Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun] [unc] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ANY repeat of yesterday 's 24-hour strike over pit closures would consign Britain 's coal industry ‘ to history ’ , miners were warned last night . |
| 2 | The Scottish Constitutional Convention , which I have described in the past as the Labour party at prayer , failed to address any of the substantive issues that would affect Scotland 's representation in the House if its proposals came into effect . |
| 3 | The reorganisation would affect Olivetti 's office and systems division , where margins are very thin and overheads are high , and would also aim to cut the bureaucratic burden on the company , concentrating the administrative functions into new centres to serve several subsidiaries , the sources said . |
| 4 | A system of giving staff time out of their normal managerial duties , operated , for example , on a rotation basis within a given specialty area would enhance nurses ' appreciation of their colleagues ' clinical fields , and encourage improved communications and understanding . |
| 5 | ‘ But I ca n't imagine that your plan for me would enhance Bo-Bo 's pleasure . ’ |
| 6 | Kennedy 's advisers opposed this solution because it would again single out Britain amongst the European states for special treatment ; it would fuel de Gaulle 's dislike for NATO ; and it would make Britain 's entry into Europe , which was part of the State Department 's policy , even less likely . |
| 7 | Indeed Roxburgh was moved to say yesterday that the only certainty was that not all of his choices would make Sunday 's squad gathering . |
| 8 | Kit 's success would make Rebecca 's father rich , much richer than the family had ever been since the squandering of the fortune made in the service of the Earl of Warwick during the Hundred Years War . |
| 9 | That would make Frodo 's name something of a freak in hobbit-nomenclature . |
| 10 | If this supposition is correct it would explain Minton 's gratitude to her , for she was among the list of close friends to whom he left a small financial benefit . |
| 11 | This would explain Gandhi 's claim that one should not make a fetish of non-violence . |
| 12 | Unless , of course , there was a powerful reason , a revelation that would explain Elise 's frame of mind on that last day . |
| 13 | It was in no way intense , and indeed coming from such a figure it could not help but appear a little maternal ; Mrs Hill did not seem to discover anything odd in her own attitude , and would consult Clara 's opinion without any attempts at subterfuge or bravado ; she would defer to Clara 's position in the class by outrageously open remarks such as " Now , Clara , you 're the only girl likely to remember what I said last week " , or " Well , I suppose I 'm wasting my breath on all but Clara Maugham . " |
| 14 | I would regard Fanon 's humanism otherwise . |
| 15 | According to Soames 's sister , Emma , the admirable Sutton would answer Soames 's car phone in the manner of a country butler , asking callers to hold the line while he saw if Sir was in . |
| 16 | However , the move was seen as one which would boost Ford 's market share and which would also provide the company with a prestigious marque with a sporty image . |
| 17 | And he would catch Tessa 's eye and make a humorous grimace , to show what he really thought about bishops . |
| 18 | If what he believed was really happening , then he would need Duncan 's support . |
| 19 | Huy would need Merymose 's help if he were to proceed in that direction . |
| 20 | To do so he would need Gomez 's permission , and in asking he might arouse the Latino 's suspicions . |
| 21 | Coun Nilsson said there were already too many people in Britain and claimed new immigrants would aggravate Middlesbrough 's problem . |
| 22 | Snow Blizzard is something of a quirky character but would win Lingfield 's mile and a half Taurus Handicap if adapting to the all weather surface . |
| 23 | Cox approached Hockney in autumn of 1988 , thinking that the dramatic content of the opera and its central theme of creativity would suit Hockney 's imagination . |
| 24 | He would buy Champ 's meal before his own . |
| 25 | I began to wonder how many of them would buy Tremayne 's book . |
| 26 | Delegates expressed the hope that the environmental damage caused during the Gulf War — in particular Iraq 's release of oil slicks and the firing of Kuwaiti oil wells and the UN coalition 's bombing of nuclear , chemical and biological warfare facilities — would focus governments ' attention on the need to deal with the environmental dimension of modern warfare and to outlaw environmentally damaging actions not directly related to war arms . |
| 27 | This would preserve people 's ability to take payment method into account when choosing their jobs , and maintain the present guarantee for existing workers that their payment method can not be changed against their will . |
| 28 | A publisher would know Mother 's name , would n't he ? ’ |
| 29 | But it said it was confident of surviving and would seek shareholders ' approval at a meeting on 29 April . |
| 30 | Kohl gave assurances that he would seek Poland 's integration with the rest of Europe . |