Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [noun] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Oct. 26 the national conference elected Amadou Cheffou as Prime Minister for a 15-month transitional period ( Nov. 1 , 1991-Jan. 31 , 1993 ) ; on Oct. 11 the conference had confirmed that President Ali Saibou would remain head of state during the transition . |
| 2 | The sensitive nature of the case was further inflamed by the woman 's near-complete recovery — after an initial medical prognosis had suggested that she would remain brain-damaged for life — a development which led some members of the black community , including Rev. Sharpton , to suggest that aspects of the attack had been fabricated . |
| 3 | Labour would throw money at industry . |
| 4 | She hoped it would throw Maurin off guard , persuade him she had come for a little of his flirtatious conversation at the least , a few more questions about Durance and Sabine Jourdain at the most . |
| 5 | ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says . |
| 6 | I would dip blanket after blanket in boiling water , wring them out almost without realising that I was scalding myself , take off the old strips of saturated cloth , wrap the new ones round each leg and tuck them into the corners of affected muscles , but half the time not really knowing what I was doing . |
| 7 | The compensation demanded would cover claims by Virgin that it lost revenue from passengers ‘ poached ’ by BA after gaining access to its computer records . |
| 8 | As Malcolm Johnson ( 1982 , p. 144 ) has suggested , they would prefer help with shopping so that they can prepare often more palatable meals of their choice and when they choose thus maximizing their independence and probably their health . |
| 9 | The estate may suffer because it may be impossible for the personal representative to sell the shares at their true value , especially if any attempt to dispose of them would trigger rights of pre-emption or first refusal . |
| 10 | After much acrimony an agreement was reached in 1977 about the conditions under which the Law Society would grant waivers to law centres and it was thereafter no longer a source of difficulty . |
| 11 | A simple but far-reaching reform in libel law which would enhance freedom of expression would be to reverse this burden : to oblige the plaintiff to prove , on balance , the falsity or unfairness of the criticism . |
| 12 | When the bill was negotiated , the shipper would notify SeaDocs by computer of the buyer-endorsee 's name and also provide the endorsee with a portion of his test key . |
| 13 | * IF * Wilko was ever to go I would want Strach as manager at Leeds . |
| 14 | But when the make do and mend clubs were told that even worn out soft collars and shirt cuffs would make maps for tank commanders , they responded well and over a thousand tons of rag was collected between nineteen forty two and nineteen forty three . |
| 15 | Further , many qualitative-type studies would make claims to generality and rigour . |
| 16 | Farmers were told they would make pots of money , more than the heroin processors in the neighbouring , largely tribal agency of Bajaur could hope to offer . |
| 17 | If the other Devon districts were in fact the chief suppliers of patients and users of the big hospital facilities then it would make sense for management and costs to be handed over to them . |
| 18 | Even without statutory warrant , it would make sense for privilege to attach to whatever a Member does as an incident of discharging his functions as a Member in relation to the proceedings of the House itself ( as opposed to in his external role as a political figure , or in relation to constituents , members of the public and non-parliamentary bodies ) . |
| 19 | On the other hand it would make sense for nature to endow us with greater sexuality at a time when we are most likely to become pregnant . |
| 20 | And the disappearance of cross-border trade figures , which can no longer be collated in their old form since there are no trade borders , would make analysis of market trends and competitor activity more difficult . |
| 21 | So for once the sort of comment John would make face to face with other collaborators is actually recorded . |
| 22 | This arrangement would facilitate indication of flow and could be used to identify the areas in which sprinkler heads were in operation . |
| 23 | GEC , Ferranti 's main British rival in radar , is also keen to mount a takeover bid but would encounter fierce Ministry of Defence opposition on the grounds that it would damage competition in electronics procurement . |
| 24 | Since nearly 60% of the business premises would experience increases in payment under the UBR scheme , the government softened the financial impact by ‘ phasing in ’ the scheme over five years , with a maximum increase in UBR payments per year of 20% plus inflation . |
| 25 | It would need 60° of fencing to surround it . |
| 26 | If elimination of lead in petrol could reduce blood levels by half — as the study assumed — it would reduce average blood pressure levels by 1 to 2 points , thereby meaning that 12,000 fewer people would need treatment for hypertension annually , there would be 6,000 to 12,000 fewer heart attacks , and up to 2,655 lives would be saved — more than the total number of fatalities on the nation 's roads each year . |
| 27 | The plan backfired when they realised they would need mountains of paper to earn just a few pence . |
| 28 | Its co-founder and leading spirit is an Afrikaner farmer , Mr Dirk Mudge , who foresaw by a dozen years that his people would need allies for survival , and broke away from the whites-only Nationalist party to find black and brown ones . |
| 29 | Killing Elinor was the kind of thing you would need years of study to accomplish . |
| 30 | Answer guide : Here the question moves the student into a senior management position which would need information for control purposes , such as profitability by branch , turnover by branch , branch cash flows etc . |