Example sentences of "would [verb] at [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Until it was developed , prawn hatcheries would remain at the mercy of factors beyond their control .
2 The application of community sanctions would remain at the discretion of sentencers , though there would then be a price to be paid in terms of consistency of application .
3 Greenpeace workers had begun packaging the 425 tonnes of waste , dumped in the Sibiu area of central Romania , for safe transport back to Germany and said they would remain at the site until the transport promised by German Environment Minister Klaus Töpfer arrived .
4 Probably , in his youth , some tone deaf colleague had told him that he possessed a good voice , ever since when , he would arise at every opportunity , usually by reluctant request , and then po-faced with hand on heart , would bellow ‘ Come into the garden Maude ’ , watched by a captive audience and a proud , watery-eyed wife .
5 Provided that the Pitot tube is small compared with the length scale of variations of the flow , u and p can be interpreted as the speed and pressure that would exist at the position of the Pitot tube in its absence .
6 You 're too big now , more 's the pity — and , in any case , I do n't think it would answer at the moment . ’
7 At Tangier , he would stay at an hotel nearby . ’
8 In a quantum theory of gravity , as we saw in the last chapter , in order to specify the state of the universe one would still have to say how the possible histories of the universe would behave at the boundary of space-time in the past .
9 Suppose that the increase in the money supply is announced in time to be included in that agents fully believe the central bank , and that the central bank behaves in period t in the way that it announced it would behave at the end of t - 1 .
10 ‘ But if we move against him openly , and him the King 's friend , the King may call out all the clans against us , with the promise of our land as prize for them when they 've destroyed us ; and we 've unfriends enough would jump at the chance . ’
11 My present house model leaves at the end of the month and there are plenty of girls who would jump at the chance . ’
12 I assumed McIllvanney had sent a message to Massachusetts asking Sammy to telephone as soon as he reached port , and I was certain that Sammy would jump at the chance of three months ' extra salary , and if he did then Ellen and Thessy would similarly earn their small fortunes .
13 She did not add , He would jump at the chance of someone filling that post , so that he would n't be asked to take the children off Rose 's hands until she is once more fixed up with someone who could manage her unruly crowd , as well as herself and the house .
14 ‘ I mean , here you are , carrying around a box full of gold , do n't you think anyone in their right minds would jump at the chance of pinching it ? ’
15 ‘ I would jump at the chance of a move because it would be big step in my own career at 20 , and a financial boost for Bangor .
16 There were several youngsters in the chorus playing understudies who would jump at the chance of having a stab at Sonja .
17 This would fall at the Middle to Upper Coal Measures boundary near to the base of the Westphalian D. In the Coalbrookdale coalfield in west Central England , the so-called ‘ Symon Fault ’ is recognised as a strong angularity , probably within the Westphalian C sequence .
18 They dived into the sand did n't they , so he would survive at the back of the
19 He was looking skywards the way he did as a player : he would flick at the ball with the outside of his left foot while leaning back looking at the sky .
20 I have no doubt that dedicated woodturners everywhere would scoff at the idea of engineers ' lathes being used for woodturners , but when I think of the various moulds and patterns I have made over the years with comparative ease but which due to their intricacies could only have been made with extreme difficulty on a wood lathe — if at all .
21 Her solicitor , Mr Rohit Sanghvi , added : ‘ The award reflects the outrage which this jury felt and which any decent person would feel at the treatment of my client .
22 A progress chart , I 'd thought , which would show at a glance — ’
23 And I do n't bother to find myself a reflective surface wherein to follow them-although no doubt the gleam in Rainbow 's eye , or the slick of moisture on Anya 's parted lips , would do at a pinch .
24 of music and what they would do at the weekend
25 With a fine disregard for geography she decided that if the Germans came by sea they would land at the Pier Head .
26 There was some slight discussion whether the British should keep Canada or should choose the large French sugar islands like Martinique and Guadeloupe ; very few politicians close to the centre of power thought of giving Canada back to France , but the issue underlined the fact that Canada was unlikely to provide much revenue for the British treasury directly , and certainly would not provide the amount of revenue that sugar for re-export would give at a time when Britain used for consumption or for manufacture all that her West Indian islands could produce .
27 The administration 's forecast that the economy would grow at a rate of 3.3 per cent with interest rates falling by 2 per cent was castigated as unrealistic , a view echoed by most economic commentators .
28 er Apollo Leisure had decided that they would like to have arts and science under the same roof , er the arts has been something that 's considered an acceptable cultural pastime , and people will go out at weekends , take the family and will do something that , they would look at an exhibition , er or they would go to the theatre , whereas in science , there is n't really anything that you can do as a social or cultural pastime .
29 She would look at the rest later .
30 But Dave Waddington , chairman of the rugby club , said tonight 's executive committee meeting would look at the issue carefully .
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