Example sentences of "would [vb infin] the [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( The cor anglais , if any , would double the 1st horn in unison . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | That was about the , I would think the fourth shop from er , sommat like that . |
| 4 | I would answer the second question relating to the expression ‘ is being ’ accordingly . |
| 5 | The grandmother of a Cornish smallholder 's family would stay the first three days of each week ‘ to help my mother to do the washing and buttermaking … and to help to do the mending ; ’ and when the children were not at school they would walk the mile and a half back to granny 's own ‘ little thatched cottage . ’ |
| 6 | We would glean the last of the coffee but hardly got paid anything . |
| 7 | ‘ When Wimbledon asked to speak to me , I told Ossie I would catch the second flight to Tyneside . |
| 8 | From the time of the Falklands War , it was certain that the Tories would win the next general election , and that Mrs Thatcher would gain new stature as Prime Minister . |
| 9 | As question marks over Mr Major 's future grew at Westminster , Mr Heseltine said Mr Lamont 's speech would be forgotten very quickly and Mr Major would win the next general election . |
| 10 | Many would exclude the second example , but would include the third example in a definition of the black economy . |
| 11 | I got on to the roof : the upper levels of mortar had crumbled so much that it was doubtful if the stack would survive the next gale . |
| 12 | In consultation with Associate Producer Mervyn Pinfield , who would direct the first four episodes , Whitaker won an agreement that everything should be done to portray the Sensorites as timid , sympathetic creatures , leaving true villainy to the beast present , if mostly dormant , in the hearts of men . |
| 13 | Without Michael Fish ( no pun intended ) to tell me what the weather would bring the next day , I was very pleased to find that the local paper La Voz de Galicia carried an excellent synoptic chart and forecast . |
| 14 | He still encountered in his daily life a few who looked past the empty gaud that distracted lesser minds and longed for a revelation that would burn the tinsel away , an Apocalypse that would show the Fifth the glories it yearned for in its sleep . |
| 15 | Soon he would smell the first sour tang of winter on the sea breezes . |
| 16 | I actually feel , there was a time I used to think it would n't happen to me because if I was in that situation I would do this , I would do the next thing and when it did actually happen to me it took me ages to get over |
| 17 | Whilst I was in Aachen the Head of Swedish Radio invited me to Stockholm to conduct the new Radio Orchestra and I was asked if I would do the Sixth Symphony , which was quite new then and very little known . |
| 18 | The actual interpretation chosen by people is guided by context — in this case most would choose the second meaning . |
| 19 | Usually he would choose the next direction without hesitation , but sometimes he would wait , head cocked , as if listening for far-off sounds . |
| 20 | Many would exclude the second example , but would include the third example in a definition of the black economy . |
| 21 | Although committed to the Independent Orange Order 's rally in Ballycastle , he announced that he would begin the Twelfth by visiting Portadown to add his support to the planned march . |
| 22 | According to early ethological studies , it seemed that the young of certain birds like ducks and chickens would follow the first moving object they met and form a lasting attachment to it ; also that this attachment could take place only within a sharply limited period early on in development , and that it would affect all subsequent relationships . |
| 23 | Our destination was to be Cliff College in the Peat District , where we would spend the next few days . |
| 24 | Now she would spend the next week or so wondering when and how he was going to kiss her ! |
| 25 | The fall of the Manchus in China hinted at the far wider rebellion that would mark the first half of the twentieth century , transforming world political geography from a handful of empires , maps on which only the primary colours were needed to show each domain , to a mass of independent States , more numerous than the ingenuity of any distinguishable colour range . |
| 26 | S. H. We were held responsible for property and we had to go round and test every doorway and that would occupy the first time round — say an hour and a half — and then usually you had to go round and test them a second time , just to make sure . |
| 27 | ONLY octogenarians would remember the last election of a new county to the first-class brotherhood . |
| 28 | It had been hoped that the removal of exchange rate fluctuations between EC currencies would constitute the first stage toward monetary union , but the widespread acceptance of floating has made this aim more difficult to achieve , although the European Monetary System has had some success in this respect . |
| 29 | Recent palaeomagnetic results , suggesting that there are persistent preferred longitudinal paths for the virtual geomagnetic pole ( VGP ) during reversals , would provide the first direct evidence of the solid mantle 's influence on the core , although their statistical significance has been disputed . |
| 30 | The Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday it was hoped that next week would see the first dairy farms released from the restriction orders . |