Example sentences of "would [adv] [vb infin] [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I would rather lose Bobby 's backing than compromise my artistic integrity over this production . ’ |
| 2 | Derick Wilson , the Labour councillor who lobbied fellow members to reject the licencing restrictions , claims that they would badly damage Edinburgh 's tourism image . |
| 3 | Erm , so that , that 's the line that er , from a personal point of view I would erm , I would take , but I would obviously want members ' views on that one . |
| 4 | After all , taking such subjects in higher education would apparently improve women 's prospects of gaining jobs , while at the same time filling an enormous gap in the labour market . |
| 5 | But it is not likely that the mere provision of information would necessarily alter sentencers ' practices . |
| 6 | On the basis of the Karamanid document mentioned above , one would necessarily question Husameddin 's dating of the appointment , but there seems to be no reason to doubt the consensus of the early sources on the fact of it . |
| 7 | An analogy which would better express Aquinas ' view compares the universe to a number of objects , say a pile of books on a table . |
| 8 | If one was to draw up a balance sheet of terrorism and murder involving innocent people it is likely that Mossad , the Israeli government and the CIA would easily exceed Arafat 's record depending , of course , upon how you choose to define terrorism . |
| 9 | This option would best suit farmers ' sons , provided : ( a ) the farm could spare them , and ( b ) employment was available . |
| 10 | It says that it is the counsel of the witan determined upon as soon as Cnut and his witan established peace and friendship between Danes and English , and that one of the first things the witan decided was that they would zealously observe Edgar 's law and " investigate further at leisure what was necessary for the nation , as best they could " . |
| 11 | ( W. H. Lever would soon follow Buckley 's example with his ‘ Christ Church ’ in Port Sunlight ) . |
| 12 | Anyone who 's ever caught a glimpse of Neighbours would hardly expect Joe 's real-life counterpart to be an anti-government revolutionary with a phobia of the bourgeois and a passion for the planet . |
| 13 | Although Boutros Ghali 's appointment was internationally welcomed , Israel 's Prime Minister , Itzhak Shamir said on Nov. 22 that it would further diminish Israel 's standing in the UN . |
| 14 | What was certain was that an announcement of the take-up rate would cause Blue Arrow 's share price to fall , and would probably damage County 's reputation . |
| 15 | Our GP told me that a drug called Dexamethazone , although in no way a cure , would probably help Nigel 's state of mind by reducing the pressure of the growth on his brain . |
| 16 | And bearing in mind that anything that she had would automatically become Rochester 's . |
| 17 | MAS would also review SPG 's progress to ensure that , prior to partner profiling and on the basis of publicly available information , there are no fundamental reasons why it should not be possible to conclude a deal with each of the partners identified through the above process . |
| 18 | If successful , its moves would also ensure UI 's continued existence . |
| 19 | The strike would once again demonstrate the power of the unions and would also restore Clasper 's own flagging personal influence and power over the workers . |
| 20 | This observation would also support Fries 's compression of morbidity thesis ( 1980 ) . |
| 21 | The gene bank would also help Ecuador 's own cocoa-breeding programme , run by IMAP in the traditional cocoa-growing area in the Pacific coast region . |
| 22 | He was able to make use of parrots not only in the Society 's collection , but in the vast private menageries of Lord Stanley , who was then president of both the Zoological and Linnean Societies , and who would later become Lear 's principal patron ; and in the collections of Sir Henry Halford , ‘ the eel-backed baronet ’ and physician to George IV and William IV ; of Lady Mountcharles ; and of Vigors himself , who was a neighbour of Lear 's at Chester Terrace . |
| 23 | As the depôt was near the ‘ Robin Hood ’ , in the mornings , one would often see drivers ' small children waiting with a blue enamelled jug of steaming tea and sandwiches in a red handkerchief , for their father 's breakfast . |
| 24 | The deal was worth an estimated US$6,000 million , and the purchase would substantially upgrade Taiwan 's ageing air force , which consisted mainly of 30-year-old F-5Es and 40-year-old F-5 fighters . |
| 25 | Quite clearly , this cost would far outweigh Labour 's anticipated ‘ saving ’ . |
| 26 | Who would today invent Britain 's House of Lords , a jumble of hereditary peers , bishops and judges , plus assorted notables ( or party hacks ) picked by successive prime ministers ? |
| 27 | Liu had served as President Lee 's strategy adviser , and his appointment would reportedly strengthen Lee 's influence in the military . |
| 28 | The receiver was replaced before he could demand further details or ask if she wished to speak to her mother — which would be fatal , because Mother would surely mention Bertha 's name . |
| 29 | This would then test Porter 's generic strategies against shareholder value . |
| 30 | Whores would sometimes don men 's apparel , leading to Charles I to issue an order forbidding it , because it now made whores more difficult to detect , but this was generally ignored by the soldiery . |