Example sentences of "who would [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Semantically these quotations must appear curious to the modern reader , who would see a contradiction of terms in the notion of virtuous prejudice and who would expect the thwarting of prejudices to be a matter for praise not blame . |
| 2 | Beat that fear and victor was certain , and victory brought glory and fame and medals and money and , best of all , sweetest of all , most glorious and wondrous of all , the modest teasing grin of a short black-haired Emperor who would pat the Dragoon General as though he was a faithful dog , and the thought of that Imperial favour made the General quicken his horse and raise his battered sword . |
| 3 | But he was , in any case , close to becoming a smiling public man — a man who gave speeches at school prizedays , who would answer the toast to " poetry " at dinners , who collected the occasional doctorate or honorary fellowship . |
| 4 | By leasing he could not only spread the payments , but either enjoy for himself the benefit of a 100 per cent tax write-off on the asset of the plane in the first year , or come to some arrangement with a financier , who would build the tax deduction into the price . |
| 5 | It is some five years since I worked with Mr Edell in his previous incarnation as a lawyer , but he struck me as a man who would do the necessary . |
| 6 | Jean-Claude introduced his mother to a young unemployed Alge-rian who would open the grille at three-thirty in the morning , travel with her to Les Halles , load the van , supervise the arrangement of the produce in the Cours Mirabeau and drive the van back to the rue Victorie ( when Maman was crevée ) at one o'clock . |
| 7 | ‘ Shelley understood better than you the passionate quest for truth which overrides any other considerations in the heart of those who would open the secrets of nature , whether scientists or poets . |
| 8 | Who would compensate the investors here ? |
| 9 | To ward off the smothering tendencies of the bishops , permanent secretaries and dons , the Prime Minister had a shifting circle of advisers to protect her , and another group who would replenish the fund of radical ideas . |
| 10 | In a broadcast talk which he gave in the spring of 1941 , " Towards a Christian Britain " , he talked about the sacrifices which would be necessary to bring about such a national conversion , and the need for Christian " prophets " who would alter the social consciousness of the people . |
| 11 | All language is morally loaded ( one campaigner 's unborn child is another 's clump of cells ) but those who would trick the public by the term pre-embryo should be prepared to concentrate on the moral status of the early embryo , not on dreaming up a new vocabulary . |
| 12 | To wreak vengeance on those who would betray the Islamic Revolution . |
| 13 | ‘ [ W ] e must ensure that those who live in derelict inner-city areas are not people who are there because they have no choice and who would leave the moment they were given an alternative . ’ |
| 14 | Where there are no witnesses or they can not be traced , an admission by the defendant either verbally to the officer dealing with the case ( who would record the admission in his pocket book or accident booklet ) or in writing if he chooses to make a ‘ voluntary ’ statement in accordance with the Codes of Practice . |
| 15 | The congress was preceded by reports of growing factionalism and by speculation that the vast majority of the around 2,800 delegates were conservatives who would block the reform proposals of the party leadership . |
| 16 | The accusations levelled at him that he was an unwanted invader who would bring the yuppie hordes and tourist armies in his wake clearly hurt . |
| 17 | ‘ In this decree Pope Pius was taking a good swipe at those who would bring the church up to date , the modernists as they call themselves . |
| 18 | Throughout the Palestine of Jesus 's time , there spread a yearning for a spiritual leader who would bring the nation back to God again , would effect a reconciliation with the divine . |
| 19 | The regime decided that the man who would lead the miracle was Kurt Tank , an aircraft designer who left Germany after the war for a new life in South America . |
| 20 | First , it recommended that local authorities should be made responsible for all long-term care of mentally handicapped and physically handicapped people , except for the rare few in need of permanent 24-hour medical supervision , who would remain the responsibility of the NHS . |
| 21 | Weber favoured presidential-style government because it encouraged the ratification of charisma by the masses , and enhanced the prospects of electing leaders who would disturb the routinized bureaucratic operations of modern states . |
| 22 | A neutral head of proved ability who would command the confidence of the Nation is hard to find . |
| 23 | He reminded her of a clothes peg-selling or paper-flower-hawking gipsy , who would raid the henhouse or seduce the maids or steal the washing from the line or all three together . |
| 24 | The pursuit and creation of stars , for example , occupies a large part of the story that A Scott Berg has to tell : Goldwyn was constantly trying to sign up the human properties who would ensure the success of his pictures . |
| 25 | Who would reap the corn and the flax , or milk the ewes ? |
| 26 | The youngest son always knew it was only he who would pass the ogre and find the Grail . |
| 27 | Who would proof the captured text against the original : |
| 28 | Where there does exist a genuine public expression of concern about the way the police operate this can not just be dismissed as a matter of misunderstanding or be written off as the foolish ramblings of that police ‘ folk devil ’ the ‘ loony left ’ , who would dismantle the system for their own political ends . |
| 29 | The objective was not outright dominance , it was posturing for who would head the table and set the agenda at the peace conference . |
| 30 | He also felt that the burden of duties on the divisional controllers who would head the area organisations for generation was sufficiently great to justify more , but smaller areas . |