Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [det] [conj] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Gail Adshed , 18 , student ( right ) : ‘ I 'd buy all but the tights . ’ |
| 2 | The club night is very much part of ’ talking DJ ’ dance culture , with Pete winding the audience up , making dedications over the PA and observations that would make all but the most committed sexist cringe ’ Hello ! |
| 3 | Independent control of water supplies to individual sections would facilitate this and the flexibility and effectiveness of the extinguishing system would be further improved if zones could be triggered by remote manual means linked into the automatic system and terminating at the same point as isolation valves and of venting controls . |
| 4 | A compromise on this issue , they wrote , would damage all that the French Republic has stood for since the Revolution . |
| 5 | The metal would withstand all but the most concentrated laser fire . |
| 6 | On the other hand , you do n't produce something like this in a week and the time taken would deter all but the most committed workshop man . |
| 7 | The only constraint on attempts to acquire a larger budget is that it would cost more than the total value to the politicians of the service , the value of additional output being zero . |
| 8 | ‘ The only kind of central heating possible would be solid fuel and to install it would cost more than the cottage is worth . ’ |
| 9 | The report argues that such environmental subsidies would cost less than the sum earmarked by the Ministry of Agriculture for this year 's CAP , the administration of the proposed scheme being facilitated by the CPRE 's knowledge of the state of Britain 's farmland . |
| 10 | This meant that nearly all packs would contain more than the declared weight . |
| 11 | Just one of the regions , Northern Ireland , with eight constituency members and an assumed equal number of list members , would have fewer than the minimum total of 20 required to ensure fair representation therein for a party securing 5% of the list votes . |
| 12 | It reported in early 1970 recommending a Scottish elected Assembly of some 125 members which would take all but the last or Third Reading stage of Scottish bills and would debate the Scottish estimates and general topics . |
| 13 | Pavic , a moustached and gentlemanly Yugoslav , was waiting in the wings with an actress , who would read all but the first page or two of the chosen extract in English translation . |
| 14 | In the Borders , Peter Jeary , director of finance , said that more than half the 47,000 households on the council tax register would pay less than the regional community charge bills of £312 in 1992-93 . |
| 15 | If the lead were ever to be sold to radiation detector manufacturers it would raise more than the £24000 it has cost to salvage the hull . |
| 16 | Company commanders would lose all but the most spasmodic and tenuous contact with their platoons , often for days at a time . |
| 17 | If the proposal is implemented , it would place all but the most basic pensions advice into the category of ‘ special activity ’ , of which there are currently ten in the FIMBRA rules , ranging from discretionary portfolio management , to acting as a scheme manager of a Business Expansion Scheme , and advising on options and warrants . |