Example sentences of "would [verb] a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A star that is 1.4 times heavier than our Sun has a Schwarzschild radius of only 2 km , and if such a star were to shrink to this size it would attain a mean density of , far beyond the density of nuclei . |
| 2 | He would ply a wealthy traveller with drink until he was besozzled , and then lead the unfortunate traveller up to his best room . |
| 3 | However , NATO would remain a defensive alliance and must continue to provide for the common defence , while enhancing its political component . |
| 4 | Whatever route was chosen , water supplies would remain a controversial topic . |
| 5 | The majority view was that Britain was and would remain a great power , giving the world leadership based on her experience over the centuries rather than on the depth of her pocket . |
| 6 | Germany 's President Richard von Weizsaecker said he was sure close ties between Bonn and Washington would remain a stable anchor . |
| 7 | Finally , there would remain a central core containing the reactor building itself . |
| 8 | So we have the nine daughters of Benjamin James Titford : three died young , one remained a spinster , three were Edwardian brides , two married during the early years of the reign of King George V. Their lives would take them far apart from each other and from Curry Rivel itself — yet they would remain a close-knit family , for all the physical distance which separated them . |
| 9 | Without the light of the Gospel , it would never be seen in its true depths , but would remain a coloured stone , beautiful , but not bright with a message of God shining within it . |
| 10 | In a later address to the Hong Kong chamber of commerce Lu also sought to reassure the business community and international investors that Hong Kong would remain a free port and an international financial centre after 1997 and that its prosperity would be maintained and investments protected . |
| 11 | In February 1937 Marshal Göring visited Marshal Śmigły-Rydz in Warsaw and assured him that Germany had absolutely no territorial claims on the Polish Corridor and that Danzig , though ‘ eternally bound ’ to Poland by trade , would remain a Free City . |
| 12 | To reassure worried German managers , Pirelli stresses that Continental would remain a German company and would keep control of its own brands . |
| 13 | It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along . |
| 14 | Whenever he tried to go home the old woman would throw a magic ball of thread into his boat and draw him back to shore . |
| 15 | The Committee , quite rightly , does not recommend that only such deceptions as would influence a reasonable woman should attract criminal sanctions . |
| 16 | ‘ When you are with the only woman — the only one you think there is for that moment — you must love her and know her body as you would think a great musician would orchestrate a divine theme . |
| 17 | My new racket she said , look Gwendoline , who would think a new racket would go like that . |
| 18 | Some people would think a black look was aggressive others would not . |
| 19 | The effect is such you would think a giant mountain range had been flooded and only the peaks are left showing above the waterline . |
| 20 | What is distinct to us or to church work from the assumptions of central Government where funding might direct us to exclude what we want to do and to be a youth service which would deliver a prescribed curriculum . |
| 21 | Admiration for the Soviet Union was wide-spread among Labour Party members and the Fabian leaders , Sidney and Beatrice Webb , promulgated the belief that out of Soviet Communism would spring a new civilisation . |
| 22 | The grid size can easily be increased or decreased at any stage during the design process , thus allowing you to create anything from a tiny motif to a large electronic or intarsia design that would cover a complete garment piece . |
| 23 | It seems likely that ch'i , for example , would cover a wide range of energy effects , and Paul Devereux has suggested that sha , the noxious form of ch'i , could actually be radon gas . |
| 24 | It was planned to appoint development officers whose work would cover a local area large enough to keep them occupied full time but sufficiently small to be manageable . |
| 25 | Landowners along the proposed routes from Lackenby to Picton and Picton to Shipton were worried that a planning blight would affect a large swathe of their land until the outcome of the inquiry was known . |
| 26 | Everybody would prefer a low rate of VAT but it has is has been accepted that that is a non-starter politically . |
| 27 | There 's a meal in the oven so let's have a sherry first , or if you would prefer a soft drink you have only to say . ’ |
| 28 | They tolerate most soils so long as they are well drained and do not lie wet in winter and would prefer a sheltered position away from the worst of the winter 's cold winds . |
| 29 | With Western countries insisting that it should be part of NATO , the Soviet Foreign Minister , Eduard Shevardnadze , on Feb. 14 declared that although his government would prefer a united Germany to be neutral and demilitarized , he was not sure how " realistic " this would be . |
| 30 | Always tactfully ascertain whether a couple would prefer a double-bedded room or a twin-bedded room . |