Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 A star that is 1.4 times heavier than our Sun has a Schwarzschild radius of only 2 km , and if such a star were to shrink to this size it would attain a mean density of , far beyond the density of nuclei .
2 He would ply a wealthy traveller with drink until he was besozzled , and then lead the unfortunate traveller up to his best room .
3 Treaty provisions would override the specific rules of the Common Agricultural Policy , unless a contrary indication existed .
4 They had boosted the strength of the signal they were bouncing off the troposphere and started transmitting the pre-coded programme that would override the telemetric signals being sent from Bacton to the offshore gas platforms .
5 ( The cor anglais , if any , would double the 1st horn in unison .
6 What 's more , Pinnacle says it will deliver its S-10 clone at around 65% of Sun 's list price , which would peg an entry-level machine with a 36MHz CPU doing 86 MIPS , 44 SPECint92 and 53 SPECfp92 at around $12,000 — £9,600 .
7 Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false .
8 However , NATO would remain a defensive alliance and must continue to provide for the common defence , while enhancing its political component .
9 Whatever route was chosen , water supplies would remain a controversial topic .
10 The majority view was that Britain was and would remain a great power , giving the world leadership based on her experience over the centuries rather than on the depth of her pocket .
11 Germany 's President Richard von Weizsaecker said he was sure close ties between Bonn and Washington would remain a stable anchor .
12 Finally , there would remain a central core containing the reactor building itself .
13 So we have the nine daughters of Benjamin James Titford : three died young , one remained a spinster , three were Edwardian brides , two married during the early years of the reign of King George V. Their lives would take them far apart from each other and from Curry Rivel itself — yet they would remain a close-knit family , for all the physical distance which separated them .
14 Without the light of the Gospel , it would never be seen in its true depths , but would remain a coloured stone , beautiful , but not bright with a message of God shining within it .
15 In February 1937 Marshal Göring visited Marshal Śmigły-Rydz in Warsaw and assured him that Germany had absolutely no territorial claims on the Polish Corridor and that Danzig , though ‘ eternally bound ’ to Poland by trade , would remain a Free City .
16 In a later address to the Hong Kong chamber of commerce Lu also sought to reassure the business community and international investors that Hong Kong would remain a free port and an international financial centre after 1997 and that its prosperity would be maintained and investments protected .
17 To reassure worried German managers , Pirelli stresses that Continental would remain a German company and would keep control of its own brands .
18 It always looked as if old Wicksy would remain a minor TV figure until his series Heartbeat about a country plod came along .
19 They related to the constitutional arrangements which existed between 1974 and the end of 1986 whereby the General Council of the Bar had become part of the new Senate of the Inns of Court of the Bar and had ceased to exist as a separate entity , although the constitution of the Senate contained provisions designed to ensure that the Bar Council would remain an autonomous body for the purpose of its separate powers and functions .
20 However , as explorers , it is the country through which we travel that always leaves the greatest impression and , in this respect , our passage along the ‘ train of bones ’ would remain an unforgettable journey .
21 Hankin stressed chief scout Barrie Geldart would remain an important member of his backroom staff .
22 Emily sighed , unless Craig 's name was cleared she would remain an old maid for ever , she would never accept second best whatever her father said .
23 He would never be a rival , he would remain the loyal servant of the Chairman .
24 Having a resistivity of some 10MΩ and a permittivity of 3 , it would remain the first choice of insulation for undersea cables until development of para gutta , composed of wax and deproteinised rubber .
25 The COB accused Paz Zamora of giving in to United States pressure and reneging on an election promise that crop substitution measures would remain the central strategy to eradicate the growing of coca crops by 60,000 peasant farmers , many of whom were former tin miners made redundant as a result of the collapse of the international price of tin .
26 At later hearings he defended this decision quite vigorously , saying that the narrow boat would remain the basic unit on an improved canal as being the most convenient for loading the collecting areas , all served by narrow canals .
27 That presumably would remain the English ‘ region 's ’ position on environmental grounds even though the French ‘ region ’ on the other side of the Channel might favour the tunnel in the interests of an integrated railway system .
28 Once again , the strength of the relationship between job and absenteeism would remain the same as in the bivariate case .
29 The West German Finance Minister , Theo Waigel , had told the meeting that the costs of unification could be carried by means of tax revenues resulting from higher than expected economic growth , and in an interview on April 8 he said that , although there would have to be some tax adjustments , the overall tax burden would remain the same .
30 Centre manager Susan Nicol said the management team would remain the same and there would be no noticeable difference to shoppers or tenants in the way Cameron Toll was run — although it was hoped the new owners would invest in a facelift for the centre .
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