Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [adv] [subord] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why some people adore eating spiders and grubs , whilst others would throw up if fed a pork chop . |
| 2 | He mentioned the need to bring out the practical application of subjects , in ways which would enhance rather than displace theoretical understanding . |
| 3 | ’ — A response which would damage rather than increase the influence of the Merkuts in the Khanate , ’ Alexei observed . |
| 4 | Veljko Kadijevic on Sept. 12 rejected an order from Mesic ( the nominal commander of the JNA ) to withdraw troops to barracks within 48 hours and reiterated that the JNA would act only if ordered by the Presidency as a whole . |
| 5 | But the danger was that the pound would fall further than planned , said Mr Payne . |
| 6 | The Prime Minister argued against him , and when opinion swung heavily in the Chancellor 's favour he indicated that he would resign rather than accept the settlement . |
| 7 | Members of the project carry out their own maintenance , as few sites would survive long if handed over to the local authority . |
| 8 | The ‘ wild ’ characteristics have been bred out of them for many generations and few would survive long if released into the wild . |
| 9 | Mahathir said that the formation of such a group would benefit rather than stifle world trade . |
| 10 | In contrast , the privately rented , multiple-occupied flats of affluent young professionals in parts of Inner London ( e.g. Camden or Kensington and Chelsea ) would show up as deprived on several of the standard Census-based indicators . |
| 11 | I think they would do well if playing with O'leary or Faircoulgh . |
| 12 | Appropriate enough this week , but I wonder what Basil would send in if asked for something pleasant and lyrical . |
| 13 | What they still lack is what the Tories would fear rather than scorn : three easy sentences to ring the bell . |
| 14 | But it was reasonable to believe that , as the international crisis mounted , the politicians would react differently if surrounded by a mass of mobilized and informed opinion than if left to their own devices . |
| 15 | Parents ' reports of birth weight and gestational age are sufficiently accurate for analysis and not necessarily worse than hospital case notes ; lack of accuracy would decrease rather than increase the strength of the observed associations . |
| 16 | She would die rather than roll her eyes and wriggle and blush . |
| 17 | Of course she did n't know anything and even if she did , she would die rather than say , but suppose he guessed she knew something ? |
| 18 | I think a lot of people are getting too excited about a technology which is which has been dreamed up by people who wish it would happen rather than prove it can happen . |
| 19 | On the morning after the result of the referendum had been announced , the British Foreign Secretary went on the BBC 's Today programme to announce , in effect , ‘ business as usual ’ and that the timetable for the passage of the Maastricht ratification legislation by the British Parliament would proceed precisely as planned . |
| 20 | The partnership would capitalise Newco sufficiently to meet the redemption obligations on the debentures and , if Newco became the beneficial owner of more than 25% of the ordinary share capital of Target , prima facie s135 TCGA 1992 would apply so as to preclude a disposal on the exchange of Target shares for Newco debentures , though it would be advisable to obtain from the Inland Revenue advance clearance for this sort of structure under s138 . |
| 21 | Normally you would paraphrase rather than quote , because this is a way of rewriting the relevant material in a way which assimilates it into your essay ( rather than , as with a quotation , leaving it sticking out because of its different style ) . |
| 22 | But if birdsong , babbling streams and chopper blades could be slung between heavy-duty percussion — they reasoned — maybe these noises would stand up as tunes in their own right . |
| 23 | If British Naval Intelligence heard nothing from her , they 'd presume the Dane was hostile , and the raid would go ahead as planned . |
| 24 | A previously agreed reduction in troops from 43,000 to 36,000 by the end of 1992 would go ahead as planned . |
| 25 | He rejected calls by opposition politicians and the press for him to step down , and insisted that state and local elections scheduled for Dec. 6 would go ahead as planned , without a provision for voting on a reduction of his presidential term . |
| 26 | Opposition leaders accused the authorities of having unilaterally ceased consultations with them on the bill , and were also seeking an undertaking that the elections would go ahead as scheduled . |
| 27 | A fourth round of Premiers ' talks was due to be held in Pyongyang , the North Korean capital on Feb. 25-28 , 1991 , although the South 's refusal to cancel the next Team Spirit exercise ( due to begin in January ) made it unclear whether this meeting would go ahead as scheduled . |
| 28 | In his New Year address to the country on Jan. 1 , and at a meeting with opposition representatives on Jan. 8 , President Ramiz Alia had insisted that the elections would go ahead as scheduled . |
| 29 | Sir Bryan rejects all of the many arguments advanced by the Bar to the effect that the extension of audience rights would reduce rather than extend competition . |
| 30 | The superimposition of massive conventional forces on what should have been an atomic strategy , made no sense to Churchill , who appreciated that financial pressures would reduce rather than increase the number of divisions that Britain could contribute to Western European defence . |