Example sentences of "they would [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 On Jan. 24 Jacques Poos and Roland Dumas , the Luxembourg and French Foreign Ministers respectively , declared , however , that they would contest the vote in the European Court of Justice .
2 Both companies expressed disappointment at Cheney 's decision and said that they would contest the cancellation .
3 They would feel the disquieting twinges of radiation and take precautions accordingly .
4 Companies had to be exposed to the full rigour of the market — so they would feel the full impact of success and failure .
5 Specifically , he notes that lenders like banks have an interest in the firm 's undertaking projects that carry little risk of default even if the expected return is low , whilst if it is true that shareholders in general hold diversified portfolios , they would want the firm to go for high expected returns .
6 said that they would want the basic rate increased by more than 2p , 40 per cent .
7 Some are more effective than Rayo so it 's unlikely they would want the British system . ’
8 If they said John was acting as a man , they would make the people angry because they considered John to be a prophet .
9 Th they sometimes brought their own two little boys with them and they would make the the bands to cut them bands to do the sheaves , so .
10 She hoped they would make the same allowances for her .
11 Not only do the Opposition always seek to make the worst of the figures , but they would make the figures very much worse if they ever had the opportunity to put their disastrous policies into effect .
12 Rising levels of oxygen would benefit the slowly evolving vertebrates , with mutations involving stiffening through the growth of external coverings , which ordinarily would have been lethal since they would inhibit the diffusion of oxygen .
13 ‘ My pupils accompanied me here for a fortnight 's holiday during which they would acquire the art of fish cookery . ’
14 On a visit to the Stockton hospital , Mr Cook said if Labour won the election , they would end the hospital 's trust status which is due to begin on April 1 .
15 They would don the new red blazers , standard uniform for runners that was cheap-looking and suspiciously school-like .
16 While they waited , Jean popped into her local Midland Bank to ask if they would change the money when it finally arrived .
17 The family said if I could n't come they would change the date . ’
18 In 1955 , after months of agonizing , Dennis and Millie Jones finally made the momentous decision that they would leave the security of tiny Maesteg in Mid Glamorgan and head for a new life of the other side of the world .
19 It was therefore greatly in the masters " interests to insist that there was " no point " in the women learning the later skills ( because they were not strong enough , because they would leave the trade early , because they would " never be as good as a man " and so on ) .
20 IN THESE violent times when all young children are at risk — more so now that the nights are dark when they are coming home from school — the Government promised last year that this year they would leave the clocks alone .
21 With England discredited , the Protestants were in a much weaker position ; from Mary of Guise 's point of view , there was now no particular reason to suppose that they would upset the old order .
22 Some of the refugees originally refused to touch East German territory again , but were reassured when two of the West German diplomats said they would accompany the train , to ensure that the rules were followed .
23 It is vital to avoid any repetition of the ‘ ozone scare ’ of the seventies when many aerosol products were banned through mistaken fears that they would deplete the earth 's protective ozone layer .
24 However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group .
25 However , they do know that winning Group F might give them an easier game in the second round ( against the runners-up in Belgium 's group ) than they would earn by finishing second , when they would face the second-placed side in Argentina 's group .
26 In the Labour party , as in the TUC , the policy to impose a 5 per cent norm had provoked much fury , and the party conference in October heavily rejected the policy , even though Callaghan and Healey made it clear that they would ignore the views of the delegates .
27 They would emphasise the involvement of trade unions at the place of work and the trade union movement as a whole at the national political level .
28 On Jan. 24 the Russian Federation government intervened with the announcement that it would increase the maximum amount for pensioners to Rbs500 , and several republics said that they would extend the deadline for exchanges .
29 City explained their case by reporting better crowds at evening games and the fact that they would ease the workload on club officials who would have double commitments on Saturdays .
30 Former nurse Joan Young , from Darlington , explains : ‘ Most children must have been told not to pick dandelions when they were younger or else they would wet the bed .
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