Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] [pron] would " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , given the fact that they were in the middle of a war the balance of which they were afraid might tip disastrously against them , would they really have opted out other than by a deliberate political decision which would not be taken until well into the future ?
2 Councillors had an understandable reluctance to commit themselves to a political course which would deprive them of access to patronage , and it was for this reason that it was necessary for politicians to provide demonstrations of power .
3 The PSP , as the only party in Cuba with an organisational apparatus throughout the island , potentially offered the discipline and political expertise which would be needed to form a revolutionary government and which seemed to be lacking in Castro 's own movement .
4 No doubt in due course they would become equally vocal in their complaints about the French , but Thiercelin decided that so far as possible his own behaviour should be above reproach .
5 He would tell them some story — precisely what , he had not decided — and in due course they would check and discover its falsehood .
6 While such a set-up would probably be established under the auspices of the Bank of England , the main users in the shape of the institutions envisage that in due course they would take over ownership .
7 In due course she would dispose of it , but not just yet .
8 in nineteen eighty nine if I recall there was a divisional structure which er comprised of a number of companies within the division and there was a managing director of that division who would have reported back to the board
9 Then the largest planets themselves would act like mini suns , able to attract their own system of orbiting satellites .
10 Although at the political level it would seem that the Keynesian position has been relegated , at the theoretical ( and practical ) level it is maintained that fiscal policy can influence the achievement of the objectives of government policy .
11 The government also failed to take up the recommendation to ‘ ring-fence ’ community care budget allocations , except in the case of mental health services where they did agree to a specific grant which would only be spent on community care service plans developed jointly by the health and social services .
12 Without that money we would not carry on and we could not carry out our work effectively .
13 The four-stage plan envisaged ( i ) concluding a co-operation treaty including economic , currency and transport union and legal alignment ; ( ii ) forming a confederation of East Germany and the Federal Republic of Germany ( West Germany or FRG ) with joint bodies and institutions ; ( iii ) transferring sovereignty to the confederation ; and ( iv ) creating a German Federation or Alliance after elections to a unified parliament which would decide on a constitution and government with its seat in Berlin .
14 Nevertheless , it was impossible to ignore the fact that the overall percentage of registered electors voting in favour , at 64.51 per cent in Latvia and 64.49 per cent in Estonia , fell short of the two-thirds majority which would have meant victory if the referendums had been held according to the April 1990 USSR legislation on the secession of a republic [ see pp. 37361-62 ] .
15 The Senate had approved the bill on Feb. 25 by 59 votes to 39 , eight less that the two-thirds majority which would be required if an attempt were made to override the presidential veto .
16 With differing or conflicting values they would often be pulling in different directions and pursuing incompatible goals .
17 If you could get the right money it would be appreciated .
18 They recommended , therefore , seven regional authorities which would be responsible for most of the major local authority services and thirty-seven district authorities .
19 The prospect of the political chaos which would have followed had Mr Amato lost was certain to have been uppermost in MPs ' minds .
20 Out of that income he would have put £1,500 per annum back into the firm , so he would have had £6,000 a year to spend or save .
21 For budding artists who would like to stage their own exhibition , but are put off by the costs of framing , a visit to the Melford Fine Arts is a must .
22 For budding artists who would like to stage their own exhibition , but are put off by the costs of framing , a visit to the Melford Fine Arts is a must .
23 She looked at Sophie 's stricken face and added , ‘ He told her that if she gave them some garbled story he would sack her on the spot .
24 As for the representative level I would restructure the county championship .
25 I wish to call attention to the need for regional government in England , and I beg to move , ’ That this House deplores the excessive centralisation of government in the United Kingdom since 1979 and the failure to decentralise and devolve power to the nations and regions of the United Kingdom ; notes that this is in direct contrast to the general trend towards decentralisation evidence elsewhere in Europe ; furthermore deplores the severe cuts in the regional assistance budget since 1979 together with the failure to enact dynamic and effective regional economic policies which would have promoted balanced economic growth and prosperity ; expresses alarm at the regional divisions which continue to characterise the United Kingdom economy ; and considers that the creation of a regional tier of government in the English regions as well as national devolution to Scotland and Wales is now vital to the United Kingdom 's future economic and political well-being .
26 ‘ Well produced and excellent value for money , it has the professional look you would expect from crack North-East journalist Mike Amos . ’
27 This initiative was designed to stimulate local authorities to mount full-time programmes which would be funded from central funds — to the extent of £400,000 per project — provided that they met certain centrally determined criteria relating to equal opportunities , progression , the specification of objectives , the balance between general , technical and vocational elements of programmes , planned work experience , and assessment .
28 Nevertheless , he realised that for political reasons it would be very difficult to do less than had been proposed in the Bill introduced in 1938 .
29 He had positioned himself in a narrow doorway , in the vain hope it would provide him with some shelter from the biting cold .
30 Lord Morton of Henryton commenting on that example said that in each case it would be for the Commissioners to make a finding as to whether the income in question was or was not paid to or for the benefit of the child by virtue or in consequence of the settlement .
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