Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Proponents of the scheme believe the fans would form artificial tornadoes of polluted air , which would be propelled up through the thermal inversion " cap " . |
| 2 | As a group of German doctors has said in a letter to The Lancet , the AIDS epidemic does not even indicate a new infectious agent but ‘ merely the introduction of an old pathogen into a group whose promiscuous lifestyles would ensure rapid spread ’ . |
| 3 | Schools would require substantial support in the training of facilitators and in the provision of school based inservice as well as on-going support and assistance throughout the process . |
| 4 | As late as 1976 , most serious chess players thought that the day when computers would play master-level chess was still far off . |
| 5 | But while these voices of dissent grew louder and louder , and began to breed that stony-faced aspect about which Lowe later remarked , the New Zealand rugby public were being swept along by the manufactured , hyped-up waves generated by the hucksters and the lackeys determined that their clients would get full return for spending their sponsorship and advertising dollars . |
| 6 | In January 1939 an order was placed with English Electric for twelve semi-open seaside trams , which like the Boat cars would have second-hand controllers . |
| 7 | ‘ Your pictures would make excellent greeting cards ! ’ |
| 8 | The authors would welcome constructive comments and suggestions about this book and , in particular , about the various ‘ activities ’ contained in it . |
| 9 | At the other extreme , modern , mechanized methods would make economic nonsense on a smallholding . |
| 10 | It favoured the formation of an all-German Green party as a confederation in which the two parties would retain considerable autonomy and also advocated ( in contrast to the East German Greens ) a broader radical-ecological alliance with East German citizens ' movements such as the Independent Women 's Union and the United Left [ see p. 37301 ] . |
| 11 | If the overlap were to be complete we would have perfect communication : both parties would have identical perceptions and whatever happened in one bubble would happen in the other . |
| 12 | Likewise , Charlie 's old school is not an entity that has the property of old-school-ness ; this is not a property of which English speakers would make frequent use , but it might be possible employ it in cases where something had the characteristic of " being a school in an old way " — perhaps with extensive use of wax tablet and stylus , and possibly a slave or two for the menial work . |
| 13 | Here , a computer-assisted technique known as Principal Components Analysis ( Horvath 1985 : 53 ) was used to examine the hypothesis that groups of speakers would show certain similarities in their linguistic behaviour . |
| 14 | ‘ There are no winners or losers , ’ Mr Levy said , adding that Mr Shamir promised that Mr Levy 's supporters would get key jobs in parliament , party committees , and the quasi-governmental Jewish Agency , which arranges migration to Israel . |
| 15 | This was widely regarded as a triumph for Levi , who received a guarantee that he would retain his present Cabinet position in any future Likud-led government , and a written assurance that his supporters would receive increased representation within Likud institutions , the government , Knesset ( parliament ) committees and the Jewish Agency . |
| 16 | Soon their possible presences would become real presences , and here , under this roof , at her command , patterns would form and dissolve and form again , dramas would be enacted , hard and soft words exchanged , friendships formed , acquaintances renewed . |
| 17 | One might think such recordings would demand competent replay equipment for the listener to appreciate fully these touches of purist engineering — but systems do n't have to be ‘ high-end ’ and costing thousands of pounds to be able to hear a difference . |
| 18 | Roundabouts would have firm handrails and soft ground around them . |
| 19 | These warranties would include general warranties as to : |
| 20 | EACH Christmas the Leazes End songsters would add seasonal flavour with ‘ Noel , Noel , Noel , Noel , Davies is king of Newcastle . ’ |
| 21 | Nor is it likely that such thwarted parents would make ideal parents for a mentally handicapped child . |
| 22 | When children were expected to be unquestioningly compliant , parents would suppress undesirable behaviour without discussing the whys and wherefores of their prohibitions . |
| 23 | Furthermore , they were pointing out that legalism and the exclusion of parents would have paradoxical consequences : the last-resort philosophy and pessimism about care could lead to reluctance to recognize the signs of abuse , which in turn — especially in a hard-pressed and under-resourced situation such as that faced by many inner-city authorities — could have fatal results . |
| 24 | Some broadcasts would have Latin alphabet subtitles . |
| 25 | If they would not or could not , at the request of a Government sympathetic to them and their aspirations , give sufficient support to the economic policy advocated by that Government in the general interest , it could not with confidence be supposed that trade union representatives on the boards of companies would give sufficient support to the policies of those companies . |
| 26 | The appalling liabilities of Western insurance companies would mean wholesale disinvestment while the sudden scarcity of money in the Western financial system would have catastrophic effects in the midst of a recession . |
| 27 | County transport officials also feared that bus companies would face huge bills within the next five years as stock had to be replaced . |
| 28 | The two companies would keep separate identities and would only cooperate on the one service . |
| 29 | Alex Ferry , general secreatry of the Conferderation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions , said there was a distinct possibilty companies would use mass lay-offs . |
| 30 | Financial institutions , he feels , would be deserted by their private clients while companies would lose international work on sheer emotional grounds . |