Example sentences of "[noun sg] would be [vb pp] to an " in BNC.
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| 1 | I indicated that legal action was , in my view , inappropriate in respect of what was a rather feeble attempt at satire , and the importance of the programme would be enhanced to an absurd extent if anyone depicted in it took it seriously , but none of us liked being ridiculed . |
| 2 | He could not anticipate — that his work would be put to an entirely different use , let alone tell a story . |
| 3 | Cardinal Jozef Glemp , the primate of Poland , claimed that the 1987 agreement under which the nuns at the Carmelite convent would be re-located to an inter-faith centre nearby , had been negotiated by " incompetent " people and was a violation of the nuns ' rights . |
| 4 | This of " course would cause frictions and everyone from the municipality would be called to an assembly to explain why the distribution was necessary and just . |
| 5 | Any differences which could not be resolved through negotiation would be submitted to an arbitration commission . |