Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clearly , the Williams-Renault was on the pace even though gearbox trouble would eventually account for both drivers , Patrese 's departure being the more dramatic of the two . |
| 2 | Would gladly exchange for two white-mice . |
| 3 | This would only make for higher scores which ca n't be good for the game . |
| 4 | It would only make for more difficulties later on . |
| 5 | It would be a mistake to assume that the various strata of middle-class ‘ society ’ would naturally press for liberal reform . |
| 6 | But that would not make for easy writing , still less reading . |
| 7 | I tell you there ai n't nothing he would not do for that football club . |
| 8 | It would not do for some occupant of the house to look out of the window and actually see one walking across the lawn . |
| 9 | I would not suggest for one moment that they existed here . |
| 10 | Back at the Military Port in Marchwood , the working day for the remainder of the regiment would not start for another hour and a half . |
| 11 | He wanted desperately to forget himself and who he was , or had hoped to be ; now , there was little hope , for the money he had carefully set aside for his expected purposes would not last for another year , and he had no employment . |
| 12 | The unions said the minister promised them in a private April 19 meeting that the operator 's status would not budge for two years . |
| 13 | The recent fundamental review of dental remuneration by Sir Kenneth Bloomfield called for ‘ a more robust approach ’ to fluoridation ‘ which would not allow for indefinite procrastination in adopting measures judged by the competent health authorities to be both beneficial and cost effective . ’ |
| 14 | All the same , I would expect and ( I anticipate ) receive agreement from the Chancellor to two propositions : first , I would wish the ‘ real ’ budget to be maintained , though I would not argue for any test of ‘ reality ’ other than the rough and ready conventional scale used for measuring inflation ; and secondly , I would seek to agree a modest and gradual increase in that ‘ real ’ budget . |
| 15 | In Mexico the moon covered the Sun for 6 minutes and 54 seconds ; the next comparable solar eclipse would not occur for 140 years . |
| 16 | While I would insist on the centrality of Noel Coward 's sexuality to the patterns of meanings that I see in Brief Encounter , I would not wish for one second to hold him up as any kind of gay martyr . |
| 17 | Should disaster overtake him and the dreadful rumours become reality , she Joan , alias Anne Mowbray , would not wish for longer life … |
| 18 | De Klerk insisted that such a system would not provide for preferential treatment for any group at the expense of any other . |
| 19 | The White House said that the programme , to be announced tomorrow in a speech to a joint session of Congress , would also include a stab at controlling spiralling health care costs , but that Mr Clinton would not ask for higher contributions from beneficiaries of the Medicare programme , which provides health care for the elderly . |
| 20 | And King Henry , alone in his chamber , held his head between his hands for fear it should burst with anger and chagrin , and something else which he did not or would not recognise for pure hatred . |
| 21 | The sun would not rise for five hours yet . |
| 22 | The foreman of the drilling crew said they would not work for any company that is in dispute with the local people . |
| 23 | Contracts would normally run for three years and applicants would be required to start as soon as possible . |
| 24 | Although Laura would phone Jacqui every day she would usually ask for another dress ‘ along the same lines ’ . |
| 25 | The new Commonwealth was not a state , but it would nonetheless provide for unitary control of nuclear arms , a single currency and a ‘ single economic space ’ . |
| 26 | This extra width would also allow for right hand turning lanes to be incorporated at the junctions on to adjacent military land . |
| 27 | It would also allow for acceptable innovation and experimentation . |
| 28 | For if the parent bird were to be attacked and killed by the predator , all its young would inevitably perish for subsequent lack of parental care . |
| 29 | And of course , in Lord Darlington 's days , when ladies and gentlemen would often visit for many days on end , it was possible to develop a good understanding with visiting colleagues . |
| 30 | That her job would n't start for three months suited her particularly well . |