Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be a mistake to assume that the various strata of middle-class ‘ society ’ would naturally press for liberal reform . |
| 2 | Although Laura would phone Jacqui every day she would usually ask for another dress ‘ along the same lines ’ . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | This extra width would also allow for right hand turning lanes to be incorporated at the junctions on to adjacent military land . |
| 5 | It would also allow for acceptable innovation and experimentation . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Variations in such practices would therefore account for later behaviour . |