's view that the social chapter would lose jobs rather than protect them . |
| 13 | No , he would lose time rather than gain it , and a horse would be little help to him , for he 'd have to go downstream to the ford . |