Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [pn reflx] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | It is a problem which comes up at various points in considering the relations between biology and human practices , and may be put in the following way : how is a phenotypic character which would present itself in other species as a behavioural tendency represented in a species which has a culture , language and conceptual thought ? |
2 | Not that anybody would interest themselves in that sort of thing anyway — it simply is n't important , ’ she added rather lamely . |
3 | if we suppose a traveller to set out from Venice on March 1 , 1245 , the first day of the Venetian year , he would find himself in 1244 when he reached Florence ; and if after a short stay he went on to Pisa , the year 1246 would already have begun there . |
4 | Certainly , it was at one time essential for certain musical movements to be of a precise length , for otherwise the dancers of gavottes and minuets would find themselves in sorry confusion . |
5 | Certainly in the case of the first of those conditions the present appellants would find themselves in considerable difficulty . |