Example sentences of "[pron] would [prep] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This phenomenon is almost impossible to illustrate in a monologue , and I would at this point have issued a handout , if the talk were not being recorded , for it is very easy to see a sentence in progress when the turns in the dialogue are written down . |
| 2 | Er in the context of bulk transfers would you like to comment on the Good Committees conclusions on the bulk transfers of members between schemes and how they operate , and do you think that er there is widespread abuse or do you think er on balance your experience has been that where bulk transfers have taken place , they have taken place responsibly , but I would in that context ask you to comment whether there has been an unreasonable time delay where you have experienced bank bulk transfers between the transfer actually taking place in terms of employees being transferred from an undertaking to another undertaking and the actual transfer of their pension funds . |
| 3 | One of the least realistic was an Iranian proposal , the implementation of which would in all likelihood have turned Afghanistan into a pro-Iranian Islamic state distanced from both East and West . |
| 4 | The police are entitled to tell the person walking away from the scene to discontinue using his filthy language , which would in all likelihood constitute an offence under section 5 of the new Act . |
| 5 | Since those recommendations are now made shortly after the trial , there will no longer be additional material such as reports on the prisoner 's subsequent behaviour , which would in any event be irrelevant to the requirements of retribution and deterrence . |
| 6 | A loss might be made on this transaction , but such a loss would be preferable to the total abandonment of one 's savings or wealth , which would in any case have still had a value as bullion . |
| 7 | Most commonly this happens in the case of a new book , and the reservation merely reminds or forewarns the librarian of the existence of a title which would in any case find its way into stock . |
| 8 | Which would in any case , cease , she thought , if she could no longer work for the Carsons . |
| 9 | I travelled up from Kings Cross with Sidney , Daryl Bligh of the Graphic , K. B. D. Clarke of the Times , ‘ Tibby ’ Tisdale of the News , Stanford Roberts , of course , and I think we had Norton Malley with us , who would at that time I suppose have been on the Morning Post , though he later went back to the Irish Times . |
| 10 | There was of course Ferdinando , but she hesitated over opening her heart to her husband , who would in any case need her letter read to him and would be unable to answer of his own accord . |
| 11 | Right and we 'll leave the other sheet for now so 's you can have a look at that yourself if you would at some stage and just erm go through it . |
| 12 | I take it from the nature of your answer that you would in any event agree that none of those other factors which you concern yourself with have any relevance as to whether or not the land performs a greenbelt function ? |
| 13 | It is not then that this particular instance of a male , semitic human being ‘ is God ’ — one would in this case have to say ‘ a god ’ . |
| 14 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
| 15 | Could n't really , stand out , yes , they did n't stand out as much exhibits as they would with another occasion something else . |
| 16 | ‘ Let us worry about that , ’ said the Captain , who knew exactly what would happen if nobody paid and that they would in all likelihood never find the body . |
| 17 | If they were assertive and asked for what they wanted rather than ‘ manipulated ’ , they would in many cases be more successful . |
| 18 | This rule was founded on a principle of policy , for if sailors were in all events to have their wages , and in times of danger entitled to insist on an extra charge on such a promise as this , they would in many cases suffer a ship to sink , unless the captain would pay an extravagant demand they might think proper to make . ’ |
| 19 | If Coleman was next on the hit list , they would in any case be safer travelling on their own . |
| 20 | She was quite mature in her answers , and as you will see from Document A , sir , the Visitor got the impression — we have to rely on their experience in this sort of judgement — ; that she was more or less in command of the situation and had gained poise and experience from it and that a second traumatic removal from what in fact was a secure home for her would at this stage do more harm than good , especially as the relationship between the girl and her father was not good . |
| 21 | If you asked Professor Cizek how he got his results , he would in all probability reply — " I just encourage the children to express themselves freely and only stop bad things from originating . " |
| 22 | Law pessimistically told the King that he would in any case alienate half of his subjects , Unionists if he gave his assent to Home Rule and Liberals if he did not . |
| 23 | What caused me concern was , as I say , the slightly uncomfortable feeling that Eliot had been bounced into writing an article which he did not particularly relish doing and to which he would in any case have wished to devote much more reflection . |
| 24 | They observe , however , that it would on any view be a grave impediment to the freedom of the press if those who print , or a fortiori those who distribute , matter reflecting critically on the conduct of public authorities could only do so with impunity if they could first verify the accuracy of all statements of fact on which the criticism was based . |
| 25 | The life which Jesus advocated must have necessarily had an appeal to men rather than to women , for it would in many cases have put women in an impossible position . |
| 26 | It would in some parts of the country be distributed over a wide area : the whole of East Anglia , for instance , with at present precisely 20 single-member constituencies , and in Scotland some considerably more extensive territories . |
| 27 | At the very least it would in those circumstances have required the health authority to make a further application to the court to vary or discharge the injunction . |
| 28 | He declined Dinah 's offer ; no doubt it would in any case be thought improper for two young ladies to drive a young man home . |
| 29 | To the extent that such approaches may suggest the desirability of changing over to a counter-force nuclear policy , they escape from the moral frying-pan of counter-city targeting into the strategic fire of counter-force , which has the twin disadvantages that it might put a premium on first strike and that it would in any case result in frightful civilian losses . |
| 30 | To make things still worse , he added that it would in any case be quite useless for them to make plans without the king 's approval , for nothing could be achieved without his collaboration . |