Example sentences of "would [verb] [noun sg] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would aid business restructuring and privatization in an economy which , according to Vahi , was just withstanding a tenfold rise in raw material prices , a 100 per cent increase in fuel prices and the loss of 90 per cent of its export market . |
| 2 | In fact , in an attempt to compensate for this , the nurses would paint nail varnish on her toe-nails and put bows in her hair . |
| 3 | Although the Committee hoped that the broadcasters would cover committee work , there was no expectation that this would be at all extensive , and therefore minimum effort and expense appeared reasonable ; in particular , the Committee did not recommend the installation of remote-controlled cameras . |
| 4 | The first was an accelerated attempt to broaden the focus of the family planning programme to include the broader concept of family welfare planning — an ingenious verbal massage of an increasingly tarnished image , but one which did acknowledge the need for a better delivery system for family health including better preventative medicine , pre- and post-puerperal care and advice on household hygiene which would lower infant mortality rates and improve the health of the family . |
| 5 | Our solutions containing rice derived glucose polymer promoted the highest water obsorption in the secretory state but it is not known whether increasing the polymer concentration ( but maintaining ORS hypotonicity ) would enhance water absorption by further stimulating active glucose transport or whether water absorption would be jeopardised , even by a moderate increase in osmolality . |
| 6 | There was no chance that Donald would diagnose thallium poisoning . |
| 7 | Few of us would want cream distemper with rough and ready dark graining — except perhaps in a listed building or outside privy . |
| 8 | They 'd want a , they would want class revolution through , through |
| 9 | There did not appear to be any certainty that the RHA would make capital gain out of the exercise , whether or not such gain might be applied for non-mental health purposes . |
| 10 | Even if the private sector could be persuaded to take on the project , whose estimated costs have now trebled to £3bn , the fare levels needed to make it profitable would make trail travel to Paris through the tunnel barely competitive with the airlines . |
| 11 | Though his critics maintain they were trying to be constructive and wanted him to stay , Sutton was convinced that the criticism had been organized in advance as a warning that if he did not go , as Pilger was demanding , they would make life hell for him . |
| 12 | As an international loan officer , I learned to forget about security and instead to develop a set of rationales that would make home office feel good about the loan , even though , technically , it was ‘ unsecured ’ . |
| 13 | They argue that lifting the ban would make policing piracy harder , and that consumers would not see much benefit anyway . |
| 14 | Then the music starts , and proceedings plunge from terrible to worse as Mick turns up his five-string fretless ego-bass and it farts rudely into our ears , followed by sickeningly bland streams of wah-wah guitar , scratching , torturous violin and pseudo- ‘ passionate ’ vocals all ‘ awash ’ ( © Tosspot Session Musician 's Handbook , 1972 ) in bloated keyboard atmospherics that would make ELP sound like The Lurkers . |
| 15 | He would make rock star Phil Collins Minister for Arts . |
| 16 | At least he was prepared to be amiable and friendly , and that would make office life a lot more pleasant during her remaining weeks with Woodline Design . |
| 17 | That would make match fishing from the beach into a farce and would be guaranteed to drive away competitors even more than the current poor fishing . |
| 18 | An overhaul of the tax system along the lines suggested would make collection cleaner and more administratively efficient , costing less than 1% of receipts and probably releasing many non- productive industries , thereby increasing our national productive potential . |
| 19 | National Rivers Authority was also worried because once the section is designated its legal protection would make flood maintenance work difficult . |
| 20 | Nearly seven decades would elapse before Ceylon , as Sri Lanka , would earn Test status . |
| 21 | Although traditionally sprinkler systems have been resisted in libraries , it has been shown that modern systems , which open and close individual sprinkler heads in response to temperature rise and fall , would prevent fires developing to the point at which structural collapse would occur , and would restrict water damage to a relatively small area of stack . |
| 22 | The CDP has hitherto resisted such a proposal on the grounds that it would represent direct competition with university applicants who might thereby fail to see the polytechnics as a clear alternative and because it would restrict student choice to a limited number of institutions . |
| 23 | Such a development would aid economic and political union and , like the existence of a common currency between regions of the same country ( see Section 7.2.2 ) , would facilitate capital account adjustment between member countries . |
| 24 | The star , who is 55 today , joked that he would treat wife Jenni to the slap-up meal . |
| 25 | It said it would absorb Information Consulting but could not disclose details of the transaction . |
| 26 | Those who feared attack from a duppy would sprinkle tobacco seed in its path as a sure method of repulsion . |
| 27 | But Mr Crandall said the company will not seek concessions because that would hurt employee morale , which he said must be maintained in a service business . |
| 28 | In every case , they are people whose sudden loss would substantially reduce profits , who are difficult to replace , and whose loss would hinder business development . |
| 29 | Darlington 's Conservative candidate Michael Fallon said Labour 's commitments to reverse the Government 's NHS reforms would damage patient care in Darlington and the Memorial Hospital stood to lose £249,000 with the abolition of competitive tendering . |
| 30 | Business leaders warned that the new government 's policies , if fully implemented , would damage investor confidence in the province which , as it provided 40 per cent of Canadian GDP , would have nationwide implications . |