Example sentences of "would [vb infin] take [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Porterfield , still seeking a replacement for out-of-favour Dave Beasant , said : ‘ We would like to take a close look at him training with us . ’ |
2 | I was told that I would have to take a strange aircraft that night , I learnt that my aircraft had been damaged by flak — and Italian flak to boot — and one of my lads was in hiding as he claimed I had threatened him with dire punishment if he damaged my aircraft . |
3 | British Aerospace said its advisers would have to take a detailed look at Ferranti 's books to satisfy themselves that there were no further problems before the company could proceed . |
4 | ‘ The old fuel cells were self supporting , ’ explained Dick 's mechanic , Nick Quint , ‘ but to work on them , one would have to take the entire cell out of the fuselage . |
5 | The most open arrangement was to inform a rich suitor that if he wanted a date , he would have to take the whole troupe out . |
6 | Or or you would have to take the whole thing off again . |
7 | It would have been impossible for the Falklands War to be prosecuted successfully with every decision coming to the full Cabinet of twenty-three members , a state of affairs that would have taken every other item off the agenda . |
8 | Peel ( 1966 ) considered that these would have taken a long time to form and their unidirectional nature may indicate that the north-east trades have been blowing over this area for a very long time . |
9 | As it is , Mr Major could think long and reappoint Mr Lamont , who has borne the enormous strain of knowing that , if the Tories had lost , he would have taken a substantial part of the blame . |
10 | Four years ago it would have taken a whole day to set up a run of car doors at the plant . |
11 | And everything would have taken a different turn . |
12 | McGregor wrote that ‘ since no important decision ever pleases everyone in the organisation , he must also absorb the displeasures , and sometimes severe hostility , of those who would have taken a different course ’ . |
13 | On the other hand , the staff felt that the project would have taken a different form and provoked different responses from teachers if an outsider had been present at meetings . |
14 | We know that they brought other domestic animals with them but it is inconceivable that they would have taken a wild cat from the mainland . |
15 | It would have taken a blind man , or a very naive one , not to spot some connection between their style of play and the kinds of responsibilities and decisions they have to make in the outside world . |
16 | As they involved a great deal of the same work to bring them into effect — work that would have taken a considerable time — and would have imposed further contingent or actual liabilities on funds at a time when there was already considerable anxiety because of the uncertainty over the Barber judgment — |
17 | It would have taken a considerable amount of time for any Government taking over their shambolic performance to improve the quality of just about everything in the environment , as we have been doing . |
18 | As there is little work in the shipyards , it would have taken a special appeal to have convinced them to down tools . |
19 | It would have taken a bold investor to put 40% of a stock portfolio in the Tokyo market in the mid-1980s , even though that was what Japan 's share of global stockmarket capitalisation had become . |
20 | Lord Lane would have taken a dim view , consent or no consent . |
21 | It would have taken no additional effort to assemble a selection representative of the period and presenting a new view of many leading artists ' activities and styles applied to this medium . |
22 | Normally they would have waited until such time as the national ballot had been held and then they would have taken the appropriate action afterwards . |
23 | More prestigious universities , showing a surer touch than the Royal Society of Chemistry , had refused to get involved with Elena , but the Romanian Embassy pointed out that she would have taken the Central London Poly for a much grander institution than it really was . |
24 | I can think of only one other man who would have taken the political risks involved and that was the late Sir Hugh Fraser . |
25 | He was reluctant but it came in the end : ‘ I 've been thinking ; if Alfie really was coming here it 's possible he would have taken the short cut like we did when we were boys . |