Example sentences of "[pers pn] would [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | This phenomenon is almost impossible to illustrate in a monologue , and I would at this point have issued a handout , if the talk were not being recorded , for it is very easy to see a sentence in progress when the turns in the dialogue are written down . |
2 | Er in the context of bulk transfers would you like to comment on the Good Committees conclusions on the bulk transfers of members between schemes and how they operate , and do you think that er there is widespread abuse or do you think er on balance your experience has been that where bulk transfers have taken place , they have taken place responsibly , but I would in that context ask you to comment whether there has been an unreasonable time delay where you have experienced bank bulk transfers between the transfer actually taking place in terms of employees being transferred from an undertaking to another undertaking and the actual transfer of their pension funds . |
3 | The term ‘ annunciation ‘ ( announcement ) is that given to the message presented by the angel Gabriel to the Blessed Virgin Mary that she would in due time be delivered of the Son of God , and the festival commemorating this — Lady Day — has the date 25 March . |
4 | Talk as you would to one person across a table . |
5 | Refer to the To Wound Chart to determine the roll needed to wound , and roll a dice per hit as you would for multiple bow or crossbow hits . |
6 | Right and we 'll leave the other sheet for now so 's you can have a look at that yourself if you would at some stage and just erm go through it . |
7 | As this is a compact bush tomato there is no need to pinch out the side-shoots as you would on standard tomato varieties . |
8 | I take it from the nature of your answer that you would in any event agree that none of those other factors which you concern yourself with have any relevance as to whether or not the land performs a greenbelt function ? |
9 | They read our body language better than we do ourselves , and signal to us just as they would to each other . |
10 | I do n't imagine they would for one moment I doubt it no . |
11 | Could n't really , stand out , yes , they did n't stand out as much exhibits as they would with another occasion something else . |
12 | ‘ Let us worry about that , ’ said the Captain , who knew exactly what would happen if nobody paid and that they would in all likelihood never find the body . |
13 | It should describe how the characters , usually non-aristocratic or less educated , express moods , emotions and actions as they would in real life . |
14 | They may communicate more fully than they would in real life but this is to my advantage as the reader because it increases my relief and my pleasure . |
15 | If Coleman was next on the hit list , they would in any case be safer travelling on their own . |
16 | She was quite mature in her answers , and as you will see from Document A , sir , the Visitor got the impression — we have to rely on their experience in this sort of judgement — ; that she was more or less in command of the situation and had gained poise and experience from it and that a second traumatic removal from what in fact was a secure home for her would at this stage do more harm than good , especially as the relationship between the girl and her father was not good . |
17 | If you asked Professor Cizek how he got his results , he would in all probability reply — " I just encourage the children to express themselves freely and only stop bad things from originating . " |
18 | Foo saw the waves as a watery pyre , where he would in due course achieve martyrdom . |
19 | There was then little belief in the value of the Coalition Liberals , but a strong belief in the value of Lloyd George ; he would be a good advocate with the new electorate and he would in due course be disarmed as Chamberlain had been . |
20 | Law pessimistically told the King that he would in any case alienate half of his subjects , Unionists if he gave his assent to Home Rule and Liberals if he did not . |
21 | What caused me concern was , as I say , the slightly uncomfortable feeling that Eliot had been bounced into writing an article which he did not particularly relish doing and to which he would in any case have wished to devote much more reflection . |
22 | He said the council tax bill for expensive properties would be a much smaller percentage of the house value than it would on cheaper housing where the majority of people live . |
23 | And yes , that fireplace gave me as much pleasure always as I had imagined it would on first sight . |
24 | They observe , however , that it would on any view be a grave impediment to the freedom of the press if those who print , or a fortiori those who distribute , matter reflecting critically on the conduct of public authorities could only do so with impunity if they could first verify the accuracy of all statements of fact on which the criticism was based . |
25 | He declined Dinah 's offer ; no doubt it would in any case be thought improper for two young ladies to drive a young man home . |
26 | To the extent that such approaches may suggest the desirability of changing over to a counter-force nuclear policy , they escape from the moral frying-pan of counter-city targeting into the strategic fire of counter-force , which has the twin disadvantages that it might put a premium on first strike and that it would in any case result in frightful civilian losses . |
27 | To make things still worse , he added that it would in any case be quite useless for them to make plans without the king 's approval , for nothing could be achieved without his collaboration . |
28 | It would in any case be difficult to derive the high Sr/Y , La/Yb ratios and low Y and HREE contents of these magmas by fractional crystallization of the main phases present in the rocks : plagioclase , hornblende and clino- pyroxene . |
29 | Certainly , I never imagined that it would in any way be see-through . |