Example sentences of "which would [vb infin] in a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Probing with his narrow hands he located the organs he sought , and , using another slender knife , dislodged and withdrew them , handing them to his assistant , who placed them in bronze trays and took them to another table where he covered them with natron salt , to dry and preserve them ready for the four jars which would stand in a chest at the head of the coffin .
2 That 's where the spigot was , packed with the explosive propellant which would ignite in a flash and send the bomb on a high trajectory towards its target .
3 Secondly , there should be a real assault upon the incompetence and inefficiencies of our courts , which would result in a reduction of the time men and women are held on remand and reduce pressure in that way .
4 This was particularly so where , as here , the applicant had been charged with serious disciplinary offences which would result in a loss of liberty .
5 It is now uncommon , and ill-advised , for the seller to agree to warranties being repeated at completion , since matters could happen between contract and completion completely outside its control ( indeed despite its best efforts ) which would result in a breach of warranty at completion and hence a potential damages claim from the acquirer .
6 At the least , the seller should agree to ensure that the business of the offeree group is carried on in the ordinary and usual course so as to maintain the same as a going concern ; and that nothing is voluntarily done or omitted which would result in a material inaccuracy in the warranties if they were repeated on , and as at , completion .
7 But the asymmetry of causal items and their effects is , of their very nature , a fact about them , a fact which would persist in a world devoid of desires , and , as might be added , a world devoid of our capability of bringing things about .
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