Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] [art] [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 From now on time was on the side of the anti-coalitionists , for the approach of another election would eventually reopen the argument to their advantage .
2 He had played his part , had enjoyed the pomp and the dressing-up , and being with his bride the centre of attention , confident all the while that Fate , his father or the future — the three f's as he called them to himself — would eventually rearrange the matter to everyone 's satisfaction .
3 He said he would rather give the balloons to the children to take home .
4 An ‘ ideator ’ is a prolific idea generator who , by definition , does not like to ‘ reduce ideas to practice ’ ( i.e. make a prototype ) , but would rather restrict the ideas to the realm of mental gymnastics .
5 Critics of the plan , including World Wide Fund for Nature experts , argue that such a move would only expose the rhinos to greater danger .
6 I suspect that removing the information about ethnic origin would only postpone the discrimination to the interview stage .
7 The holiday was one I have always dreamed about and I would highly recommend the centre to any outdoor enthusiast .
8 Even so , it should not be assumed that the abolition of public examinations would necessarily put an end to transmission styles of teaching .
9 After all , Mistress Hopkins would scarcely open the door to anyone .
10 The Swedish government welcomed the positive opinion , and reiterated its view that neutrality or defence considerations would not form an obstacle to Sweden 's accession to the EC .
11 Once again , we would not expect the perception to be a problem .
12 With respect , there is much to be said for the minority view expressed by Lord Pearce which is based upon certainty in transactions and would not expose the parties to shifts in scientific knowledge right up to the time of trial .
13 That would not present a problem to England 's selectors , since the 16-strong party picked for India already includes one-day specialists Graeme Hick , John Emburey and Neil Fairbrother with eight limited-overs games due to be played on the sub-continent .
14 Mr Maskey added that internment in any form would not bring an end to the republican campaign .
15 We are quite clear , and we were clear when we conducted the talks this summer , that they were not peace talks because they would not bring an end to the violence , but were one of the pressures that can be mounted against the terrorists .
16 Even if a failure to implement the reorganisation would not bring the business to a standstill , dismissal for a failure to conform with it might be fair if there was ‘ some sound , good business reason for the reorganisation ’ .
17 A week ago it was announced that the Government would not refer the deal to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
18 The loan would not become a burden to your dependents .
19 The loan would not become a burden to your dependents .
20 Where it seemed that this would cause injustice , equity stepped in with the doctrine of " part performance " : if the contract were partly performed , equity would not allow a statute to be used " as an engine of fraud " .
21 The ship steered into Lochranza ; the inhabitants had heard of the boat with plague aboard and would not allow the body to be brought ashore .
22 She would not allow the manacle to be removed , and her word had to be obeyed .
23 Again , where a contract provides , e.g. , that A shall pay £100 on 1 January next , and if he does not do so , shall pay £200 , Equity would not allow the £200 to be claimed , but treated it only as a security for the £100 with interest .
24 Labour leaders were delighted with Major 's accession , because they suspected he would not have the nerve to ‘ cut and run ’ early .
25 To hold that " reckless " bears a subjective meaning would be consistent with the definition in the tort of deceit : one would not wish a person to be convicted of a crime when he would not be tortiously liable .
26 The applicant sought judicial review of the decison of the Director of the Serious Fraud Office on 26 June 1991 , in the course of criminal proceedings against the applicant , to seek to enforce his compliance with the requirement contained in a notice issued pursuant to section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 to attend at her offices and answer questions or otherwise furnish information in respect of her investigation of the applicant alone , afer she had caused him to be interviewed under caution on three occasions and thereafter charged him with an offence , at a time when and in circumstances whereby ( a ) the applicant 's application for legal aid had not yet been granted and he had neither legal advice nor legal representation available to him ; ( b ) the Director had stated that she would not cause the applicant to be further cautioned in compliance with Code C , paragraph 16.5 of the current Codes of Practice issued pursuant to the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 .
27 Fleischmann and Pons ' ideas had been anticipated though for all the wrong reasons , primarily a misguided attempt to make helium to fill airships , and all this because the USA would not sell the gas to postwar Germany .
28 ‘ The writer of this article lives a long way from Washington and would not know the answers to these questions . ’
29 This could be interpreted with reference to Article 3B , ‘ the objectives of the proposed action can not be … achieved by the Member States ’ and the principle of subsidiarity would thus provide no obstacle to the Community 's action .
30 What does seem to be a reasonable inference , however , is that this child would normally offer a response to an ambiguous or unclear statement on the confident expectation that his choice will be either confirmed or disconfirmed by the speaker .
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