Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Hardly what you 'd call value for money . ’ |
| 2 | The sensitive nature of the case was further inflamed by the woman 's near-complete recovery — after an initial medical prognosis had suggested that she would remain brain-damaged for life — a development which led some members of the black community , including Rev. Sharpton , to suggest that aspects of the attack had been fabricated . |
| 3 | But when the make do and mend clubs were told that even worn out soft collars and shirt cuffs would make maps for tank commanders , they responded well and over a thousand tons of rag was collected between nineteen forty two and nineteen forty three . |
| 4 | If the other Devon districts were in fact the chief suppliers of patients and users of the big hospital facilities then it would make sense for management and costs to be handed over to them . |
| 5 | Even without statutory warrant , it would make sense for privilege to attach to whatever a Member does as an incident of discharging his functions as a Member in relation to the proceedings of the House itself ( as opposed to in his external role as a political figure , or in relation to constituents , members of the public and non-parliamentary bodies ) . |
| 6 | On the other hand it would make sense for nature to endow us with greater sexuality at a time when we are most likely to become pregnant . |
| 7 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 8 | Its co-founder and leading spirit is an Afrikaner farmer , Mr Dirk Mudge , who foresaw by a dozen years that his people would need allies for survival , and broke away from the whites-only Nationalist party to find black and brown ones . |
| 9 | Answer guide : Here the question moves the student into a senior management position which would need information for control purposes , such as profitability by branch , turnover by branch , branch cash flows etc . |
| 10 | Indeed , a report by a working group of the National Medical Consultative Committee in 1989 saw ‘ merit in the development in Scotland of the concept of inpatient care based on a ‘ mental health campus ’ ’ which would include units for assessment and short term care , medium to long term care , and special facilities for adults with behavioural problems due to brain damage combined with multiple physical disabilities . |
| 11 | Writing later on ‘ models of socialism ’ , Kurashvili looked forward to a further stage of ‘ democratic socialism ’ which would include respect for minority rights , a separation of powers , genuine federalism and a ‘ socialist multiparty system ’ . |
| 12 | For some staff it would guarantee jobs for life , and it would mean more flexible shop floor working as well as the end to clocking on . |
| 13 | Snegur decreed on June 10 that the National Security Ministry would assume responsibility for Commonwealth of Independent States ( CIS ) border guards with immediate effect , thus anticipating the July 1 deadline after which CIS responsibility for external borders would devolve to states which had not signed the May CIS agreement on border troops [ see p. 38922 ] . |
| 14 | Boosting budget revenues in this way would generate funds for income support for pensioners and fixed-income groups in conditions of accelerating inflation as prices were freed , and the tax was also intended to stabilize the money supply . |
| 15 | Local gangs such as the infamous ‘ Forty Row ’ from Ancoats , the ‘ Bengal Tiger ’ from Bengal Street , the ‘ Bungall Boys ’ from Fairfield Street , ‘ Alum Street ’ or ‘ Hope Street ’ from Salford would do battle for neighbourhood supremacy , sometimes retiring to parks or open crofts for these engagements . |
| 16 | This would give value for money , a competitive sense between community and community and a new surge of local independence and pride . ’ |
| 17 | Several of the victims said they would file lawsuits for invasion of privacy . |
| 18 | John Major yesterday dashed insurers ' hopes that the Government would underwrite claims for bomb damage . |
| 19 | He added that this was on condition that he would withdraw claims for defamation of character made against the IJF if the IJF would agree not to take any legal action against him in the future . |
| 20 | It would provide space for expansion if necessary , although no increase to the 45 staff was currently planned . |
| 21 | The complex , which would be built on the site of the recently demolished Carmarthen Bay power station , would provide facilities for cricket , soccer , bowls and badminton . |
| 22 | This would provide grounds for optimism — if you accept this recession is similar in type and degree to that of 1980–81 . |
| 23 | Later on he would utter cries for help and expect to be nursed back to health by sympathetic doctors , demanding attention as a substitute for love and taking masochistic pleasure in its denial . |
| 24 | The farmers , including the president of the National Farmers ' Union of Scotland , John Ross , and the union 's milk convener , Alex Brown , called on the Scottish Secretary to back Scotland 's milk producers , who were overwhelmingly in favour of the SMMB 's proposals , and help overturn the Office of Fair Trading 's findings that the plan would distort trade for milk . |
| 25 | MONDAY morning , and it had been arranged that I would meet Miklós for lunch and then have the chance to talk with some writers from Hungarian PEN . |
| 26 | Everyone laughs gloomily , aware that such a thing would bankrupt somone for life . |
| 27 | In both New York and Kansas , where Clinton also won the Democratic primary comfortably last Tuesday , more than a quarter of voters said they would vote Perot for President if he ran . |
| 28 | They would have salmon for tea , she decided . |
| 29 | Supervisors would need to consider the validity of such explanations : where scrutiny of a number of schedules showed avoidance of particular areas to be common , this would have implications for agency policy and staff training . |
| 30 | On May 13 1988 , Computergram Number 928 reported that Hewlett-Packard and Northern Telecom put 50 staff into joint networks operation * * * Samna bought Z-Soft for $4m * * * Commodore showed 68030 board , Unix for Amiga * * * Prime cut 700 jobs * * * Hoskyns would pay £13m for Insight . |