Example sentences of "[adj] would [verb] with the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was therefore decided to run a third train on December 5 , but this would clash with the start of our intensive Santa Special operations and so we had no choice but to operate the train from the Alfreton and Mansfield Parkway Station . ’ |
| 2 | This would accord with the general understanding of the word objective , i.e. independent of the observer . |
| 3 | This would coincide with the centenary of Australia 's conversion from a group of colonies to a federation of states . |
| 4 | This would concur with the conclusions of reviews of the much larger literature on support and health which does not specifically consider the effects of stress . |
| 5 | Besides the Foundation stories , Asimov 's best known book was probably his second , I , Robot ( 1950 ) , in which he promulgated three unalterable ‘ Laws of Robotics ’ — first , that a robot may not harm a human being , or , through inaction , allow a human being to come to harm ; secondly , that a robot must obey the orders of a human being , except when this would conflict with the first law ; and thirdly , that a robot must protect itself , except when this would conflict with the first and second laws . |
| 6 | Besides the Foundation stories , Asimov 's best known book was probably his second , I , Robot ( 1950 ) , in which he promulgated three unalterable ‘ Laws of Robotics ’ — first , that a robot may not harm a human being , or , through inaction , allow a human being to come to harm ; secondly , that a robot must obey the orders of a human being , except when this would conflict with the first law ; and thirdly , that a robot must protect itself , except when this would conflict with the first and second laws . |
| 7 | One particular matter of concern would be the election of directors by particular constituencies ( shareholders on the one hand and employees on the other ) ; if it were intended that they should represent those constituencies , this would conflict with the general principle of company law that all directors should look to the interests of the company as a whole . |
| 8 | If dialogue is being taped in stereo , the signals from the individual speakers should not be given a pronounced left and right stereo bias as this would conflict with the performers ' relative positioning as seen in shot . |
| 9 | If it were true that research effort in the area of the curriculum promoted teaching commitment , few would quarrel with the proposed obligation on the department . |
| 10 | Few would quarrel with the above statement but it is , of course , qualitative and any engineer or scientist needs a much more exact definition of stiffness . |
| 11 | Few would argue with the proposition that it should never be allowed to return to power . |
| 12 | Few would argue with the goal of achieving Irish unity by consent . |
| 13 | Some , of course , deny that such purity of method is possible but few would argue with the proposition that where a description of law is coloured by the expositor 's own values it is a virtue for these values explicitly to be registered . |
| 14 | The pressure comes most obviously in terms of the recently imposed completion rates for postgraduate research , but there also seems to be a more general irritation in policy circles with what seems to be the leisurely pace of higher education , a pace which some would link with the original meaning of the word scholar . |
| 15 | The unemployed would vie with the employed by offering their labour services at lower wages . |
| 16 | Many would concur with the case most recently and most substantially argued by V. A. Kolve , that the Miller 's and Reeve 's Tales contrast with one another in these terms : the former full of liberty and light ; the latter replete with dark moral shades and tones . |
| 17 | All that would change with the papal reform to which Pope Gregory VII ( 1073–85 ) has given his name . |
| 18 | If we were to deliberately over-provide , then I think it would be difficult to put a brake on this once a certain level of jobs had been reached , once the land is committed , there is a certain certainty attached to that commitment and I wonder how that would sit with the er guidance on development plans . |
| 19 | ‘ With things like rubbish , if it 's outside the property , we do n't feel that would interfere with the moving in , ’ said Mrs Mitchell . |
| 20 | That would work with the T H U R |
| 21 | Nor was the itch yet in them to engrave finger bones — though that would come with the passage of time . |
| 22 | I believe that all parents would rather pay increased taxes or not receive tax cuts if that would deal with the problem . |
| 23 | Well that would deal with the complaint examiners so |
| 24 | Armani shot down in flames those who thought the empire he founded in 1974 would die with the demise of the business half of his partnership ; he learnt fast and today manages to be all money , all business , without sacrificing the brilliant creative edge which has made him fashion 's greatest superstar for the past decade . |
| 25 | Phase Two would begin with the election of the constituent assembly , replacing the existing tri-cameral parliament from which blacks were excluded . |
| 26 | Robert Beale , Clerk to the Privy Council , insisting that the Secretary must know almost everything about the affairs of England and her neighbours , recommended that the essential material be stored in ten or twelve great books : one would contain treaties ; another would list recusants ; a third would deal with the Councils in the Marches and in the North ; and so on . |
| 27 | Both would interfere with the natural process of evolution and natural selection which ensured social progress . |