Example sentences of "[adj] would [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would no longer do . |
| 2 | This would no longer depend on entry on , or removal from , the individual company 's register and share certificates would become a thing of the past . |
| 3 | This would also indirectly suggest that the number of individual patients had increased . |
| 4 | The girl reporter said this would n't really do . |
| 5 | This would not normally apply to emergency resolutions . |
| 6 | Secondly we utilised available A C T capacity in the group to obtain an early recovery of eleven and a half million of A C T and this would not normally have been recovered until January nineteen ninety five . |
| 7 | This would not only save money and help to curb the growth of the world 's stocks of separated plutonium ; it might also help to persuade Russia to dispose of its plutonium , rather than weaving an economic pipedream around it . |
| 8 | This would not only provide incentives to cut pollution but also act as a channel for transferring resources to developing countries . |
| 9 | This would not only establish the dynasty but would also offer hope for its continuity , a factor of no little importance , given the instability of regimes in France since 1815 . |
| 10 | This would not only reduce its political significance but it would allow for yearly increases ( though broadcasters have been quick to point out that the general rate of inflation is below the industry 's rate and so an increase would still leave a shortfall which can only be made up by savings ) . |
| 11 | This would not merely perpetuate such control but would allow the Secretary of State to interfere in the activities of Scottish Bus Group subsidiaries to a greater extent than at present . |
| 12 | This would not necessarily occur for the risk ratings since these may have been initially quite high because of the drivers ’ unfamiliarity with the car when giving the first ratings . |
| 13 | This would not necessarily conflict with the picture of word-meaning developed so far if a single superordinate sense could be found which covered all the variants . |
| 14 | In the longer term , of course , this would not necessarily have been true , simply because the loyalty , and the ability , of Gloucester 's successors were an unknown quantity , but it is significant that the terms of the Cumberland grants were less generous than those north of the border . |
| 15 | In the longer term , of course , this would not necessarily have been true , simply because the loyalty , and the ability , of Gloucester 's successors were an unknown quantity , but it is significant that the terms of the Cumberland grants were less generous than those north of the border . |
| 16 | Alan Wiggins , managing director of Carlton Garage , with showrooms in Harwich and Clacton , said this would not adversely affect the average company car user driving a 1.6 Vauxhall Cavalier , but would hit those with more expensive models , thus ‘ equalising ’ the market . |
| 17 | This would almost certainly prevent the main circuit from working properly . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | But this would almost certainly have meant abandoning voluntarism in favour of some form of formal constitution demanding a greater commitment from users . |
| 20 | This would more easily fit the majority of the accounts , and would also suit the case of the second contender , Caroline Knyvett , wife of the letter writer Sir Henry . |
| 21 | Another possibility open to the government would be to increase exemptions from the charge for those on low pay , but this would only really operate ‘ at the margin' . |
| 22 | And some would maybe just arrive if they thought they should be there . |
| 23 | Why , lo and behold , one of them would solemnly type ‘ Methinks it is like a weasel , and another would almost certainly type ‘ I think therefore I am ’ . |
| 24 | For the celebration , soldiers of his Army had been forbidden to shave for the last month so that their faced would more nearly represent those of warriors of old . |
| 25 | Donnellan ( 1966 ) began by noting a distinction between two usages of definite descriptions ( inter alia , noun phrases in English with the determiner the ) : ( 18 ) The man drinking champagne is Lord Godolphin ( 19 ) The man who can lift this stone is stronger than an ox The first would most naturally have a referential use , where the description might in fact be wrong ( e.g. the man is actually drinking lemonade ) but the reference succeed in any case ; the second would most naturally have an attributive use where the speaker would not have any particular individual in mind ( we could paraphrase ( 19 ) as " whoever can lift this stone is stronger than an ox " ) . |
| 26 | The ‘ High-Bay ’ warehouses be of at least Grade 2 construction and those described in chapter 2 of this document are so constructed and as such would not normally incur any additional premium rate for construction . |
| 27 | In other words , the best laid plans will contain errors , and not to recognise them as such would only further compound them . |
| 28 | Firstly , whenever you were absent from your office , the subordinate would very probably read his newspaper — in effect , the subordinate has merely learned not to read his newspaper when you are around ! |
| 29 | No one , for example , can take hold of twenty-five million pounds ' worth of health services and say that these , and these precisely , are owed to the fact of a prescription charge : you can not point to the beds , the treatments , the nurses and demonstrate that these would not individually have been provided , however undeniable the fact may be in general . |
| 30 | These would not only increase the efficiency of transit of boats moving from one level to another ; they would also save precious summit water . |