Example sentences of "would [verb] [adv prt] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This would throw up a host of attendant problems . |
| 2 | The truth was , however , that he cast off the conversation as lightly as he would throw back a small fish . |
| 3 | If these were to be conceded , they would rule out a number of technical options . |
| 4 | Ramsay , who found himself at the head of nearly a thousand men of Lothian , largely Lindsays — whose chief , Sir David , Keeper of Edinburgh Castle , was sick and so not present — Setons , Hepburns , Sinclairs , Keiths and other lesser clans , as well as his own men , offered to ride fast for the Borderland , to join Scott of Rankilburn whom Douglas had alerted to watch Dunbar ; together they would make up a force large enough to give that Earl pause . |
| 5 | But the yard one of the yard inspectors came to me and said , I wonder if you would make up a roster for the supervisors . |
| 6 | If there is a clear pause ( silence ) between ‘ John ’ and ‘ is it you ’ , then according to the definition of an utterance given in the last chapter , there are two utterances ; however , it is quite likely that a speaker would say ‘ John is it you ’ with no pause , so that the four syllables would make up a single utterance . |
| 7 | When The Sun says lesbian mothers are unnatural , Labour instinctively agrees : would Labour back a lesbian mother standing as such to be an MP ? |
| 8 | This is a scaled-down version of what originally was to be an ambitious orbiting craft that would build up a picture of the planet 's surface using radar . |
| 9 | He knew that when the circle was spinning fast enough against the standing magical field of the discworld itself in its slow turning , the resulting astral friction would build up a vast potential difference which would earth itself by a vast discharge of the Elemental Magical Force . |
| 10 | This would build up a fund from which they could afford to bid for new discoveries at fair market prices . |
| 11 | With memories of sailing planing dinghies still fresh in his mind , he wanted a boat that would surf down a tradewind roller with the tiller humming easily in his hand . |
| 12 | It would tie down a lot of troops and would also give Phnom Penh the opportunity to raise international alarm at the spectre of the return of the Khmer Rouge . |
| 13 | Really , the Earth is flat because people would fall off a round Earth . |
| 14 | English country folk once believed these beasts would hover over a house as a warning to the inmates to mend their ways . |
| 15 | He would seek out a place away from Men . |
| 16 | And there was little hope that government intervention would bring about a more flexible cinema industry . |
| 17 | Legislative change would bring about a positive re-assessment of the social role of older people . |
| 18 | Instead of diminishing the richness of broadcasting , the ‘ fully developed broadcasting market ’ would bring about a wider ‘ range , quality and penetration of the best ’ . |
| 19 | Bacon and Hobbes , Bodin and Spinoza , and even Machiavelli insisted that some sort of inanimate force , such as reason , natural law , or enlightened self-interest would bring about a self-restraint . |
| 20 | The loss of our semi-professional status would bring about a mass exodus of players as many of them rely on their match fees to bolster dole cheques . |
| 21 | He could see that refrigeration would bring about a complete change in people 's lifestyles and in 1880 he took over the patents of the Bell–Coleman cold-air machine and developed what was known as the dry air refrigerator . |
| 22 | There is unlikely to be any external set of circumstances ( other than a revolution ) that would bring about a collapse of this type . |
| 23 | In conclusion , I would like to reiterate my earlier remarks concerning our own enthusiasm for your project and indeed would look forward to being part of the team that would bring about a successful conclusion to your plans . |
| 24 | It was calculated that the measures contained in the 1992 budget would bring about a reduction of 3-4 per cent in the real incomes of many workers and pensioners , as anticipated increases in wages and in pensions were equivalent to half of the inflation rate ( expected to be 12.5 per cent ) . |
| 25 | The system would bring about a close association between the Council itself and the institutions in which academic strength would be recognized and aspirations for academic freedom met in a way different from the traditional one of creating wholly autonomous chartered institutions . |
| 26 | Earlier we noted that , in the absence of cost changes , it was not necessary to be able to actually measure the abstract concept of surplus in order to form the conclusion that monopoly would bring about a reduction in it . |
| 27 | The assumption was that she would bring in a number of new people whose loyalty she could count on . |
| 28 | Any one of them would bring in a good profit . |
| 29 | Between Alice and Mary and Reggie took place the accounting session which would bring in a regular contribution to the household . |
| 30 | He said that the woman in the house had only a table and television , and had spent the night before polishing the table so that it would bring in a wee bit extra to clear her debt . |