Example sentences of "[subord] [adj] a [noun sg] would " in BNC.
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| 1 | An odd move , to be sure , at a time when prices were falling — and in a rather smart street , too , where such a venture would not be guaranteed to make him instantly popular with the neighbours , as customers came in one door and noisome smells came out of another . |
| 2 | It is believed that some vines can live as long as five hundred years although such a plant would yield a negligible crop of grapes . |
| 3 | High-cost patients would have their higher costs met by the district — patients who cost more than 5,000 a year would have the extra met by the district initially . |
| 4 | These little glasses , which so closely resemble eyebaths , have become a fetish , and to suggest that a common cup might be shared ( after all it is communion ) is more than many a minister would dare . |
| 5 | The idea is supported by several Vice-chancellors and Directors of polytechnics , and the government is attracted to vouchers because such a system would encourage competition among higher education institutions , making them more responsive to the demands of students . |
| 6 | To attempt to change the dominant perceptions of what the corpus is all about will literally be irrational , because such a move would run counter to the form of life represented by the discipline . |
| 7 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that any proposal to raise the higher rate of income tax , as advocated by the Opposition , would be damaging for morale and prosperity , because such a move would not only destroy the will to work but drive some of our best brains out of the country ? |
| 8 | The organizers were rarely charged in court , probably because such a prosecution would have met with an unpleasant response . |
| 9 | The Prime Minister dare not present a clear picture , because such a picture would annoy some group or other in the Tory party . |
| 10 | In a statement released by the Department of Health last night , management said : ‘ There is little point in meeting Apap in the near future because such a meeting would be bound to raise false expectations of an improved offer . ’ |
| 11 | Is it because such a meeting would bring bad luck or is there another reason ? |
| 12 | It is logically impossible , he argued , to contract to give up all one 's rights , since such a contract would deprive the person of the ability to make any agreements at all . |
| 13 | Eamonn McCann later scorned this proposal as evidence of ‘ political nappy-rash ’ , since such a committee would have a built-in Unionist majority . |
| 14 | ‘ If war breaks out , I will fight for Hitler since such a war would be against Jewry . ’ |
| 15 | But Mr Parkinson pointed out yesterday that , while such a scheme would fail if all those motorists currently using the capital were willing to pay , a charge . |
| 16 | While such a set-up would probably be established under the auspices of the Bank of England , the main users in the shape of the institutions envisage that in due course they would take over ownership . |
| 17 | I apologize for the fact that delays in obtaining some of the necessary information have made it impossible to produce detailed cost estimates , but the considerations listed below should enable us to determine whether such a change would be worthwhile . |
| 18 | Whether such a step would be valuable for a journalist is a subject for much argument . |
| 19 | He was sceptical , however , about whether such a move would provide a satisfactory redress for complaints such as Mr Christie 's . |
| 20 | There was a newspaper open at the local pages on top of the freezer , and as he munched the roll Zen read an article describing the life and times of the late head of the Miletti family in such exorbitantly fulsome terms that Zen wondered in his dour Venetian way whether such a paragon would find Paradise quite good enough for him . |
| 21 | Whether such a policy would be desirable is debatable , but certainly no society has been willing to divert the necessary resources to the police in order to come anywhere near such a policy . |
| 22 | Whether such a body would succeed would depend on its organization and funding and whether it was able to create vehicles which could survive in the market-place and be purchased by the public . |
| 23 | Jaguar has the ability to issue up to 40 million new shares — more than enough to take GM 's stake up to 29.9 per cent — though such a move would require the approval of Jaguar shareholders . |
| 24 | A clause would not normally be construed as allowing one party to render no performance at all , as such a clause would undermine the main purpose of the contract . |
| 25 | Like almost all other ministers he avoided visiting the defeated South as such a trip would not have fitted the received view of America which both hosts and visitors wished to retain . |
| 26 | On this principle , it has been authoritatively stated that no injunction should be granted by the civil courts to restrain the dissemination of allegedly obscene books , as such a step would pre-empt the ultimate decision of a jury . |
| 27 | The EC Agriculture Commissioner , Raymond MacSharry , said that the EC would not completely eliminate export subsidies , as such a policy would drive " 3,000,000-4,000,000 farmers out of business " . |
| 28 | It has been shown that the Upper Freshwater Bed of the Cromer Forest Bed dates probably from an early interglacial , but there is no sign of a marine transgression in the bed although it covers the middle part of the interglacial , when such a transgression would be expected . |