Example sentences of "[pron] would [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " 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 | On June 5 Martens announced further details of the reforms which were to include : ( i ) the demilitarization of the gendarmerie which would in future report to the Ministry of Interior rather than to that of Defence ; ( ii ) a 10-year service limit for senior positions throughout the three branches of the security services ( the communal police , investigative police and the paramilitary gendarmerie ) ; and ( iii ) improved co-operation and co-ordination between the security services and town councils . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Which would in any case , cease , she thought , if she could no longer work for the Carsons . |
| 10 | ‘ The policy in these documents centred around industrial policy with a call for the creation of a National Enterprise Board , which would by selective nationalisation and investment establish a state presence in all major manufacturing sectors , and for the use of planning agreements to achieve a new degree of worker involvement in company planning . ’ |
| 11 | The term ‘ annunciation ‘ ( announcement ) is that given to the message presented by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would in due time be delivered of the Son of God , and the festival commemorating this — Lady Day — has the date 25 March . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Talk as you would to one person across a table . |
| 15 | Refer to the To Wound Chart to determine the roll needed to wound , and roll a dice per hit as you would for multiple bow or crossbow hits . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | As this is a compact bush tomato there is no need to pinch out the side-shoots as you would on standard tomato varieties . |
| 18 | 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 ? |
| 19 | One sees more of the bowl and stem of the Picasso Compotier , for instance , than one would in normal vision if one assumed the same high viewpoint when looking at the top of it ; and the gourd behind is painted as though in silhouette or directly at eye level . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
| 22 | I do n't imagine they would for one moment I doubt it no . |
| 23 | Could n't really , stand out , yes , they did n't stand out as much exhibits as they would with another occasion something else . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | It should describe how the characters , usually non-aristocratic or less educated , express moods , emotions and actions as they would in real life . |
| 26 | They may communicate more fully than they would in real life but this is to my advantage as the reader because it increases my relief and my pleasure . |
| 27 | If Coleman was next on the hit list , they would in any case be safer travelling on their own . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 . " |
| 30 | Foo saw the waves as a watery pyre , where he would in due course achieve martyrdom . |