Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | On 7 September 1944 it was announced that Japan would grant independence to Java — perhaps along with Sumatra — after the war . |
2 | So for once the sort of comment John would make face to face with other collaborators is actually recorded . |
3 | And although turbocharging is proposed , a limiting pop-off valve would restrict power to 400bhp . |
4 | for example , planning likes forecasts and figures arid this would tie strategy to areas that could provide these . |
5 | To be sure , such a reconstituted social psychology will be more ‘ social ’ than much of current social psychology , and a rhetorical emphasis would direct attention to problems which currently tend to be overlooked . |
6 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , education minister , said the change would bring credit to Queen Margaret 's graduates and to Scotland 's growing academic standing . |
7 | This was a sensible policy which would bring stability to Britain , and took it for granted that stability would mean that relations with the colonies would remain unchanged . |
8 | Flirtation with multi-party politics would bring chaos to Vietnam , they say . |
9 | The hon. Gentleman is in no position to talk about opt-outs , considering that his party has opted out of every necessary decision to assist this country in the past 10 years and has backed every inflationary wage claim , every piece of trade union militancy and every policy that would do damage to Britain and its future . |
10 | He is one of the most exciting one-day players in the world , with footwork which would do credit to Victor Sylvester . |
11 | I meant to try again and better , either to get at him , or to find a messenger who would carry word to Harry inside Parfois . |
12 | Well I think an awful lot of people think of Oxfam and think of the shops , er and the shops have been terribly important to us for such a long time , but we 've found a few years ago that er people who , er were asked said that they would give money to Oxfam , but that they were n't necessarily always asked . |
13 | Their initial abuse would give way to laughter when they understood we were looking for a prahu which would carry us eastwards . |
14 | For a terrible moment Shannon thought she would give way to tears , and knew it was because of his fury on her behalf . |
15 | Furthermore , confidence in the exchange value of the dollar was essential since it provided the bulk of the reserve assets in the system : any devaluation of the dollar would give rise to fears that it might be devalued again , and hence there would be a reluctance to hold dollars as a reserve currency . |
16 | Most sets of values would give rise to universes that , although they might be very beautiful , would contain no one able to wonder at that beauty . |
17 | ( a ) The Criminal Law Revision Committee 's Eighth Report , Theft and Related Offences , Cmnd 2977 , 1966 , 41 , on which the 1968 Act was based , envisaged that some fact situations would give rise to liability under both ss.1 and 15 . |
18 | A failure to carry out necessary work would give rise to liability . |
19 | However , firms already have to face uncertainty in the context of UCTA and the criteria used to assess whether a duty of care which would give rise to liability in tort is owed . |
20 | To proceed without doing so would give rise to conflicts of interest which could impede the proper performance of his duties . |
21 | In 1829 Elie de Beaumont put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting and argued that compressional stresses set up in the crust as a result of the cooling of the Earth 's interior would give rise to faulting , folding and thickening of the crust , and eventually to the formation of mountain ranges . |
22 | Booth argued that any selective system would give rise to anomalies and would necessitate a costly system of selection . |
23 | This would give effect to clauses that seek to define the rights and obligations of the parties , for example , a clause which indicated that no partnership or agency relationship was created , and clear clauses would abrogate the prohibition on , for instance , self-dealing or the necessity to disclose all relevant information to the customer . |
24 | Any controversy over the new legal framework would give ammunition to Mr Meacher 's critics within the party . |
25 | It was in a unique position to analyze educational trends and the development of specific subject areas : ‘ the publishing of such information would give guidance to colleges and reduce the isolation that many inevitably feel ’ . |
26 | Mr Bennett said the cash aid delay would give time to work-up a scheme ‘ satisfactory to all parties ’ . |
27 | In London , Mr Howard pledged the programme would give priority to areas where there is a history of dissatisfaction . |
28 | Then we would sail south to Easter Island to explore the mysterious statues before going to the mutineers ' refuge on Pitcairn Island . |
29 | For example , a commitment to factories in ‘ favoured , areas would undermine the principle of competitive tendering and , relatedly , such ‘ favouritism ’ would run counter to EEC policy . |
30 | But penalising gas — the ‘ greenest ’ of the hydrocarbon fuels because of its low level of carbon dioxide emission — would run counter to EC plans to base taxation on carbon content . |