Example sentences of "[noun] would [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was sure that the clauses extending police action would have a beneficial effect on national morality . |
| 2 | Sir Russell added that he expected the Chancellor 's action would provoke a strong response from his constituents . |
| 3 | Silkin explained in a press interview that he had refused to enforce the law against the postal workers ' trade union because he feared that the action would precipitate a postal strike . |
| 4 | It also excluded the cost of elections , for these were a financial problem for the candidate , not for the local association ; in a large county division an election could cost as much as £2,000 , and even an unopposed return in a borough would cost a few hundred pounds to the lucky winner . |
| 5 | Deterrence — the knowledge that a strike by one side would provoke a devastating retaliatory strike by the other — was and still is the surest way to keep the peace in a dangerous world . |
| 6 | A solicitor from Wellington in New Zealand was quoted as saying that Ofahengaue had agreed to terms and was 99 per cent sure the forward would sign a three-year deal worth $800,000 . |
| 7 | A narrow win for Labour would add a further dose of poison . |
| 8 | If permanent employment was a universal feature labour would become a quasi-fixed factor in production and the room for adjusting costs would be confined to altering working hours or bonus payments . |
| 9 | However , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Small Heath ( Mr. Howell ) , who is supposed to be the shadow spokesman on this subject , suggested that Labour would encourage a greater ministerial role in the Sports Council . |
| 10 | Labour would introduce a lower rate income tax of below 20 per cent and a top rate of 50 per cent , and would abandon higher rate income tax relief on mortgage payments . |
| 11 | Labour would establish a new Railway Act , encourage a more dynamic style of management , increase government funding and make the railways more accountable through a consumer regulatory framework . |
| 12 | I weep for Barrow 's prospects were there conceivably any change in Government , because the right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) has said that the Opposition would replace a cancelled fourth boat with equivalent work only to be denounced by his own candidate in Barrow who used the words ’ ignorant and ill-informed ’ . |
| 13 | Reinstating a siding at Bedale would involve a five-figure sum . |
| 14 | Handshaking would make a splendid topic for research if the necessary funds could be found . |
| 15 | At this point in the tale most readers would expect a tragi- heroic ending , and indeed in the hands of Rider Haggard or Masefield this would almost certainly have been the case . |
| 16 | Most of these solutions would take a long time to implement . |
| 17 | During the eight short months that he lived following his resignation , he was plagued by a sense of foreboding that the future would hold a similar fate for himself . |
| 18 | Attempting to bring what Meredith would call a philosophical approach to her predicament , she pondered on the differences in men 's and women 's clothing . |
| 19 | Roseanne Barr would make a great Liz during her older , fatter days but could have trouble slimming down for scenes of a 60-year-old Liz in her more glamorous days . |
| 20 | Upon exercise of all the warrants LASMO would realise a further profit of C$42 million and would have no remaining interest in LCI . |
| 21 | ‘ If we were talking about tuition fees , not maintenance , then talking about serious disincentives would carry a great deal of weight , ’ he said . |
| 22 | There was n't much question into which category an Italian blue blood would place a long-legged American blonde living and working far from the protection of home and family . |
| 23 | It was a $35,000 car — no wonder the owners had n't made the repayments — with computerised dash , booming hi-fi , and cruise control which meant the car would keep a fixed speed without a foot on the accelerator . |
| 24 | They are adjusted so that if the project were completed on time to specification the contractor would realize a reasonable profit . |
| 25 | A tax on films equal to the distance E * ; F would induce a competitive film industry to produce Q * ; . |
| 26 | In such circumstances , they were reluctant to abandon their own positions for a possibly lesser place in a new party in which Ian Paisley would play a major part . |
| 27 | Wells is one of her largest customers , and its closure would have a damaging effect on her . |
| 28 | But obviously it was an idea that had never occurred to him before , and his mind would take a little while to accommodate it . |
| 29 | And surely , nobody in his right mind would take a few days ' vacation and miss out on the opportunity of selling his own plans and proposals to the President of the Corporation ? |
| 30 | It will be noted that the day space , to be provided on the basis of 4m2 per person , and including the 2 day patients , mean that a 10-bed sub-section would have a total and an 8-bed sub-section would have a day space of 40m 2 . |