Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The conjunction of low inflation and low unemployment came as a very pleasant surprise to those Keynesians who had feared that a policy commitment by governments to the goal of full employment would create an environment in which organized labour would press for ever higher levels of money wages . |
| 2 | At a rally held by the Sacred Union on July 30 , attended by 80,000 people , Tshisekedi said that the opposition would call for the resignation of the government , the dissolution of parliament and of the ruling Popular Movement of the Revolution , the dismissal of Mobutu and the installation of a transitional government . |
| 3 | This list is minimal , for many more ice-free areas around the continent would qualify for inclusion at the lower end of the size range . |
| 4 | The convoy , led by a police car and two police motorcycles , made its way through Long Island City , across the Queensboro Bridge into Manhattan then down First Avenue to the United Nations Plaza , the hotel where the Zimbalan delegation would stay for the duration of their three-day visit to New York . |
| 5 | The government announced on Sept. 18 that a delegation would leave for Libya in October to prepare a joint charter for the linking of the Sudanese Darfur region and the Libyan province of Tahadi . |
| 6 | He and Maureen decided to live for the day and not worry about what the future would bring for them , good or bad . |
| 7 | She looked at Gay , who was an only child too , but who had nobody to give her a good time , and then her glance travelled to Breeze , who had just admitted in her light-hearted fashion that she had no idea of what the future would hold for her . |
| 8 | The encouragement of professional readership would allow for informed debate of issues amongst teachers . |
| 9 | such a programme would pay for itself within five years , and save fuel worth something like £2800 million a year . |
| 10 | With everyone that counts stacking up on the same side , only an optimist would fight for honesty . |
| 11 | The gale would account for it . |
| 12 | Perhaps the prime minister expected that Willink would push for a Magdalene man but he did not get a firm line out of him . |
| 13 | Such substantial stratospheric ozone depletion would last for several years and the initial survivors of a nuclear war would have to face a great increase in biologically active UV-B radiation . |
| 14 | I charged over rocks and taking a run at sand , found that the wheel would skate for short stretches . |
| 15 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 16 | Only one certainty remains : in future the great buildings of Sussex would be secular , and a new form of patronage would appear for local artists and craftsmen . |
| 17 | Their riffs about the current state of their underwear would continue for hours at a time . |
| 18 | The relatively liberal de Graaff had been replaced as Governor-General by de Jonge , a hardliner ( it was he who pronounced that Dutch rule would continue for another 300 years ) , and the Colonial Minister was H. Colijn , whose notorious book , Colonial Problems of Today and Tomorrow ( 1928 ) , had declared that the Indonesians could not expect self-government ‘ in the humanly foreseeable future ’ : indeed , he dismissed the notion that there was any Indonesia : ‘ The islands … are a unity for the reason that they compose the Netherlands Indies and for that reason alone . ’ |
| 19 | For example , the hospital treatments that GPs can purchase were limited to standard relatively inexpensive procedures which the GP could easily diagnose and cost ; the costs a practice would bear for any one patient were limited to a maximum of £5,000 ( after this the DHA picks up the bill ) , and finally entry to the scheme was limited to large , well-managed practices . |
| 20 | Do you want to comment on what five thousand less than your figure would do for affordable housing ? |
| 21 | That sparked the supporter unrest with fans fearing that the club would opt for a local sell-off to ease their financial problems if a cross-channel bid failed to materialise . |
| 22 | Not one woman on the committee would vote for her . |
| 23 | It was initially envisaged that the work would last for about half a term , but provided that most other subject requirements , were also being met , the " thematic-driven " approach could have encompassed a full term 's work . |
| 24 | But ministers want to tighten the rules to ensure only people unable to perform any sort of work would qualify for payment . |
| 25 | The work would account for his obvious strength . |
| 26 | Mr Abdul Chishti , the association 's secretary , said the campaign would continue for ‘ five , 10 years … until the British Government bans the book . |
| 27 | He suggested that the air campaign would continue for a considerable period before a ground attack would be considered . |
| 28 | ( This cat would kill for just one glimpse of our terrible country . ) |
| 29 | When we find that the experience of unemployment makes people more likely to contemplate breaking an unjust law , we assume that the reasons for this are general ; we suppose that the increased likelihood would operate for anyone who happened to undergo the experience of unemployment . |
| 30 | If Mercury consists of a largely iron core and a largely silicate mantle , then the core would account for about 80% of the mass and about 40% of the volume , which would make Mercury richer in iron than any other planet . |