Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] would [adv] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Were these held in reserve in case I would n't be duped ? |
| 2 | In ex-army gear I would n't be seen , as long as I kept still , sitting on my hands , pale face buried in a heather clump , but those long heads that rose between rasping bites of coarse grass had twitching noses that never stopped their search for the enemy — a very efficient sort of olfactory radar . |
| 3 | Told my tutor and the Dean of my College I would n't be coming up again . ’ |
| 4 | Bernheim 's results suggested that he had found some substances which were good for tubercle bacilli , and , by applying the principle of competitive antagonism , he sought closely related compounds which would also be taken up by them but would block the pathway of the stimulants . |
| 5 | The Gater Committee on Film Production Costs , which reported in October 1949 , was in no doubt that the film industry had brought its latest crisis down upon its own head , through creating ‘ a general atmosphere of extravagance and unreality , leading to a disregard of expense which would not be tolerated in other forms of business . ’ |
| 6 | Earlier , Conte had defended his decision to limit to two the number of political parties which would initially be allowed to function under the promised multiparty system , saying that the CMRN rejected " both any anarchic multiparty system that divides the people , and a single party that leads to individual or group dictatorship " . |
| 7 | Each step in the viral life cycle is catalysed by enzymes from the infected cell which would normally be performing similar tasks in the life cycle of the cell . |
| 8 | Well the plain fact of the matter was Chairman there were there were none to quote to him and erm we see the the structure plan Policy E two er as fulfilling a bridging role between national policy and the more specific guidance which would necessarily be contained in local plans . |
| 9 | Apart from this belief in the straightforward truth of books which would now be seen as in differing degrees myth , with Adam as Everyman rather than a historical figure , for example , there was diffidence about the boundaries of science . |
| 10 | This is not really a case of excluding the warranties which would otherwise be implied by the relevant legislation , but rather one of making sure that the warranty given is properly tailored to the subject matter of the contract . |
| 11 | The contract will generally contain an express warranty intended to be in substitution for a condition which would otherwise be imposed . |
| 12 | Only when , in April , Elizabeth made it clear that he was the one Marian exile who would not be welcomed back to England did he accept the inevitable and come to Scotland . |
| 13 | It was too early to go to bed yet — though she 'd an idea that while this worry was on her mind she would n't be doing a lot of sleeping . |
| 14 | Amongst the disorganised provision were to be found examples of clients who would never be charged by solicitors ; advice-giving by stipendiary magistrates , magistrates ' clerks , and county court registrars ; a poor Man 's Lawyer service in London and the provinces staffed by volunteers ; trade union legal advice and Citizens ' Advice Bureaux . |
| 15 | He told me that one factor which had greatly influenced him was her suggestion that on election day Granada should shift Coronation Street so as not to keep in many of his supporters who would otherwise be thinking of going to the polls . |
| 16 | And in some organizations they would not be working for us any more |
| 17 | If she lost control of the boat they would both be drowned . |
| 18 | If thrown from his horse he would not be given the opportunity to remount . |
| 19 | By the Nürburgring , Niki had told Ron Dennis he would n't be racing the following year . |
| 20 | At a congress in Stockholm in late May 1990 , delegates from the Left Party — Communists ( Vänsterpartiet — Kommunisterne — VPK ) voted by a large majority to drop " communist " from the party name , so that in future it would simply be known as Vänsterpartiet . |
| 21 | That had stopped the Ministry ‘ dead in its tracks ’ and it had come to the conclusion that if it denied premium to the rearer of suckled calves it would eventually be challenged by a hill farmer before the European Court . |
| 22 | The reason why a release to one debtor releases all jointly liable is , because , unless it was held to do so , the co-debtor , after paying the debt , might sue him who was released for contribution , and so in effect he would not be released ; but that reason does not apply where the debtor released agrees to such a qualification of the release as will leave him liable to any rights of the co-debtor . |
| 23 | Even if a child took a whole bottle full of remedies it would not be harmed ! |
| 24 | The government also failed to take up the recommendation to ‘ ring-fence ’ community care budget allocations , except in the case of mental health services where they did agree to a specific grant which would only be spent on community care service plans developed jointly by the health and social services . |
| 25 | For example , a photocopier which would only be bought by office managers and which would need fairly detailed copy to do it justice would be a waste of money to advertise on TV because the number of office managers in your audience is so tiny , and TV is not the right place to put a lot of product detail because time is so limited . |
| 26 | Neighbouring states and international bodies could also be brought into the settlement which would preferably be enshrined in a treaty . |
| 27 | Um around the middle years of the twentieth century there was ah a good deal of well people were spotting signs which would nowadays be taken as evidence of child sex abuse but they were giving other explanations for them . |
| 28 | The mass disfranchisement of thousands of citizens in local government , the disgraceful manipulation of constituency boundaries , the enforced political tests for government jobs and legislation , such as the Flags and Emblems Act , were some of the shackles on individual freedom which would never be tolerated in England . |
| 29 | Its meaning has begun to leak away through indiscriminate extensions beyond its original significance , extensions to cases which would normally be distinguished as cases of non-violence . |
| 30 | Differences arise virtually throughout the range of activities which would normally be associated with the practice of management accounting . |