Example sentences of "would [vb infin] on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite French apprehension , West Germany also became a member of N.A.T.O. , in 1954 , on the understanding that both British and U.S.A. forces would remain on the European continent for an unlimited time . |
| 2 | The overhead wires were extended from the South Metropolitan side to just beyond the change point , making a section of dual equipped road , on which through cars would use the overhead wires and cars terminating would remain on the conduit . |
| 3 | He would remain on the sidelines , and do some more work if and when they were ready to launch the paper . |
| 4 | It was to ensure that throughout the years that lay ahead he would remain on the road . |
| 5 | He proposed a reduction in the State President 's powers , and reaffirmed that while the Separate Amenities Act would be repealed in 1990 , and the Group Areas Act replaced with a non-discriminatory law the following year , other apartheid legislation would remain on the statute book until a new constitution was drawn up . |
| 6 | Sub-units of the regular army would remain on the border between the two republics , but would not contain Armenian troops . |
| 7 | She would knock on the door , and her mother would open it . |
| 8 | Sometimes a tramp would knock on the back door , begging for food or offering to do a job for a few coppers . |
| 9 | It would knock on the door with its beak when it required feeding . |
| 10 | An assassin 's ruse : one would knock on the door , the other would be waiting in the darkness . |
| 11 | Webb is currently out of the country on business and neither Rams ' chairman , Brian Fearn or owner and vice-chairman Lionel Pickering , would comment on the matter . |
| 12 | Occasionally the proprietors of some of the quality houses would comment on the successful inclusion of travel films in the programme as it was thought that this would impress the casual respectable trade but far more common was the exhibitor who reported a hostile response to short films dealing with ‘ industrial ’ subjects . |
| 13 | I should be glad if the Minister would comment on the suggestions that have been made that there is wrangling with other Government Departments over who has to pay for these places . |
| 14 | No one at Leyhill Open Prison would comment on the break in . |
| 15 | Neither council leader John Williams nor Liberal Democrat councillor Ken Walker would comment on the issue . |
| 16 | In earlier times the judge would rule on the sufficiency of the provocation , and the result of this was rather narrow and legalistic categories of sufficiency ( e.g. violence or finding a spouse in adultery were enough , but words or a confession of adultery were not ) . |
| 17 | Under normal procedures the Supreme Court would rule on the motion before the 1992 presidential elections took place . |
| 18 | In his speech proposing its adoption , Nu declared that the regime would be leftist , but he warned against the people expecting that a new millennium would dawn on the morrow . |
| 19 | When she was castaway on Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs — a year before taking over the show — Sue told the then presenter Michael Parkinson that the luxury she would want on the island would be an endless supply of clean sheets and an iron . |
| 20 | There is , I believe , a strong case for encouraging more administrators from the developing countries to participate in seminars of that sort , while at the same time trying to reduce the very heavy demand that would make on the time of people primarily engaged in other tasks . |
| 21 | The second point I would make on the criticism that Selby make of the need erm assessment is they say that it does n't erm take adequate cognizance of manufacturing and service employment . |
| 22 | They are a gamble and your stake is the interest you would earn on the cash . |
| 23 | As usual it was full , her handbag plonked on top of bags of fruit which on the outward journey were reserved ‘ for my grandmother in the country ’ , but which , her assignment completed without incident , they would eat on the way home . |
| 24 | The conclusion of the report was that the resilience and vigour of adult education in the county during the previous twenty years had placed it in a good position to consolidate earlier effort and made HMI confident that further development in the provision of liberal adult education would build on the foundation of the established tradition of co-operative endeavour between the LEAs and the Responsible Bodies . |
| 25 | The proposals , in a consultative document currently being circulated ( for the full text , see this issue , p 146 ) would introduce a voluntary framework for specialist qualifications , which would build on the foundation of the existing ACA generalist qualification . |
| 26 | This would build on the very positive package of measures contained in the 1991 Planning an Compensation Act designed to bring Interim Development Order permissions up to modern environmental standards . |
| 27 | Lt-Gen John Sanderson , commander of the UN Transitional Authority in Cambodia , said his forces , now on standby in Kompong Thom , would stay on the sidelines until fighting stopped . |
| 28 | They 've given me an elbow crutch , and I can make the journey perfectly well now , if I thought the blasted train would stay on the lines , but there 's not much I could do once I got to Moila , is there , if I ca n't walk ? |
| 29 | Mike wished to God that when Adam went to the south of France , he would stay on the beach like everyone else . |
| 30 | The Daily Telegraph computer program compares each poll 's current findings with the 1987 election results , and calculates how many seats each party would win on the basis of a uniform national swing applied equally to every constituency ( leaving out those in Northern Ireland ) . |