Example sentences of "would [adv] [verb] the [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Pena hoped that a new aviation agreement could be reached this year between the US and the UK and added that the US would vigorously defend the right of its carriers abroad . |
| 2 | ( 12 ) Para 33 of Chapter 2 of Section 5 of the Yellow Book provides that , where an increase of authorised share capital of a listed company is proposed and 10 per cent or more of the voting capital will remain unissued , the circular accompanying the notice of meeting must state that no issue will be made which would effectively alter the control of the company without prior approval of its shareholders in general meeting . |
| 3 | In the ensuing weeks the two parties negotiated an agreement on a transitional federal coalition which would effectively oversee the dismantling of the Czechoslovak state . |
| 4 | Following a speech by Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , to barristers this month , there have been fears that senior judges involved in drawing up rules would effectively block the use of the new rights in practice , by insisting that preparation of some cases and their presentation in court should be handled by different people . |
| 5 | We have of course proposed a change to this criterion which would effectively terminate the criterion after P P G seven . |
| 6 | Conservative Central Office has been inundated with jittery reports from regional Tory organisers , but is banking on driving home the message to a receptive audience that a vote for the Liberal Democrats would effectively open the door of Downing Street to Mr Kinnock . |
| 7 | A half-speed recorder would effectively halve the rate of tax that consumers would pay , should a levy be introduced . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , when a minister with a firm grip on government patronage was involved , a refusal to offer such a return would effectively deprive the member of parliament of further opportunities to aid his own constituents . |
| 9 | And for the once mighty Dublin side , defeat would effectively signal the end of what has been a bitterly disappointing and frustrating season . |
| 10 | But I do not consider it reasonable to expect the theist to prove the existence of God , something that would effectively remove the element of trust which I have also highlighted . |
| 11 | Competitors complained that the restriction would effectively turn the race into a one-mile sprint at the end when motorcycle outriders moved from their path to allow the race to proceed at its natural pace . |
| 12 | This constraint would effectively limit the amount of vehicles that a firm could service . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | However , the realisation that he would eventually inherit the farm at Skiplam , when Maisie 's father was too old to run it , sweetened the pill . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Continuing demand in Edinburgh for water from the Union Canal made it necessary for the new aqueduct , which would eventually carry the canal over the bypass at Hermiston , to be constructed without interruption to the flow in the canal and the contractor elected to use an open channel diversion capable of passing 237 litres per second . |
| 17 | Once the beer can had been invented , that is evolved , in one place , it was inevitable that it would eventually take the place of the bottle all over the world , though the process is still going on . |
| 18 | The small community at Grasmere would be the first to experience ‘ the milder day ’ which would eventually include the whole of mankind . |
| 19 | An intricate watering system would eventually replace the army of Baluchistan gardeners who tended not only the road islands but the roundabouts and the young plantations of trees struggling for life under the condemnation of the sun . |
| 20 | The principal questions that the Chiefs of Staff Committee addressed were whether long-range missiles would eventually replace the bomber as the delivery system ; and if so , whether , in the meantime , the last generations of bombers needed to be supersonic or not . |
| 21 | At the time , Comdisco was busy taking advantage of IBM 's 3090-E systems , which would eventually become the foundation of today 's ESA architecture base . |
| 22 | Few brewers realised that the sheer proliferation of products , rather than consumer demand , was fuelling growth and that this short-sighted gallop would eventually limit the size of the market . |
| 23 | Civil servants at the ODA say they ‘ would rather spend the money on social and economic development programmes ’ . |
| 24 | At the same time , he reckons , in the pubs they keep , the big companies would rather sell the product of a small brewery like Belhaven than that of a major competitor . |
| 25 | One is a problem of content : it is appropriate for feminists to celebrate their diverse sexual choices ( lesbianism or spinsterhood , for instance ) but not , perhaps , to reduce ourselves to body parts ( I would have problems referring to myself approvingly as a cunt , or even as a slut , since I would rather challenge the necessity for a linguistic category of ‘ unchaste ’ women than embrace it with joy ) . |
| 26 | Very , very soon the secret of life would be revealed , and Ruth would rather know the secret of death . |
| 27 | In contrast to some critics who would rather see the collection as a one-directional story , with its ‘ phases ’ and ‘ developments ’ , I recall readers to the essentially , inherently repetitive or ongoing nature of this as of all deep and long-lived human relationships . |
| 28 | In fact women are clearly already making this kind of calculation for themselves and many do decide they would rather run the gauntlet of contraceptive side effects than risk a pregnancy and cope with the consequences . |
| 29 | I intended to say merely that we had done as he had instructed us in his letter , hoping that he would thereby confirm the letter as a matter of course . |
| 30 | He fought the idea down ; they were recording him — quite openly — and would presumably analyse the tape for changes in his voice pattern afterwards . |