Example sentences of "[noun prp] would [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reinstating a siding at Bedale would involve a five-figure sum . |
| 2 | Attempting to bring what Meredith would call a philosophical approach to her predicament , she pondered on the differences in men 's and women 's clothing . |
| 3 | Roseanne Barr would make a great Liz during her older , fatter days but could have trouble slimming down for scenes of a 60-year-old Liz in her more glamorous days . |
| 4 | In such circumstances , they were reluctant to abandon their own positions for a possibly lesser place in a new party in which Ian Paisley would play a major part . |
| 5 | The crux of his reasoning was that British connections with the Commonwealth , with European states outside the EEC , and with the United States would transform a cohesive European community into a larger and looser Atlantic community under American control . |
| 6 | The dealers and auction houses are on the other side , saying that any national droit de suite in the United States would create a huge administrative morass for the benefit of a few already-wealthy artists that would help drive the US art market overseas or underground . |
| 7 | In exchange , the United States would pay a certain sum annually in the form of development-aid grants and would provide the Spanish Armed Forces with matériel . |
| 8 | While the United States would yield a constant strategic threat to the Soviet homeland the USSR would yield only a first strike threat to the American fleet . |
| 9 | For the Autumn 1955 issue , Mary Short of Norwich wrote an article entitled ‘ Compel them to Come in ’ predicting that the WEA would die a natural death unless more young members were recruited and advocating adventurous experiment : ‘ it may mean holding afternoon classes , or running a baby-sitter service so that young couples with children can come … has any Branch tried to recruit new members by advertising courses on child psychology at ante-natal clinics and infant welfare centres ? ’ . |
| 10 | And Bevir was in the strong position , that neither archbishop wished to deny that Ramsey would make a good bishop . |
| 11 | ‘ Frankie would buy a wonderful new suit and within a few minutes he 'd look as though he 'd slept in it . |
| 12 | How could I ever have thought La Tartine d'Albertine would make a good title ? he wrote . |
| 13 | The return of the Emperor to France and the subsequent declaration of war had been good for Harper 's trade ; a good hunter stolen from a Protestant plantation in Ireland would fetch a prime price in England where so many officers equipped themselves for the campaign . |
| 14 | ‘ I DID N'T think that Chester would have a homeless problem ’ , is a comment we hear quite often , says Father Tim Dowling , Father Guardian of St Francis 's Church and Honorary Secretary of Chester Aid to the Homeless , CATH , as it is known for short , is a registered charity , which this year notches up 20 years of working with homeless people . |
| 15 | Germany 's President Richard von Weizsaecker said he was sure close ties between Bonn and Washington would remain a stable anchor . |
| 16 | Washington would require a good relationship with the new Iranian authorities , Iran being the strategically vital country it was . |
| 17 | So , if South Korea were attacked today by the inferior ground forces of North Korea plus their Air Corps , I feel that South Korea would take a bloody nose . |
| 18 | Charles Darwin would cut a heavy book in halves to make it more convenient to handle , and fix broken sections together with strong metal clips . |
| 19 | An adequate description of the Villa Adriana would need a fair-sized guide-book . |
| 20 | The Assembly Rooms and Guildhall would make a lovely setting for a wedding breakfast . |
| 21 | He 'd be there himself except that the newsroom was on sodding tenterhooks waiting to see if Heath would call a sodding snap election and they 'd have to bring out a sodding slip edition . |
| 22 | He could feel an ‘ unbundling ’ assault on Grandmet would strike a receptive cord in the City . |
| 23 | Unveiling proposals for a new global anti-missile system in co-operation with the United States , Yeltsin emphasised that " we do not want to be mere partners , we want to be allies " , adding that a new democratic Russia would play a full role in joint efforts based on collective security . |
| 24 | In addition , once Constantinople ( Istanbul ) was taken , Russia would have a year-round , ice-free sea passage , allowing her to export much-needed wheat to the western Allies and to receive arms and ammunition . |
| 25 | With the exception of the Ricardou-dominated 1970s , Claude Simon would adopt a similar set of epistemological and phenomenological pretexts for his textual practices . |
| 26 | If she was well enough to formulate a view on the question - and at the present rate of progress it looked as if she might be — Elinor would take a dim view of the poisoning of Tibbles . |
| 27 | On May 29 , Wörner said that it was " highly unlikely " that NATO would appoint a European supreme commander . |
| 28 | However , NATO would remain a defensive alliance and must continue to provide for the common defence , while enhancing its political component . |
| 29 | But truthfully , none of the Holy Trinity really imagined , in their wildest dreams , that things would go this well , that Enya would become a major world star , with her records selling in vast quantities throughout the world . |
| 30 | Mehta believed that the Afghan regime and the USSR would have a strong incentive to accept the group in Kabul . |