Example sentences of "would be [verb] of the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also agreed that the Committee would be formed of the Bondholders with Alfred Caldecott as Secretary ( pro tem ) and Mr J. C. Walker , the Manager of the Bank J. & C. Simonds , as Treasurer . |
| 2 | Obviously , if all security interests were possessory it would make secured borrowing virtually impossible as a debtor would be deprived of the ability to use the assets subject to the security in the course of business ( but English law has for long recognised non-possessory security interests ) . |
| 3 | The change provoked an extended strike on the part of the largely Russian speaking blue-collar labour force , and the Supreme Soviet Presidium in Moscow declared the legislation unconstitutional on the grounds that it violated the principle of equal electoral rights ( some 80,000 , it was estimated , would be deprived of the franchise under the new regulations ) . |
| 4 | US-based banks ( in New York ) would lend more dollars externally and greater use would be made of the New York bond market . |
| 5 | They predicted that when a subject 's attention was on the actor a situation would be described using an active , whereas when attention was on the acted-upon ( the recipient of action ) , greater use would be made of the passive . |
| 6 | If they had been , even now they would be thinking of the night to come . |
| 7 | It was agreed that the GPs would be notified of the scheme and sent a copy of my parameters of practice , enabling me to see their patients . |
| 8 | We would be talking of the iniquities of bottled ale when a shadow crossed his eyes . |
| 9 | For example , a new housing estate would be built , the diocese would be informed of the development at the planning stage , and the diocesan office would put in for a school , or an extension for an existing school . |
| 10 | The ITN report said that unions would be told of the job losses today , when annual profits are published . |
| 11 | It was acknowledged by political leaders , military commanders , media executives and journalists alike that these restrictions substantially affected the range and type of coverage which would be provided of the fighting . |
| 12 | The closer the number of times we felt cold came to equalling the number of times we felt warm , the more inclined we would be to think of the words ‘ warm ’ and ‘ cold ’ as applying to the sensation only indirectly . |