Example sentences of "[conj] would [adv] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you can not afford to invest the maximum allowed each year or would rather make regular monthly savings than invest in lump sums , you can put by as little as £10 per month . |
| 2 | ‘ They may have decided that they might n't like the loss of privacy or would n't feel happy handling the money , ’ she says . |
| 3 | Furthermore , if by the nature of the goods and/or the work , any defects therein or any failure thereof to conform as aforesaid does not or would not become apparent ( despite the carrying out of any examination and/or such tests ) until after use we may reject the same even after a reasonable period of use . |
| 4 | Even those who could not , or would not derive any benefit from this advice , must be at least partly seduced by its clarity and persuasiveness . |
| 5 | In doing this it would have been helpful to include profitability or value added as the independent variable but in all countries there were many companies which did not know or would not release these figures in relation to individual products . |
| 6 | Given his detailed control of programmes of study and attainment targets it is difficult to envisage credible examinations that would not reflect these . |
| 7 | In the 1960s , in response to changes in social structure and expectations , and in the context of a party and interest-group world that would not embrace new interests and demands , large numbers of inner-city residents formed themselves into loose groups to press for changes in public policy and in the balance of the public-private provision of the basics for a decent life . |
| 8 | ‘ There is hardly a civilised Fisheries Department in the world that would not ban this sloppy , terrible method of fishing if the politicians would show some backbone . ’ |
| 9 | It included a number of thirty-foot trees and a tide of foliage that would not have disgraced Kew Gardens . |
| 10 | There was a lot more rhubarb , along the lines of ‘ Yes , what ? ’ and ‘ What are we going to sing , brothers ? ’ and then Mrs Quigley cut in over the top of this with a cadenza that would not have disgraced Dame Kiri Te Kanawa . |
| 11 | It was as well she had ordered something that would n't go cold . |
| 12 | Adam stared at Fincara , but his face seemed like an old garment that would n't fit any more . |
| 13 | For as long as she could remember , her hair had been kept in a short no-nonsense style that would n't require any of her precious time to look after it . |
| 14 | He was desperately worried that coalition , as a cynical combination to keep Labour down , would produce a reaction among working-class electors that would eventually put Labour in power . |
| 15 | Furthermore , the analysts were aware of major computer developments that were taking place that would eventually have significant effects on the duties and responsibilities of certain functional groups at the Colleges . |
| 16 | Protagonists of second homes suggest that outsiders are actually saving homes for which there is no local demand , preventing dereliction , paying rates that would otherwise go unpaid and supporting local shops , services and craftsmen ( albeit seasonally ) . |
| 17 | At the simplest level , patriotism lent meaning and purpose to personal catastrophes that would otherwise appear intolerable . |
| 18 | A new scheme has been launched to put homeless families into private houses that would otherwise lie empty . |
| 19 | A new scheme has been launched to put homeless families into private houses that would otherwise lie empty . |
| 20 | In America it is widely used on the telephone system to inform callers of wrongly dialled numbers , engaged or withdrawn services and all the other announcements that would otherwise need constant human attention . |
| 21 | The " internal " limits on democracy in Britain are a rather different matter , however , and part and parcel of the Left description and critique of the established British constitution is the call for a new constitution for Britain that would somehow lift those limits . |
| 22 | What is interesting about Isabelle 's case , though , is that after two years of rehabilitation and skilled training she covered the stages of learning that would normally require six years . |
| 23 | This is absolutely one of the greatest pop singles of all time : Earl Young 's cymbals fly as he experiments with patterns that would later become instant indicators of disco , the arrangement is equivalent to a condensed blaxploitation movie , the song is terrific and Rochelle Fleming 's lead vocal soars . |
| 24 | They were beginning to lay down a sound that would later become synonymous with The Wedding Present , but it missed the energy of what would come later . |
| 25 | Collectivist principles were still seen ( by at least some on the left ) to provide a coherent and viable strategy that would both sustain economic growth and support the Welfare State . |
| 26 | The closing decades of the twentieth century tell a story that would bitterly disappoint those early preachers . |
| 27 | Based on the breakthrough , researchers were working to develop new medicines that would specifically target certain kinds of cancer . |
| 28 | The ebullience with which Nizan highlighted the disenchantment of Hitler 's own petty bourgeois supporters confronted by impending economic ruin , the logical outcome of a Nazi political dictatorship , was tempered only by an awareness that such economic ruin might ultimately only be avoided by a massive rearmament programme and a policy of fascist colonial expansion that would seriously undermine international security . |
| 29 | The knowledge explosion means what it implies ; the task of producing a scheme that would really satisfy all needs , and avoid the criticisms which had very rightly been levied at all the previous schemes , was enormous . |
| 30 | My mother 's business success had continued and the bungalow was in the throes of an ongoing transformation that would only end some five years later , when the Cliff Top Country House Hotel opened its register for bookings . |