Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [noun] would be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Labour says that powers would be devolved from Whitehall . |
| 2 | Despite this downward movement , the Central Statistical Office calculates that £2.47 would be needed today to match the buying power of £1 when Mrs Thatcher quoted Saint Francis of Assisi after her first Conservative victory . |
| 3 | Mr Schuller argues that costs would be offset by the increased economic activity of older people and by the reduction in social dependency . |
| 4 | Claims that people would be put off travelling to the town centre because of lack of parking were dismissed . |
| 5 | In this exchange , Grice ( 1975 : 51 ) suggests that B would be infringing the instruction Be relevant if he was gratuitously stating a fact about the world via the literal meaning of his utterance . |