Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun sg] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would carry conviction only if located in a convincing scenario for sustained modernisation and growth — which no one is convinced Labour has . |
| 2 | Similarly for example 3 , syntax would choose are over arc , and for example 2 , semantics would choose dog rather than clog . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | ( 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 . ’ |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |