Example sentences of "which would [vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In between these two extremes comes the large mass of honourable and intelligent outdoor enthusiasts who listen to the frothings and bayings back and forth between the two factions with alarm , but without the detailed information from both sides which would enable them freely and democratically to make up their own minds , and if necessary bring their concerted pressure to bear on one side or the other to desist . |
| 2 | What was needed was a good control system which would tell them where in the organization the problem lay so they could tackle it at source . |
| 3 | Almost violently , she raised her body , ducking her head at the same time , her feverish lips seeking the scorching lure of his again , the demand for his kiss born out of an intuitive need to let him silence her , so that he might not hear the words and other sounds which would tell him just how complete his dominion of her senses already was . |
| 4 | Note the enormous flexibility compared with a routine which would tell him only how to get from one particular point to another . |
| 5 | ‘ He could start back after Christmas but that would be too late for Cheltenham and there is always the risk that he could do more damage which would set him back for next season . ’ |
| 6 | Volvo expects to produce 300 of those , which would give it roughly the same 60 per cent market share it enjoys in the heavy bus category after its takeover of Leyland Bus in 1988 . |
| 7 | For the simple reason that you wo n't go to bed till late in the morning or whatever which would knock you back . |
| 8 | The Linnets are desperate for a win which would drag them away from the lower reaches of the table , and Kettering 's record of only two points from their opening eight away games suggests a home win . |
| 9 | It was in Launceston that Gould took the opportunity of parting company with Gilbert , instructing him to await the arrival in Launceston of the Comet , which would carry him on to the Swan River in Western Australia . |
| 10 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
| 11 | Presumably , they would set out on one course of action , receive a consultants ' report which would blow them off their course , the journalists would then be summoned to Luigi 's restaurant and policy would once again be changed . |
| 12 | Their guide turned left across Butt Bridge , heading towards Great Brunswick Street which would bring them up around by Trinity College … |
| 13 | She stopped in the shelter of a stone wall , drank a cup of coffee , consulted the map and decided to aim for a twenty-five mile circuit which would bring her out , eventually , at the foot of the steep hill near the village . |
| 14 | Within the hour they were out into the countryside , following the track which would lead them down to the old Roman road . |
| 15 | Half-blinded , his lashes and brows coated with a rim of snow , George was disorientated and unable to find a path which would lead him down to the shelter of the valley . |
| 16 | He also designed a bed that could be raised up and down and told Pat to go to the patent office with the plan which would make them both a fortune . |
| 17 | As in the case of the sauropod dinosaurs they seem to have got bigger and bigger during the Cretaceous — some of these later pterosaurs are supposed to have had wing spans exceeding lo metres , which would make them almost comparable to a man-made glider . |
| 18 | Our ability to ‘ read ’ objects for their social appropriateness and to impose upon any series or new forms that order which would make them culturally acceptable does not in any respect lessen the place of strategy , or the possibility of intent ; both , however , are accomplished within objective conditions of which we have an underlying experience , even if we choose to deny them in formulating strategy . |
| 19 | Diabetic patients may have a damaged myocardium due to extensive atheroma and/or small-vessel cardiomyopathy before infarction ( Hamby et al , 1974 ; Regan et al , 1977 ; Factor et al , 1980 ) , which would make them more likely to develop cardiogenic shock or heart failure . |
| 20 | Local authorities took to the fashion of developing management and political processes , and institutional structures , which would make them more able to plan , control and review their activities , commensurate with their resources . |
| 21 | For example the task could be to produce a news item which would amuse the audience , or which would surprise the audience , or which would make them very happy . |
| 22 | The fewer susceptible people in urban areas would reflect the prior sporadic exposure to the widespread relevant agent , which would make them less vulnerable to an epidemic caused by new and sudden population mixing . |
| 23 | This contrast may , of course , reflect to some degree the personal inclinations of the authors : it has been suggested in the previous chapter , for example , that Taskopruzade 's interests tended to the antiquarian , which would make him all the more likely to emphasize the old virtues of piety and learning . |
| 24 | For they knew perfectly well that Lothar was waiting for one thing to happen before engaging in battle : one thing which would make him too feel he could win . |
| 25 | To gain admittance to the movement , he would have to commit some act which would make him as vulnerable as those already involved . |
| 26 | There was FDP resentment at Adenauer 's domination of government , and over his consideration of an electoral reform which would make it even more difficult for small parties to be elected to the Bundestag . |
| 27 | I 'm sure sir you 're you 're not expecting me to make a a major contribution to this particular debate , but I felt that your the , various comments have been made around the table which would make it exactly clear where the Department stands on this issue . |
| 28 | From Miss Eaglen I have not yet experienced that personal involvement with what she sings which would make it more than an impressive exercise . |
| 29 | Other state legislation is set to come before the Supreme Court in 1992–3 , including measures that outlaw abortion except where the woman 's life is endangered , which would make it very difficult for the justices to avoid considering the continuing validity of the Roe decision ( McKeever , 1993 , pp. 82–127 ; Guardian , 30 June 1992 , p. 24 ) . |
| 30 | Many such people , now elderly , have lived in hospitals all their lives and exhibit institutional behaviour which would make it extremely difficult for them to be rehabilitated . |