Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] [noun prp] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mental torture of that for Charlie would have been tremendous . |
| 2 | This for Baldwin would surely have been the worst of both worlds . |
| 3 | Dropping version 2 of OSF/1 would have left those on-going developments undeployable . |
| 4 | One might think that radical behaviourists such as Skinner would advocate the classification of stimuli along purely physical dimensions . |
| 5 | Galileo could not believe that a genius such as Archimedes would have used such a crude method . |
| 6 | In these circumstances , it was suggested that the auditors should have been aware that Fidelity was vulnerable to a takeover bid and that any possible bidder such as Caparo would be likely to rely on the accounts when deciding whether a bid should be made and that loss would be suffered by such a bidder if the accounts were inaccurate . |
| 7 | There was no question of his approaching the father directly as a man such as Huy would not be allowed into the palace compound ; but Taheb was a rich businesswoman , and if she did not have any personal knowledge of the family , she would have contacts who would . |
| 8 | You must be careful not to make the search too general or , as in this example , the ‘ wp ’ letter combination in a word such as Pawpaw would be changed to ‘ Paword-processoraw ’ ! |
| 9 | Ex-soldiers such as Mike would travel from one army to the other , hoping to be in the right army at the right time . |
| 10 | As late as the 1960s the translations and imitations of Robert Lowell , who had sat at Tate 's feet , were widely supposed to have been validated by Pound 's precedent in this kind of writing , whereas in truth Lowell 's Imitations allowed themselves liberties such as Pound would never have condoned . |
| 11 | Whether the court 's approach in cases such as Bjorlow would also be adopted even if the employee made use of or disclosed business secrets during employment has not been determined : in Bjorlow , the defendant made use of the information only after he had left . |
| 12 | The coincidence of the Star 's appearance with the birth of a self-proclaimed Messiah such as Christ would , certainly , have increased his ‘ street cred ’ : as one of a succession of putative Messiahs and/or revolutionary leaders ( all , so far , failed ) , he could claim that his birth had been heralded by this unusual celestial event . |
| 13 | To find them asleep like Harris would be worse . |
| 14 | Making s 3 basic in P4/T2 would return us to P4/T1 . |
| 15 | For instance , a concert attracting 70,000 at Wembley would have to pay more than a gig at the sock and Warthog in the High street . |
| 16 | The extension of Soviet control over all of Korea would enhance the political and strategic position of the Soviet Union with respect to both China and Japan , and adversely affect the position of the US in those areas and throughout the Far East . |
| 17 | Thus , although the British hoped that not all of Indo-China would fall to the communists , the scenario which haunted the government in London throughout the spring and summer of 1954 was of some reckless American action which might bring disaster throughout Eurasia . |
| 18 | A restriction which , whatever the success of the industrial co-operative elsewhere , many in Britain would have judged to be wholly desirable ; for the recent British view had been distorted by what it saw as the examples of the Scottish Daily News , KME , and Meriden . |
| 19 | Ultimately transferral to Alcor would need to be organised . |
| 20 | But he feared a jaunt to Expo 92 in Seville would send the wrong message to the markets — and did not want the humiliation of returning early to deal with a sterling crisis . |
| 21 | Now that 's something we in England , in Britain I should say , are not particularly aware of , but a lot of British artists who are very well known on the Continent , that in Britain would seem , you know , too avant-garde to be known to the wider public . |
| 22 | The local authority social work team concerned with J. would have accepted Dr. I. 's advice , but in view of the seriousness of the decision rightly referred the matter to the case review sub-committee consisting of elected councillors . |
| 23 | Those with Norway would begin " as soon as the Commission 's opinion on its application is available " . |
| 24 | Those in Darlington would do better to collaborate with the council to ensure the scheme 's success rather than lining the pockets of the legal profession . |
| 25 | South African citizens normally resident in Namibia would also lose their citizenship on that day , unless they or their parents or grandparents were born in South Africa . |
| 26 | There would be a brief but spectacular meteor shower in Lucifer 's upper atmosphere tonight , he thought , wondering if those on Belial would watch and think of them , as he had thought of Paula Engado when she 'd become a shooting star . |
| 27 | However , derogations specific to Luxembourg would limit their number to 25 per cent of any council , prevent their election to a mayoral post , and set eligibility requirements of a minimum 10-year residency in Luxembourg and ability to speak Letzeburgish . |
| 28 | The other one was that they would be th the direct debit re-present on the first of April would be running one day late erm which , as a consequence , means that the recall re-presents would come back one day late . |
| 29 | A West German car exported to the UK which sold for DM 36,000 in WG would still sell for £12,000 at the exchange rate £1 = DM3.00 . |
| 30 | Under the scheme , Teesside youngsters who find themselves homeless in London would be helped to re-settle in the NorthEast . |