Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | T. Thistleton Dyer comments that it was once customary to inter a lamb beneath the church 's altar ; the kirkgrim or churchgrim , in the form of this lamb , would latterly appear in the pews to indicate a coming funeral . |
| 2 | They would mostly agree with the list of " helpful " features in Table 4.1 , on page 38 , and acknowledge that the confessional approach should not engage in those in the righthand column . |
| 3 | Some went to town on Bolivia 's planetary responsibility , warning that such barbarian customs would eventually lead to the flooding of New York and Miami and the extinction of the human race . |
| 4 | Marx believed that the following aspects of capitalist society would eventually lead to the proletariat developing into a class for itself . |
| 5 | Marx believed that these and other contradictions would eventually lead to the downfall of the capitalist system . |
| 6 | By contrast , the only regular ‘ supporter ’ was Kitty Little , a long-standing pro-nuclear activist whose persistent promotion of the fast breeder reactor was matched only by her equally persistent belief that the British anti-nuclear campaign was part of an international plot incorporating the Rothschilds and President Carter and which would eventually lead to the imposition of an ‘ atheist Marxist-Leninist dictatorship ’ . |
| 7 | In terms of female users , this can be particularly tragic as in the following case , where the woman did not seek treatment because she assumed that this would eventually lead to the placing of a care order on her children : |
| 8 | Also , his experience of the frequently inept English resistance doubtless caused him to guess that it would eventually weaken to the point where he would be accepted as king . |
| 9 | When she left the desert , and the Sandrat knew she would eventually come to the end of the sand , the face would be waiting for her . |
| 10 | I would gladly talk about the ideas of the Carthaginians , if we only knew them . |
| 11 | If you both wa if you both would rather go to the hospital you ca n't do that . |
| 12 | But Franco was tougher than expected and the interview failed ; after it Hitler is supposed to have said he would rather go to the dentist than meet Franco again . |
| 13 | ‘ Which girl is bad ? ’ asked Nour , his hair dark gold from the wetting of the shower , and I felt I would rather swim in the pool with the crocodiles than tell him about the girl like a cat . |
| 14 | Secondly , the provision of subways and footbridges should be avoided where possible , for they are often ignored by pedestrians who would rather dodge through the cars than climb to bridge level or expose themselves to the unpleasant and sometimes dangerous environment of a subway . |
| 15 | She would rather stand outside the door all day long than face Mademoiselle when she looked like that . |
| 16 | You would rather stand in the rain any day than in a bus shelter . ’ |
| 17 | We value our privacy and would rather talk about the weather than enter into controversy or volunteer our innermost thoughts . |
| 18 | but he he would never stay except , you know , it always had to be in respectable kind of a barn or something he would live in , least And in fact instead of that he would ra if it was good days he would rather lie at the dyke side . |
| 19 | ‘ You could take any keeper in Britain — there 's not one we would rather have between the post tonight more than him . |
| 20 | Which is rather like saying that slum-dwellers would rather live in the slums than anywhere else — there they are in the slums , are n't they ? |
| 21 | Er I hope that makes the matter clear , because when we come to make a decision on this group of amendments , er when I er seek the opinion of the er Committee on my Amendment five , I shall only be seeking agreement to Amendment five and its related amendments er eight and eleven and if the Noble Lord , Lord er if , if the House were er to disagree with my Amendment or if it were to be withdrawn and the Noble Lord , Lord amendment were , were put , I think he would agree that it would only tha that that a decision by the Committee would only relate to the amendments in his name because we have in fact four alternatives before us which we are debating together . |
| 22 | Politically it was the awakening of these groups which was most important , for as Professor Christie has concluded : |
| 23 | The only obligations to transfer economic benefits which should not be taken into account are those which would not be considered in accordance with the going concern concept , that is , those which would only arise on the insolvency of the issuer and , where the issuer is expected to be able to comply with covenants on loan and similar agreements , those which would follow a breach of those covenants . |
| 24 | For the moment my boat was staying on Straker 's Cay , and she would only pass into the senator 's care if I agreed to extend the trial two weeks , cruise-cure into a full summer 's excursion . |
| 25 | He leads his country out for a world-record 36th time and would only continue at the top if the Springboks win . |
| 26 | He waited in growing irritation while a woman minutely described her missing cat , and impressed on the desk-sergeant that it would only answer to the name Roger . |
| 27 | ‘ We would only call off the strike if Mrs Falconer was given assurances that her job would be saved . ’ |
| 28 | If the weather was fine and we wanted to be out in the mountains , then we would only work in the evening . |
| 29 | The battle for respectability led to better cinemas but it was always conceded that real victory would only come through the production of better films . |
| 30 | Greece opposed recognition on the grounds that no country could claim the name of Macedonia ; that the republic , if independent , would only survive as the instrument of another country ; and that it would threaten northern Greece . |