Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [prep] a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just as the slightest of doubts about him crossed my mind — perhaps during one of his endless lists of the women 's sexual problems — he would throw in a sensible remark about the funding of the National Health Service , or the small amount of time GPs can offer patients , and recovered his credibility . |
| 2 | In the last few minutes he would fumble in a inside pocket , and the Queen in her handbag , and they would quickly run through the formal subjects for discussion . |
| 3 | The introduction of governments that tax goods and incomes in various ways is of course one of the major ‘ imperfections ’ , and economic theory is concerned to show what kinds of tax would interfere least with allocations that would arise in a free market . |
| 4 | This chapter examines a study , where , at the outset , the analysts were not entirely clear what could be achieved by using soft systems analysis , but felt it would provide an overview of the situation , enabling ideas to be formulated about new relationships that would arise from a fundamental change in role . |
| 5 | As far back as 1949 P. W. Bridgman showed that water would crystallize in a different pattern if frozen at different barometric pressures , a specific pattern being obtained for each barometric pressure . |
| 6 | He would make comments about them ‘ in the same way you or I would comment on a pretty girl and a wonderful pair of knockers ’ . |
| 7 | An extreme form of restriction would relate to a specific government grant . |
| 8 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 9 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 10 | Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable . |
| 11 | But he anticipated , correctly in many cases , that these too would evolve into a satisfying environment . |
| 12 | If firms agree to set outputs or prices which give them higher profits than those they would earn in a one-shot NE , and one of them reneges on this agreement , then in the following period(s) punitive actions can be undertaken , for example a price war , to wipe out the gains from the deviation . |
| 13 | It is hard to see why reasonable notice should be an additional requirement where the document concerned is one which a reasonable man would regard as a legal document , to be read carefully for its terms and conditions . |
| 14 | One of the barriers to what the Government would regard as a successful sale is the amount of regulation covering coal mining activities . |
| 15 | ‘ He 's what I would regard as a sensible Scot someone who does n't wear Scotland on every part of his clothing , but he 's deeply interested in the Scottish Institute in terms of its members . |
| 16 | During Oldenburg 's visit , it was agreed that he and his family would stay at a secluded dacha outside St Petersburg . |
| 17 | He remembered the vivid sunsets of his boyhood and the way the sun would hang like a crimson ball above the edge of the trees surrounding their house and then plunge out of sight as if it had been dropped in a moment of carelessness . |
| 18 | The assumption was that each institution would behave like a mini polis , in which all full members of the community would be actively involved in its corporate life . |
| 19 | The energy of the field in those regions would behave like a cosmological constant . |
| 20 | Ah erm well , Chairman , I I think that this is something that 's going to cut , as far as Hambledon 's got concerns , is going to come up in the erm in the next debate , certainly , erm , the erm , the issue of erm whether policy should be expressed in terms of principle and criteria , or erm area and a district as being a dilemma erm to Hambledon , erm , it feels it 's erm erm not being able to support the policy as defined , because ultimately the Council would object to a new settlement in Hambledon . |
| 21 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 22 | I do n't know how much machine time they would need on a daily basis , but if it 's just for updating files , I ca n't imagine it being very extensive . |
| 23 | One question that the newly appointed editor Tim Marlowe ( of the Tate 's education department ) will have to decide is the editorial stance of the magazine : he has to balance the curatorial concerns of the Tate with issues that would appeal to a general reader while treading an ideologically independent path . |
| 24 | A male editor might better appreciate the merits of his style : ‘ twinkling nipples ’ was the kind of phrase that would appeal to a real man . |
| 25 | While not primarily a composer of chamber music , his substantial Piano Trio performed by the Joubert Trio in 1985 , would appeal to a wide audience . |
| 26 | If the public knew they could be ‘ caught ’ by any passing bus driver , this would act as a good deterrent against infringement . |
| 27 | Such a change of rule would act as a great deterrent to those guilty of such offences on a regular basis . |
| 28 | Some officials recognized that the new system was alien , but expected that the judicial system would act as a progressive force which would promote the adoption of British norms about justice . |
| 29 | On the other hand , with the prospect of a court case looming , several interviewees felt it was pragmatic to seek help , from their GP or the local Drugs Council , in the hope that this would act as a mitigating factor in sentencing : |
| 30 | In addition to examining ways to generate resources it would act as a consultative group linking potential donors and beneficiaries . |