Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were those who argued that such action would alienate world opinion and sabotage the chances of a diplomatic solution . |
| 2 | Defence procurement minister Jonathan Aitken told MPs yesterday the Government hoped the threat of action would deter violations . |
| 3 | On Sept. 20 UK Defence Secretary Tom King said that British forces might be placed under US command , but that any decision on military action would require consultation . |
| 4 | I should have thought a little evidence of human frailty would merely enhance your reputation — and the association would do mine a power of good ! ’ |
| 5 | He persuaded the King not to put his obstinate daughter Mary in the Tower for refusing the oath , though Henry rightly foretold that this kindness would do Cranmer no good . |
| 6 | Keegan knew his side would face Barnsley 's stifling three-man central-defensive formation , yet the attempts to counter it bordered on the banal . |
| 7 | To cap it all , cable-car access from the other side would guarantee tea at the top and a tourist audience — what more was needed ? |
| 8 | He said Labour would invest £600m in education , reduce class sizes to below 30 pupils , modernise old schools , and restore student grants , housing benefit allowances and hardship allowances . |
| 9 | On April 27 , Labour would inform Britain 's European partners that it would sign the Social Charter and unblock directives on temporary and part-time work and parental leave , which the Conservatives had vetoed . |
| 10 | I was disappointed to hear the hon. Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) say that Labour would abandon capping . |
| 11 | Labour would throw money at industry . |
| 12 | In language which sounded convincingly like a social democrat 's , he indicated that Labour would concentrate investment on the new commanding heights of the modern economy — education and training — and on technical research and the transport system . |
| 13 | Mr Goodwill said Dr Mowlam 's election leaflet in 1987 said Labour would rid Britain of nuclear weapons . |
| 14 | Labour would relax laws on secondary action — but only where an employer transferred work from a plant in dispute to another . |
| 15 | Labour would raise taxes , the Conservatives would lower them . |
| 16 | He added Labour would raise pensions by £5 per week for single people and £8 a week for couples . |
| 17 | Labour would cut choice and standards by scrapping the C T C's , grammar schools and grant maintained schools . |
| 18 | LABOUR would scrap plans for more Government-backed superschools in the North-East as part of a grand strategy to plough millions of pounds into nursery places . |
| 19 | THE Conservatives sought last night to force the election debate back on to Mr Kinnock 's fitness to govern and the economy , with a warning that Labour would plunge Britain from recession into a full-blown slump . |
| 20 | He said Labour would boost agriculture by encouraging the production of food at home to improve Britain 's balance of payments deficit ; reforming the common agricultural policy , and shifting the emphasis to decision making at national and regional level . |
| 21 | After the music , Les would preach a short sermon , say a prayer , then he and his girlfriend would serve tea and biscuits . |
| 22 | He and his girlfriend would organise meetings in the local Baptist hall and his girlfriend would play classical music on the piano . |
| 23 | A revived opposition would promote debate on public issues ; that , in turn , might spread constructive dissent to the press and other institutions . |
| 24 | The IDA and the company were accused by Donal Creed TD , then Ireland 's spokesperson on health and the environment at the European Parliament , of resorting to brainwashing and threatening tactics by declaring that Cork 's industrial future was being jeopardized by the opposition , while Flor Crowley , TD , said the opposition would do Ireland more good than harm internationally and Councillor Martin Corry said the proposal was for ‘ a cancer factory ’ and should be ‘ thrown out ’ . |
| 25 | Recalling Tory election campaign claims that the Opposition would raise taxes while they would not , he said : ‘ The Conservatives have debased politics by seeking election on a platform of low taxes while pursuing a policy of high taxes . ’ |
| 26 | It was assumed in Paris , rightly as it turned out , that Queen Victoria would add her powers of dissuasion to all those who opposed the idea and that the combined opposition would convince Napoleon III that his plan was dangerous and unnecessary . |
| 27 | The card would allow people to set out their wish to decline life-prolonging treatment , while able to express a view . |
| 28 | However , two important points should be noted : first , the optimal tariff would generate government revenue while , in the case of the EC minimum import price , rents would be captured by exporters . |
| 29 | A testator would not set out to establish a trust , or to confirm his will in trust form , hoping that in details his intention would take precedence over his words : the civil law already coped with these problems , and the law of trusts was able to follow rather than lead . |
| 30 | Mummy would have Mrs Thing bring in a trolley with cakes and sandwiches and tell her to play the piano for the Guests . |