Example sentences of "that would [vb infin] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aim was to create a non-biased set of figures that would paint an international picture of the scale of air pollution . |
| 2 | Agreement could not be reached on a formula that would serve the best interests of the Charity and the discussions were finally closed . |
| 3 | Senior also differed from his colleagues with respect to the larger and smaller councils that would complement the local authorities providing the main services . |
| 4 | ‘ At one point things got out of hand and we had to organise a group of MPs a Make-up Patrol crew to follow the actors around to see that they did n't eat anything or do anything that would affect the prosthetic face gear . ’ |
| 5 | Dickson himself admits to having early doubts about some of the ecological subtleties — including the supposed , and biologically unusual , ability of the common reeds that would comprise the visible part of the constructed wetland , to transfer oxygen from leaf-surface to below water , thereby allowing aerobic bacteria to metabolise concentrated sewage . |
| 6 | Then she gave him a fine-toothed comb that would drag the dead lice and their eggs from his hair after the liquid had done its work . |
| 7 | Erm the unstable bladder was present more often amongst our obstructed group although erm this was not something that would distinguish the obstructed patients from the non-obstructed . |
| 8 | The Italian sat close to his friend on the front row of the plastic-coated seats , and studied every two , three , minutes the T.V. monitor that would announce the next flight out . |
| 9 | A proper discussion of a football match can not occur if one of the participants is quite ignorant of the rules of the game ; and the kind of assessment of a restaurant meal that would involve the possible insertion of the establishment into a good food guide ( or perhaps its deletion from it ) will not get very far if one of the diners does not care for the meal because his idea of a gastronomic treat is a cheeseburger and french fries ( though within the order of the burger discriminations are possible ) . |
| 10 | The absence of a rebound internal anal sphincter response after deflation of the rectal balloon in all patients with a spinal transection at a level that would involve the sympathetic outflow would support interruption of sympathetic reflexes conveyed through the spinal cord . |
| 11 | Asked whether a Bolshevik-style revolution in Africa by violent means that would miss the capitalist stage of development was possible , he said : ‘ I do n't think that revolution in this sense is possible . ’ |
| 12 | But not entirely — outside on Madison Avenue is a huge lifesize model of a red fire engine , the work of Charles Ray , who says he tried to make an object that would embody a fundamental sense of ambition , in the form of a child 's toy . |
| 13 | Occasionally , heroin and strychnine are put in , and no doubt there are sometimes other additives that would fail an Olympic drug test if the user remained fit enough to do athletics . |
| 14 | To the Germans , however , it presented the key to Côte 304 , which was the key to Mort Homme , which in turn was the key that would unlock the Right Bank , und so weiter . |
| 15 | Edward Forbes and Darwin were inspired by Lyell to look for geological changes that would explain the present distribution of species in Europe . |
| 16 | It was a long time before she saw anything that would explain the curious horse call ; then she saw a notice-board standing up , gaunt and solitary , ahead of her , and she hurried towards it . |
| 17 | He was also inspired by Humboldt 's vision of an all-embracing theory that would explain the geographical diversity of life on earth . |
| 18 | I made a guesswork assessment that it would be able to provide a motor car that would cost the disabled person at least 25 per cent less than if he made his own arrangements . |
| 19 | His partner on the fairways , caddie Pete Bender , was determined it would not be lack of inspiration or experience from him that would cost the big Australian this major . |
| 20 | They had boosted the strength of the signal they were bouncing off the troposphere and started transmitting the pre-coded programme that would override the telemetric signals being sent from Bacton to the offshore gas platforms . |
| 21 | Both the major parties were agreed as to the need for a welfare state and a mixed , but managed , economy that would soften the rough edges of capitalism as they cut into the needy . |
| 22 | A poll that would satisfy the aesthetic sense of a professional statistician would , for example , always ask any Do n't Know how he voted last time , and collate this information into the poll . |
| 23 | Mr Ashdown said he could be blamed for forcing a second election , but he was seeking PR because it was central to a coalition that would ensure a stable government . |
| 24 | leyasu sought to establish a system of rule that would ensure the continued dominance of his heirs . |
| 25 | The argument that would draw a sharp line between quantification of litigation costs which may be done by taxation , on the one hand , and quantification of non-litigation costs , which must be done by the Chancery master taking the account without the assistance of a taxing master , on the other hand , is , in our judgment , misconceived . |
| 26 | I had to achieve an impression of London ; to find a series of marks that would give a visual cue rather than deliver a mass of topographical detail . |
| 27 | It had to be something that would give the prospective punter some idea of the staggering depth and scope and thoroughness of Henry 's work . |
| 28 | New feminism stressed the importance of women 's role in the home , not to argue the case of female uniqueness and social maternalism , but rather in order to demand reforms that would give the individual mother control over her ‘ conditions of work ’ and ‘ her product ’ . |
| 29 | Let us turn to another definition that would give the context-dependent nature of such phenomena more centrality : ( 12 ) Pragmatics is the study of the relations between language and context that are basic to an account of language understanding Here the term language understanding is used in the way favoured by workers in artificial intelligence to draw attention to the fact that understanding an utterance involves a great deal more than knowing the meanings of the words uttered and the grammatical relations between them . |
| 30 | If we 're only offering £10,500 a year to join the police force , for people to put their lives on the line , it not the sort of money that would attract the right people . |