Example sentences of "this would [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 As the material prepared by the Scottish Office was so extensive , it was expected that the use of this would form a major part of boards ' training activity .
2 The result of all this can be likened to a vast ocean , teeming with fish of which only one in a million is edible , and just as this would present a monstrous task to fishermen entrusted with the responsibility of feeding a hungry populace , so does the almost unbelievable quantity of religious teaching and literature by its very size and complexity make it impossible for it ever to serve a serious purpose in satisfying the undoubted universal desire for a respected and well-beloved religion .
3 This would conduct a continuing survey of administrative structures with two purposes in mind : a ) to produce information and thereby increase openness ; b ) to carry out inquiries and offer advice to central government and other public authorities .
4 One could instead increase mutation rates artificially : if doubling mutation rates doubled senescence , or if a slight increase in the mutation rate produced catastrophic senescence ( Box 2 ) , then this would suggest a substantial effect of mutation in the original population .
5 All of this would suggest a total re-write of Working Paper 7 for development within the Catholic sector .
6 If so , this would suggest a social preference for regarding killings of these kinds as among the worst because of the circumstances in which they occur , rather than because of the defendant 's awareness of the possible consequences .
7 — some word senses appear only when used in particular idioms or collocations ; Intersections — e.g. if ’ conduct ’ and ’ violin ’ appear together , this would suggest a different sense of ’ conduct ’ than if it appeared with ’ wire ’ ;
8 In addition , we saw that if Christianity was to be made the source of values this would create a logical inconsistency in Professor Hayek 's defence of the spontaneous order .
9 This would create a great strain on the NHS , which would be dominated by the high-risk groups who would not be particularly welcomed by the private insurance companies .
10 This would create a legal liability .
11 Avoid giving your own opinion or contribution as this would create a three-way conversation highly unsatisfactory for speechreading .
12 This would leave a difficult boundary for patients with learning difficulties so profound as to require treatment in a hospital or specialist residential home , the former being free and the latter funded by social services and means tested .
13 This would enable a tough general manager to ensure that medical audit did not become simply a talk shop or token activity .
14 Thus , if education were promised a rise in its allocation at 2 per cent a year , this would mean a real increase in its capacity to employ teachers or build schools of 2 per cent a year .
15 In essence this would mean a parallel document recognised by the Church within each diocese and used as a basis for provision of R.E .
16 A capital injection from the company 's bank has to be looked at as a probable source of additional finance , although this would mean a secured loan .
17 PAMELA : [ smiling , consent , aside ] This would bear a small debate , I fancy , in a parliament of women .
18 This would necessitate a constant and irritating alteration of E♮ to E ♭ and back again .
19 This would open a distinctive new front .
20 However , this would demand a fine sense of judgment by referees .
21 The notion of quotas has angered the Central Council for Jews in Germany , whose chairman , Heinz Galinski , has said that this would represent a sinister form of selection .
22 I think at er the sort of level of development and the location implications of er such a strategic exception , fifty hectares in some location which was totally outside the context of approved locational policy , this would represent a significant element of really nonconformity with the plan .
23 It might be h d that the place for this would be in the Computer Studies Curriculum but to do this would preclude a large number of pupils from acquiring basic handling skills .
24 This line has had many threats of closure , and this would end a vital link to Hutton Cranswick .
25 This would offer a considerable threat to the future supply of labour were it not for the fact that agriculture also attracts a disproportionate number of school-leavers — more , in fact , than it could possibly cope with if they were all to stay in the industry .
26 A long dividing wall like this would make a good serving unit for every day and a splendid buffet area for a party .
27 This would make a fabulous finale to any dinner party .
28 A picture like this would make a marvellous gift for someone moving into their new home , as it would continue the theme of welcome .
29 It occurs to me , mate , this would make a neat scene for some kind of black-comedy gothic-horror viddy ; just before the bit where the dismembered body — equals relics in this case — comes to life , and our hero gets — ;
30 Craig says he believes this would make a would-be car thief think twice before trying to steal a protected car .
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