Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pron] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But a sophisticated pragmatist might nevertheless be tempted , for reasons he would believe fully respectable , to disguise these attenuations . |
| 2 | The problem for capitalism was that this rule was always problematic because of the pressure from the working class and non-monopoly capital for policies which would question the interests of monopoly capital . |
| 3 | If this is the case , check what materials there are — you might be able to make suggestions to your students about programmes they would find interesting to watch . |
| 4 | For hours he would sit by the window , and look out on the empty , Sunday street , as the church bells tolled dismally from different points in the town . |
| 5 | For hours he would brood over the significance of the case brought against Captain Bligh . |
| 6 | What , we may ask Holt , happens to the child who , dissatisfied at home , seeks in vain for guardians who would suit him ? |
| 7 | For example , in early 1983 MP Jack Ashley was attempting to secure the passage of a Private Member 's Bill through parliament which would require pharmaceutical companies to establish a ‘ no blame compensation fund ’ . |
| 8 | If she could get there before the long closure for lunch-hour he would make her up a preparation , and Peony could get it back to her mother and possibly get back again to the harbour for the Swimming Gala . |
| 9 | I was interested in the waves of immigration into Britain both pre-historically and later , and I kept on looking for proposals which would represent this both in multi-cultural and archaeological terms . |
| 10 | For instance it would enable broadcasters to offer interactive services — such as the ability for viewers to call up statistics while watching a baseball game . |
| 11 | If you wanted to make a banner for instance you would highlight banner on the main menu , then choose ‘ font ’ , and choose one of the nine fancy fonts provided . |
| 12 | For instance he would have to pay the equivalent of the rent during the period of his occupation between the date of the order and the date of giving up possession . |
| 13 | The British government 's programme for the development of renewable energy has been massively oversubscribed , with developers submitting applications for projects which would generate electricity well in excess of the government 's target . |
| 14 | The Bank 's commitment to fostering environmentally sound development projects was to be underscored by a pilot programme of concessional lending for projects which would yield benefits on matters of key international environmental concern , amounting to between $1,000 million and $1,200 million over the next three years . |
| 15 | For Bultmann , the resurrection is not an event in our world ( for resurrections he would hold , as I , do not occur in our world ) , but something of far greater magnitude , an eschatological event which represents the breaking in of another world order . |
| 16 | When we asked buyers on your behalf , about products you would like Sainsbury 's to sell , we discovered all sorts of interesting things . |
| 17 | In the reserve the Masai were ‘ anxiously watched for signs which would indicate that they had decided to come out actively on our side ’ . |
| 18 | The terms of reference for this enquiry were ‘ To review the way in which public funds are used to support community care policy and to advise on the options for action which would improve the use of these funds as a contribution to more effective community care ’ . |
| 19 | As a direct result of Audit Commission criticisms and other recently published reports , the government announced that Sir Roy Griffiths had been invited ‘ to undertake a review of the way in which public funds are used to support community care and to advise on the options for action which would improve the use of these funds as a contribution to more effective community care ’ . |
| 20 | Should be very good for schools I would think , would n't it ? |
| 21 | But if you were arrested for murder they would have to be very careful not to blow their cover . |
| 22 | Even when he knew she was speaking the truth about Dana he would continue to think she was out for all she could get , and she had only herself to blame . |
| 23 | In exchange for funds he would get the Ping Tiao to do his dirty work — to burn the East European Plantations and create havoc with City Europe 's food supplies , thus de-stabilising Li Shai Tung 's City . |
| 24 | I certainly still dream about cichlids I would like to own , and I wondered briefly if I could blue the lot on fish . |
| 25 | Well I would , I would , I would just comment that there er in profits have er have it does n't mean to say that we wo n't have some profits from our estate at Thurrock because there are other areas of land involved , but they wo n't be so substantial and for B-Sky-B I would turn to Frank . |
| 26 | For readers who would like to fix until the next millennium , Birmingham Midshires has is offering a fixed rate of 8.49 per cent until 31 January , 2000 . |
| 27 | There are fears that as President he would sting them with stiffer tax bills . |
| 28 | Sometimes , if they knew he behaved in that way , people would be unwilling to talk about him at all — for fear they would embarrass themselves by saying something sympathetic about a man they knew could just as easily assassinate their characters . |
| 29 | Cod separated the pair for fear they would reproduce , and eventually forced them to do battle with each other . |
| 30 | ‘ And another thing that 's changed is that I used to be wary of getting into certain types of music , for fear they would show up in my playing ; these days , though , I figure that listening to just about anything is cool . |