Example sentences of "[conj] would [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But not entirely — outside on Madison Avenue is a huge lifesize model of a red fire engine , the work of Charles Ray , who says he tried to make an object that would embody a fundamental sense of ambition , in the form of a child 's toy . |
| 2 | Mr Ashdown said he could be blamed for forcing a second election , but he was seeking PR because it was central to a coalition that would ensure a stable government . |
| 3 | The argument that would draw a sharp line between quantification of litigation costs which may be done by taxation , on the one hand , and quantification of non-litigation costs , which must be done by the Chancery master taking the account without the assistance of a taxing master , on the other hand , is , in our judgment , misconceived . |
| 4 | I had to achieve an impression of London ; to find a series of marks that would give a visual cue rather than deliver a mass of topographical detail . |
| 5 | The grid size can easily be increased or decreased at any stage during the design process , thus allowing you to create anything from a tiny motif to a large electronic or intarsia design that would cover a complete garment piece . |
| 6 | A check-list that would make a modern bird-watcher salivate was served up on the Elizabethan menu : ‘ the-food of heroes , fit for the palates of the great ’ , as Camden describes pewits , godwits , knot , and dotterel . |
| 7 | The eyebrows go up in an arch that would make a complete circle if they carried on down , the lids over those eyes , likened to a cobra 's by Candice Bergen , narrow to a slit ; the gleaming white teeth flash through the pursed lips in what Vogue editor Diana Vreeland called a ‘ killer smile ’ . |
| 8 | Another hotel that would make a good starting point for a weekend — or longer — in East Anglia is the Black Lion at Long Melford . |
| 9 | Left : Trout with Stilton is a tasty dish that would make a good seasonal starter |
| 10 | Designer of the stamps , Paul Hogarth , commented that ‘ Glasgow presents a wide spectrum of flamboyant Victorian architecture and it was quite a task to choose something symbolic that would make a good image on the stamps . |
| 11 | Companies like Sequent Computer Systems Corp and Pyramid Technology Corp are technologically compatible — but painfully small to make much difference , which suggests that a bold move for another technologically compatible company — with a nice sideline fit in telecommunications — Tandem Computers Inc , is the smallest acquisition that would make a real difference — but it 's hard to see cautious Siemens being that bold . |
| 12 | Many aspects of the interaction between employers and employees are not covered by formal contracts because important elements in that interaction are not readily measurable in a way that would make a formal contract enforceable in court . |
| 13 | In Figure 11 I show the kind of wiring diagram that would make a single cell responsive to a particular kind of edge , with a particular orientation . |
| 14 | In consequence , they are less concerned to fashion a constitution that would limit democratic politics than they are to introduce a constitution that would facilitate a new type of democratic politics that would then make more likely coalition government and the kind of moderate , stable , policies which they regard as at one with the broad mass of public opinion and in the national interest itself . |
| 15 | Satisfactory tenants would at least keep the house warm and protected , as well as producing an income that would go a long way to meeting your expenses . |
| 16 | When moved , it gives a perceptibly false sense of movement , as if tracking in or out but without the change of perspective that would accompany a genuine movement . |
| 17 | At a press conference Mr Fyodorov stressed that any new aid should be delivered in a way that would leave a political impression on the Russian people . |
| 18 | Yet while he did n't much care about the outcome of Plainsong , except in a generally patriotic sense , he cared very much that it should n't fail in any way that would leave a vindictive Foreign Office with a load of blame to distribute . |
| 19 | Another idea that would avoid a big bang singularity was suggested by two Russian scientists , Evgenii Lifshitz and Isaac Khalatnikov , in 1963 . |
| 20 | This new hawkish perspective builds upon a strand in US policy going back at least to Kennedy , which argues that the USA must possess a force structure that would enable a nuclear war to be fought and won ( Ikle , 1973 ) . |
| 21 | Recent reorganisations have been strongly influenced by discussions about the appropriate size that would enable a local authority to accept particular responsibilities . |
| 22 | These bursts of repetitive non-sequential pressure peaks did not show any characteristics that would suggest a common cavity phenomenon ; they were not preceded by a sudden small increase in base line oesophageal pressure occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus ; and the shape of the individual waves , although occurring simultaneously at different levels of the oesophagus , was often different from one level to the other . |
| 23 | As the army advances he wields the magic Staff of Command , striking down his foes with devastating spells while the Jade Griffon allows him to survive wounds that would kill a lesser man . |
| 24 | The inter-war German democracy was precarious precisely because it was grafted on to a social order that had failed to create the very basic social and political conditions that would allow a democratic system to flourish , but also because while German expansion in the east had been halted , the drive to the east was still seen as a tantalising solution to all of Germany 's problems . |
| 25 | The laws legalising homosexuality were a typical example of benign British hypocrisy , but they left us unprepared for much of the debate that would follow a then unforeseeable epidemic . |
| 26 | It not infrequently happens that an exactly appropriate lexical partner that would complete a paradigmatic relationship is missing , but a lexical item exists , with virtually the required meaning , but of the wrong syntactic category . |
| 27 | But it is not about a pair of pure silk knickers at a cost that would keep a Sudanese village in staple meals for a month , rather it is sporting cotton , and giving the rest of the money to Oxfam . |
| 28 | Does he agree that a proposal that would impose a massive tax burden on 4 million ordinary people could be produced only by a shower such as those who currently comprise the Opposition ? |
| 29 | Another record that would require a Herculean effort by any contender and a large amount of time and money to break is in the underestimated art of domino tumbling . |
| 30 | The PHG 600 CE is a very well specified machine that would prove a good investment for those doing a lot of varied stripping work ( especially where bare wood is to be exposed and scorch marks would ruin the appearance ) . |