Example sentences of "would [vb infin] for a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are several splendid houses near Long Melford that would make for a gentle afternoon 's potter through the rooms and possessions of the rich of a few centuries ago . |
| 2 | Either because he had the hump or because he thought it would make for a good show he started smashing the footlights one by one . |
| 3 | Moreover , constitutional lawyers may write about " old " Parliaments being able to bind and limit a " new " Parliament , and may suggest that a " new judicial attitude " ( whereby judges no longer accept that they are subordinate to Parliament ) would make for a fresh start so that " the doctrine that no Parliament can bind its successors becomes ancient history " , but these tricky legal formulations do not alter the fact that constitution-making occurs in the context of a political reality which limits what is feasible , acceptable , and enforceable . |
| 4 | He would gaze for a long time and , when Gabriel had finished his tasks , would settle again until the ghost reinforced itself somewhere else a few days later . |
| 5 | This scepticism apart , most bass amp manufacturers would opt for a similar system if they thought the market would stand it , but realising that it places significant extra financial strain on the consumer , most do n't . |
| 6 | That sparked the supporter unrest with fans fearing that the club would opt for a local sell-off to ease their financial problems if a cross-channel bid failed to materialise . |
| 7 | But I would opt for a self-catering package which enable you to take full advantage of the excellent weekly markets . |
| 8 | A fall in price would reduce the MRPL at every level of employment , the MRPL curve would shift left and employment would fall for a given weekly wage . |
| 9 | But it would do for a comic sketch — ‘ |
| 10 | Cheshire Carers ' spokeswoman Lil Hughes said they would battle for a complete removal of the charge . |
| 11 | It is important to note that the consonants that have undergone assimilation have not disappeared ; in the above examples , the duration of the consonants remains more or less what one would expect for a two-consonant cluster . |
| 12 | The difference was that until 1688 loans had been made directly to the King : he ran the government as an extension of his private household and , although he was the richest individual in the country , he was in many ways just a private borrower like any other and a prudent lender would not trust him with a loan that would run for a long time . |
| 13 | He said the party 's 49 Scottish MPs would campaign for a multi-option referendum on the country 's future , something which they had endorsed at the meeting . |
| 14 | In order to achieve this , both would campaign for a national referendum and a National Constituent Assembly in the elections . |
| 15 | Calling the election a " success " , the United Kindgom Foreign and Commonwealth Secretary , Douglas Hurd , said on Sept. 16 that the UK would work for a progressive extension of democracy in Hong Kong , signalling that the UK might press China to revise the Basic Law under which the proportion of directly elected seats would gradually rise to half by 2007 . |
| 16 | Diametric offers a unique design service ; send a sketch or short description of what you would like for a particular room or purpose , and it will work out and cost the design . |
| 17 | They would suffice for a respectable blaze . |
| 18 | The army that fought in the Gulf was disproportionately black , so there were cries that blacks would die for a white quarrel . |
| 19 | Timeshare is not normally a solution SAVE would recommend for a historic house because so much of the expenditure goes on pure marketing , leaving too little for the building , but where it is well organized the outcome may be satisfactory . |
| 20 | Although it 's not a shape that I would recommend for a large picture , it can look very attractive used to decorate cards and calendars . |
| 21 | We talk , using the hushed tones you would reserve for a furtive conversation in church . |
| 22 | The generally-accepted explanation for welfare payment levels in the South is that they are , and have been , low because of : the relative poverty of the southern States , which would call for a high fiscal effort if payments equivalent to those made further north were to be offered to the larger number of poor there ; the electoral safety of the Democratic party with regard to the southern State legislatures and governorships , for over a century — sustained by discriminatory practices which prevented many blacks becoming registered voters despite their legal achievement of civil rights ; and the widespread belief among southern whites in the racial inferiority of blacks — who are the main recipients of welfare benefits coupled with the perceived work-disincentive effects of substantial payments and the encouragement to have even larger , and thus more dependent , families than they are believed to provide . |
| 23 | The yeoman 's wife would tussle for a good place to set down her stool . |
| 24 | Perhaps he would care to tell the House the status of cancellation clauses , what the penalties would be and what that would mean for a future Government — Conservative or Labour — who decided to cancel . |
| 25 | Jean was tough and liked to drink ; she would endure for a long while yet . |
| 26 | If your pub is owned by a brewery , your lease is going to be a laughable fraction of what you would pay for a prime restaurant site in the same area . |
| 27 | The process of report and interrogation took quite a time , and Rostov began to suspect that if he and the others were to be subjected to some form of tribunal before their fate was decided , then at least it would pass for a fair one . |
| 28 | Pat was with him the day a young woman approached him exceedingly politely while he was enjoying his veal — in one of his favourite Italian restaurants , Biagis , he would go for a filleted sole — and asked for his autograph . |
| 29 | He would pray for a happy outcome for his plan , he would pray fervently . |
| 30 | An Owen West title , so expect about two-thirds of the sales that he would get for a new one . |