Example sentences of "[Wh det] would [verb] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From time immemorial it was a commonly held belief in Gaelic Scotland that where a disease occurred there would be found growing in the locality of its prevalence a plant which would cure that disease . |
| 2 | Then the pump to the UV which would feed this system was switched on and fingers and toes were crossed . |
| 3 | A solicitor will generally be free to decide for himself whether or not to accept instructions from a client , though he must always bear in mind the statutory obligation not to discriminate against potential clients on the grounds of race , colour , sex etc ( see Chapter 3 ) and he must refuse to act or to continue to act in any of the following circumstances : ( 1 ) where his client seeks to insist on the solicitor conducting his case in a way which would involve some breach of law or professional regulation ; ( 2 ) where the client 's affairs are outside his professional competence ; ( 3 ) if he suspects that the instructions purporting to come from his client do not in fact represent the client 's wishes ; ( 4 ) where the solicitor is unable to obtain confirmation from the client of instructions received from a third person ; ( 5 ) where there is or is likely to be some conflict of interest involving the solicitor himself , his client , other clients ( present , past or prospective ) , or the firm ; ( 6 ) where the solicitor may be a material and not merely formal witness in any proceedings ; ( 7 ) where another solicitor has already received instructions which have not been formally withdrawn . |
| 4 | The workhouse visitors , who functioned as a house committee , had noted that the supply of water to the workhouse had failed on several occasions , and they expressed the hope that an adequate supply would be forthcoming quickly , ‘ which would enable each person to have a fresh quantity for his or her bath ’ . |
| 5 | In their search for a market for great stores of goods , the capitalists screamed about the necessity of putting Germany on its feet , Austria on its feet , Russia on its feet , and talked about granting credits which would enable those countries to purchase from us , so clearing our markets and setting our industries going . |
| 6 | However , what is perhaps most striking about written productions is how often they can be disambiguated by recourse to the sign language ‘ rules ’ which would govern that meaning . |
| 7 | A new system was needed which would avoid these contradictions and which so unified existing rights in land as to ‘ enable shifts of value to operate within the same ownership ’ . |
| 8 | This was an attempt to provide a readable , reasonably objective report of the event which would reflect both sides of the argument ( and with gossip and humour thrown in to lighten the load ) . |
| 9 | well I have n't discussed this with my learned friend , but it seems to me a date sometime next term would be appropriate , er which would give another term , or so for the plaintiff side to investigate these matters |
| 10 | No one ever imagined for a moment that it would be easy to find a solution which would satisfy both sides , but as far as the government is concerned the dialogue remains open . |
| 11 | John Veltri , a Canadian priest , struggling with the idea of a retreat which would reach more people , devised a form of prayer week which would allow people to enjoy the spiritual benefits of a retreat whilst still going about their normal daily lives . |
| 12 | The assumption which seems to prevail in the literature on conduct disorder is that certain disordered personality characteristics are formed which tend to continue , although the data on continuities in adverse social conditions which would confirm this assumption is by and large absent . |
| 13 | It recommended that ‘ as rape is a crime which is still without statutory definition , the lack of which has caused certain difficulties , we think that this legislation should contain a comprehensive definition of the offence which would emphasise that lack of consent ( and not violence ) is the crux of the matter . ’ |
| 14 | This this could take you into the Leeds district as being a suitable location for a settlement which would meet this criterion . |
| 15 | At present , there are too few places that cater properly for tourists , yet we could easily create facilities which would attract more visitors , and encourage them to spend more , too . |
| 16 | In order to hide the true extent of military-political cooperation the parties used instead formulations which would attract less attention such as ‘ understandings on access to facilities ’ . |
| 17 | In my view the trial judge , dealing as he was with a most difficult and distressing case under the necessity to give a decision immediately , did not sufficiently take into account the degree of pressure required to constitute undue influence in the case of a patient in the position of Miss T. I agree with Lord Donaldson of Lymington M.R. that there is abundant evidence which would justify this court in coming to the conclusion that she was subjected to the undue influence of her mother which vitiated her decision . |
| 18 | In 1936 , Bertrand Russell , after rehearsing the expected consequences of a new war , posed the question : ‘ Can we imagine any great modern war which would do more good than harm ? ’ |
| 19 | Taxes raised on what is reckoned to be the world 's largest untaxed industry would help governments spend money on treatment and education , which would do more good than the billions currently spent on attempting to throttle the criminal supply of drugs of all sorts . |
| 20 | Are there technical difficulties which would bother any members of the group — things like scrambling sections or exposed ridges ? |
| 21 | Rather than describe the required knowledge in general terms , we propose to discuss a number of topics which would embody that knowledge and its relationship to foreign language teaching . |
| 22 | In future , he said , there would be strict adherence to criteria , which would mean less people going onto the waiting list . |
| 23 | Britain prefers absolute standards , which would exclude all products that failed to come up to the minimum acceptable level . |
| 24 | Their plans were strategic in the sense that an idealized future ( say 20 years hence ) was projected which would accommodate all assumptions as to likely change : there would be no great population growth ( why should there be ? — the 1930s had been a decade of population stagnation , if not decline ) ; inter-war regional drift would be halted ; the housing shortage would be made good ; the necessary population redistributions would be implemented , so reducing densities to an acceptable level in the inner districts ; areas for suburban expansion would be identified and selected against a background of open space and protected countryside ; lines for improved road communication would be safeguarded and the commercial areas , particularly town centres , would be better defined and made architectural show-pieces . |
| 25 | Similarly , the increasing employment of women in the growing sector of food , drink and tobacco manufacture by the end of the century , and even the dramatic growth in the number of women commercial clerks ( 4,467 in Edinburgh by 1911 , compared to only 366 in 1881 ) did little to alter the fact that in Scotland generally ( perhaps rather more than England in the same period ) there was a very clear division of the labour market and a de facto segregation of " men 's work " from " women 's work " , which would face any girl looking for her first job . |
| 26 | Here were not only class tensions and antagonisms but also the yearning — ‘ that united wail ’ — for a different form of social relations which would link all women . |
| 27 | Your mag is the only one which would print such criticism about itself , and your mag is the only one which will respond to the criticism written about it ! |
| 28 | Does my right hon. Friend envisage the creation of a Territorial Army element in the Household Division , which would go some way to alleviating the greatly increased overstretch that the 40 per cent . |
| 29 | Further up the chain there may be an exclusion clause which would prevent any contract action . |
| 30 | Loyalist opposition was minimal ; Major Ronald Bunting 's Loyal Citizens of Ulster had threatened a counter-demonstration but this was banned by Minister of Home Affairs William Craig , and the RUC sealed off the stairways to the top of the walls and erected barriers which would prevent any clash . |