Example sentences of "but would [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | On the topic of resources , it 's interesting that a player like Harry Roberts , who made Scotland ‘ B ’ and played with distinction for a number of top clubs , plays for Transvaal but would be fighting against top opposition for a third or fourth place in the hooker rankings in South Africa . |
| 32 | The LTA would retain its role in team selection but would be truly impartial . |
| 33 | Romano 's , the restaurant haunt of fashionable people , was closed , but would be open for lunch . |
| 34 | An unidentified spokesman for the V&A was quoted in The Independent newspaper of 16 May , 1992 ( which featured several colour illustrations from the album ) as stating , ‘ We have always said that we could not raise the money to buy it , but would be very happy if someone would buy it and give it to us ’ . |
| 35 | I am a pensioner , but would be prepared to make a reasonable contribution to any costs involved . |
| 36 | In either case , the articulatory loop could not be used in quite the same way as Hitch and Baddeley ( 1978 ) propose for memory , but would be more similar to its function in reading , where it is largely suppressed . |
| 37 | Submarine environments , likely to provide suitable sites for sulphide deposition and preservation , could occur nearby but would be covered by later sediments . |
| 38 | Hence , loosely structured group meetings may be sensible in Copenhagen but would be inappropriate in Dubai or Singapore . |
| 39 | If it were , it would not be an association of equal citizens but of members with differing status ; subjects would not be free to pursue their own purposes but would be required to perform particular roles ; government would be a matter of management rather than rule ; and government would also be provisional rather than unconditional and non-retractable . |
| 40 | Walling may have one or two faces , so a one-face finish may not be suitable for using as the edge of a tread instead of a paving slab , but would be for use underneath the slab . |
| 41 | The United States would be in violation of its commitments to the parties if it did not do so , but would be in violation of general international law with respect to third parties . |
| 42 | She would be able to return to school within 2 or weeks , but would be advised not to take part in any sports for several weeks after that . |
| 43 | Lord Denning , in an obiter statement made prior to the passing of the 1972 Act , suggested that if we joined the community our sovereignty " would henceforth be limited … it would not be ours alone but would be shared with others . " |
| 44 | He would occasionally clash with the Doctor on decisions , but would be able to make intelligent enquiry and bring sound common sense to bear in moments of stress . |
| 45 | B's utterance ( in the context of A's ) is normal if lights is interpreted to mean ‘ sources of illumination ’ , but would be of , at best , obscure relevance if interpreted to mean ‘ lungs of sheep ’ . |
| 46 | Not only could be , but would be , and the whole thing would blow up in my face . |
| 47 | The shop stewards movement , contrary to the arguments from some quarters , would not necessarily be demobilised in a context of incomes policy , but would be able to use its bargaining strength at enterprise level to insist on measures of control over the broader issues of enterprise policy . |
| 48 | Explained that I had no power to do this without your authority but would be glad to know Tolbukhin 's views and that if they coincided with mine I would ask you officially . |
| 49 | Some forms of incentive are feasible — for example , the attachment of landscape conditions to agricultural grants — but would be difficult to operate in practice without a comprehensive ( and expensive ) advisory service to back them up . |
| 50 | The kind of guy , thought Bernice , who had probably made a lovely baby but would be an embarrassing boyfriend . |
| 51 | She knew that Troy was away in Bath at the moment , but would be returning to Weatherbury very soon . |
| 52 | Such a scheme would undoubtedly provide a greater degree of certainty than under the present law but would be open to the objection that it would leave without redress any persons suffering injury from an unlisted activity , whether omission arose from ignorance of the risk or commercial or political pressures on the government of the day . |
| 53 | With the relatively low levels of inflation in that period , such conditions may well have sufficed , but would be a short-term and unrealistic method of quality definition in these days . |
| 54 | The gravitational field of the singularity would be so strong that light could not escape from the region around it but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 55 | After that time any light emitted from the star would not be able to escape to infinity but would be dragged back by the gravitational field . |
| 56 | However , if the sun were to shrink until it was only a few miles across , the bending would be so great that light leaving the sun would not get away but would be dragged back by the sun 's gravitational field . |
| 57 | The third assumption was that the population of the whole area would not increase , but would be somewhat reduced . |
| 58 | Sunsail 's Oceanis 320s were fine for four people , but would be crowded with the full complement of six |
| 59 | Education on this and other health risks of cigarette smoking is often persuasive for the general population but would be ineffective for nicotine addiction just as education on other specific health risks is ineffective in other forms of addictive disease . |
| 60 | The House of Commons would no longer reflect the ancient idea and be representative of " whole " boroughs , county communities , or corporate interests but would be representative of unorganised masses of individual men since at this time no women had the vote . |