Example sentences of "he would [verb] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness ( Mr. Franks ) gets on his high horse , perhaps he would care to consider the devastating consequences for his constituents — and any constituents involved in the manufacturing of submarines — as a result of the collapse of submarine orders . |
| 2 | When the psychologist Donald Griffin describes the ability of great tits and chickadees to obtain milk from bottles by ‘ pecking through their shiny coverings with the conscious intention of obtaining food ’ ( 1984 : 35 ) , it is obvious that were he not talking of a ‘ conscious intention ’ , in the normal human acceptation of the phrase , he would fail to arouse the average reader 's curiosity and sympathies . |
| 3 | Asked whether , having failed to get any positive results despite good funding , he would continue to investigate the paranormal , Phillips said , ‘ that 's up in the air . |
| 4 | In fact the writer goes on to say , ‘ It would be the embalmer 's dream never to see another ‘ posted case ’ , and he would like to see the usual procedure altered with regard to the requesting of a post-mortem examination . |
| 5 | He said he would like to see the environmental burden removed from the industry in the future and salmon farmers paid , in the same way as agricultural farmers , for sound conservation practice . |
| 6 | He thinks that the tax credit encourages creative accounting and will provide less benefit than the administration imagines ; instead , he would like to see the corporate income-tax increase held to 35% . |
| 7 | After prolonged search Basil would say he would like to try the other shop . |
| 8 | King Henry II carried out legal reforms and , in 1162 , persuaded Thomas Beckett to become Archbishop of Canterbury in the hope that he would help to bring the ecclesiastical courts into line with the royal courts . |
| 9 | Before the heaviest snowfalls he would need to read the advance signals in the weather and move the sheep down into groups round the storage points , making them more accessible for feeding and , he hoped , cutting down losses in drifts . |
| 10 | The Secretary of State said that he would have to ask the Chief Secretary to the Treasury where the money would come from . |
| 11 | To be certain he would have to search the entire National Trust site . |
| 12 | The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out . |
| 13 | Unless there was one in the back wall , he would have to abandon the entire exercise . |
| 14 | That law would permit such an authority to rely upon presumed injury to its reputation because the defendant , who had accomplished a statement reflecting upon the reputation of the local authority , would have to prove the truth if he sought to justify the publication ; and , if he had commented adversely upon the conduct of the council , he would have to prove the substantial truth of the facts upon which the comment was based . |
| 15 | But deep down he had the feeling that sooner or later , he would have to face the big wave with her . |
| 16 | He would try to find the right balance between the predictability necessary to protect the valuable institutions of legislation and precedent and the flexibility necessary for himself and other judges to improve the law through what they do in court . |