Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv] [subord] [vb pp] " in BNC.

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1 A glance at the list of some of the most popular privatisations shows that , in most cases , you 'd have more than doubled your shares when they were issued and held on to them .
2 Veljko Kadijevic on Sept. 12 rejected an order from Mesic ( the nominal commander of the JNA ) to withdraw troops to barracks within 48 hours and reiterated that the JNA would act only if ordered by the Presidency as a whole .
3 But the danger was that the pound would fall further than planned , said Mr Payne .
4 Members of the project carry out their own maintenance , as few sites would survive long if handed over to the local authority .
5 The ‘ wild ’ characteristics have been bred out of them for many generations and few would survive long if released into the wild .
6 But it was reasonable to believe that , as the international crisis mounted , the politicians would react differently if surrounded by a mass of mobilized and informed opinion than if left to their own devices .
7 On the morning after the result of the referendum had been announced , the British Foreign Secretary went on the BBC 's Today programme to announce , in effect , ‘ business as usual ’ and that the timetable for the passage of the Maastricht ratification legislation by the British Parliament would proceed precisely as planned .
8 If British Naval Intelligence heard nothing from her , they 'd presume the Dane was hostile , and the raid would go ahead as planned .
9 A previously agreed reduction in troops from 43,000 to 36,000 by the end of 1992 would go ahead as planned .
10 He rejected calls by opposition politicians and the press for him to step down , and insisted that state and local elections scheduled for Dec. 6 would go ahead as planned , without a provision for voting on a reduction of his presidential term .
11 Opposition leaders accused the authorities of having unilaterally ceased consultations with them on the bill , and were also seeking an undertaking that the elections would go ahead as scheduled .
12 A fourth round of Premiers ' talks was due to be held in Pyongyang , the North Korean capital on Feb. 25-28 , 1991 , although the South 's refusal to cancel the next Team Spirit exercise ( due to begin in January ) made it unclear whether this meeting would go ahead as scheduled .
13 In his New Year address to the country on Jan. 1 , and at a meeting with opposition representatives on Jan. 8 , President Ramiz Alia had insisted that the elections would go ahead as scheduled .
14 ‘ And with the abolition of the Prevention of Terrorism Bill , the terrorists of the IRA would come here as invited guests . ’
15 He said he would come only if arrested .
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