Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 2 | Sometimes a tramp would knock on the back door , begging for food or offering to do a job for a few coppers . |
| 3 | 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 ’ . |
| 4 | Occasionally the proprietors of some of the quality houses would comment on the successful inclusion of travel films in the programme as it was thought that this would impress the casual respectable trade but far more common was the exhibitor who reported a hostile response to short films dealing with ‘ industrial ’ subjects . |
| 5 | ‘ Well , you asked her late last night whether people would stay on an extra night . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | and how much do you think you would need on an annual basis ? |
| 8 | This interface will function optically as a convex mirror , and light incident on it — which normally would not be perceived because it would fall on the blind spot , will be reflected back into the eye . |
| 9 | He suggested that the two SBS men should attack the harbour wireless station instead while his men would concentrate on the actual port installations . |
| 10 | 20–4–1906 For the Communion on 6th May it was arranged that the Rev. D. Munro would preach on the Fast Day ( the Thursday before ) , the Rev. D. I. McInnes would take the Gaelic service on the Sabbath and the Rev. A. McLaren Young of Southend , Campbeltown the English services . |
| 11 | Where they would land on the southern bank of the Tay was a spit of fine , shoaling sand lifting to watery meadows . |
| 12 | In the former , the data are held as coded characters exactly reflecting what would appear on a printed page . |
| 13 | If , for example , we were to create a drawing of a No Smoking sign the cigarette would appear on the black sheet while the red circle and bar would appear on both the magenta and yellow sheets because the shade of red we chose requires both . |
| 14 | The coin looked as if the minter struck it on a single die , punching the image in the metal in repoussé , so hard that the inverted ear on the reverse would appear on the other side , and could be read the right way round in shallow relief when the coin was turned over . |
| 15 | ‘ Just imagine which couple would appear on the front cover ! ’ |
| 16 | Frank Sinatra would appear on the front cover , back cover and every page in between |
| 17 | ‘ While engaged in watching the movements of the several species of the great family of Procellaridae , which at one time often and often surrounded the ships that conveyed me round the world , a bright speck would appear on the distant horizon , and , gradually approaching nearer and nearer , at length assumed the form of the White-headed petrel , whose wing-powers far exceed those of any of its congeners ; at one moment it would be rising high in the air , at the next sweeping comet-like through the flocks flying around ; never , however , approaching the ship sufficiently near for a successful shot , and it was equally wary in avoiding the boat with which I was frequently favoured for the purpose of securing examples of other species ; but , to make use of a familiar adage , the most knowing are taken in at last ’ ’ ; one beautiful morning , the 20th of Feb. 1839 , during my passage from Hobart Town to Sydney , when the sea was perfectly calm and of a glassy smoothness , this wanderer of the ocean came in sight and approached within three hundred yards of the vessel ; anxious to attract him still closer , so as to bring him within range , I thought of the following stratagem : — a corked bottle , attached to a long line , was thrown overboard and allowed to drift to the distance of forty or fifty yards , and kept there until the bird favoured us with another visit , while flying around in immense circles ; at length his keen eye caught sight of the neck of the bottle ( to which a bobbing motion was communicated by sudden jerks of the string ) , and he at once proceeded to examine more closely what it was that had arrested his attention ; during this momentary pause the trigger was pulled , the boat lowered , and the bird was soon in my possession . ’ |
| 18 | But schools and colleges using SEB short courses would make entries to SEB in Dalkeith , the system of moderation would be different to that operated by SCOTVEC , and the short courses would appear on the Scottish Certificate of Education as issued by SEB . |
| 19 | I also told them about the financial statement we had issued and afterwards received a letter asking if I would send on a financial statement , which I did " . |
| 20 | Contributors invested in them as they would in any commercial building company and their philanthropy lay in accepting a return which , at 5 per cent , was lower than they would expect on the free market . |
| 21 | He knew that what he was seeing meant jobs for Cork , wage-packets for its workers , money for its shopkeepers , business for its tradesmen ; but , more than that , more even than the commerce that would result on a national scale , he saw it as history in action . |
| 22 | She would look on the bright side . |
| 23 | The moratorium would begin on the same day as negotiations opened . |
| 24 | Sometimes two castles would co-exist on the same site ; at others , a castle could be shared among co-seigneurs . |
| 25 | Those who would insist on an agreed blueprint of morality , or a set of moral values , to which all our aims and actions must be subject , would not accept that there are moral dilemmas . |
| 26 | While it is unwise to have a national plan based on a single feature , we could easily test the system scientifically to see if it would work on a small scale , and widen it if successful . |
| 27 | The two leaders agreed that they would meet on a regular basis in the future , perhaps annually and with less formality , and Gorbachev invited Bush to the Soviet Union . |
| 28 | A joint economic commission to monitor links was established and it was hoped that it would meet on a regular basis . |
| 29 | On 29 October representatives of Norwich were informed at a meeting of Mr. Wells ' opinion and grounds for it and that the board of Lautro would meet on the following day to consider a written report by Mr. Wells upon the business undertaken by Winchester . |
| 30 | On 29 October representatives of Norwich were informed at a meeting of Mr. Wells ' opinion and grounds for it and that the board of Lautro would meet on the following day to consider a written report by Mr. Wells upon the business undertaken by Winchester . |