Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] would be " in BNC.

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1 Is n't it possible that the informant deliberately told the kidnappers I would be there , knowing what the consequences were likely to be ? ’
2 In the latter case I would be more likely to give you options and a reason , by saying : ‘ Would you mind moving slightly .
3 ‘ I have no axe to grind and it may be that the scheme would pose no hazard , in which case I would be happy to say so publicly , ’ he said , ‘ But if I learn that the route would expose local populations to field strengths greater than two milliGauss I will say it is potentially hazardous and will support my statement with a good deal of scientific information . ’
4 Erm and anybody who tells me that they 're gon na get one and arrives by train at the course whatever their excuse I would be suspicious .
5 In a few hours I would be flown into a different culture , a different climate , with different people .
6 I could n't wait to zoom off towards the seacat to go to France , but in 5 hours I would be .
7 I knew that I had to protect myself from another pounding — if I let him into my heart I would be done for .
8 I did n't approve of what he was doing , but if I refused his money I would be more and more visible , so I took it , and when he had gone off in relief back towards the dining car I gave it to the barman .
9 He also mentioned that when the guitar reaches full production level , a care kit will be included with each one — which comes as something of a relief , because at present I would be nervous about approaching this instrument even with something as seemingly innocuous as furniture polish .
10 ‘ If I was to insult the contestants I would be shooting myself in the foot .
11 When I found out the times I would be working things started to look better .
12 What would distress me would be if Scotland were not able in such a process to express democratically her own voice and her own vision of the European future and of the future of Scotland in Europe .
13 On Good Friday everyone would be very serious , and go about their business as quietly as possible .
14 I had originally crossed the Atlantic thinking I would be away a few months , but the brief tour had stretched into years .
15 ‘ Several minutes after we returned , my station officer called me in to his office and warned me that as I was not working by London Ambulance Service guidelines I would be stood down without pay . ’
16 For years afterwards I only had to hear it played and in my mind I would be back on the muddy camp site , feeling again the excitement and fun and tragedy which filled the air .
17 If readers have any knowledge of good practice , or are undertaking similar research I would be glad to hear .
18 Sometimes I thought that within a few months I would be back in Le Court , because I did not think I could continue .
19 Should partners in the Philippines or South Africa wish to hear something of current British practice I would be delighted to offer a presentation .
20 If I was going to see a friend in Hayes I would be crazy not
21 From the Federation 's point of view , er I have substantially difficult , a difficulty , in guiding you as to where the new settlement ought to be , because in effect I would be choosing between members , and that is a certain route to my unemployment , if I were to do that , and I do n't wish to be unemployed .
22 I asked him not to say any more to me , since at that time I represented the Labour Party and felt it quite possible that if he brought any action I would be called upon to act for them .
23 This permits the ring to move down on the line under greater tension , and up on the opposite side which would be on the outside of a turn .
24 Then some National Savings , possibly some income bonds , and then onto the growth side which would be bonds , unit trusts , shares , P E Ps etcetera .
25 This project is based on three premises : that more young economists , bound for industry , particularly consultancy , the civil service and the city , should have at least been apprenticed in research--hence , in part , the use of occasional research assistants rather than experienced professionals ; that applied economists should pay more attention to the views of non economists , and , in particular of practitioners in the fields they study , hence the emphasis on the flexibility required if we are to look at problems differently , or use different types of evidence ; and that more of us should build our models self consciously , with an eye to analytical convenience and ease of interpretation , considerations which would be less important were economics less inexact , since it might then make sense to seek the correct model , however difficult to analyse and understand .
26 The general idea is that erm you could replace the many wires that feed power to lights , horns and things of that sort by a single wire that just provides power to everything , along which you would send signals which would be decoded by micro-electronic components within the lamp unit to decide whether that should draw power or not draw power , and so you can replace the harness , effectively , with a single thick wire .
27 Firstly effect on regeneration of the di diversionary investment which would be likely to arise , and that 's as has been already mentioned , that 's contrary to the Strategic Guidance for West Yorkshire .
28 Terry Heneaghan , Pittencrieff 's chief executive , said he did not look at the deal in terms of oil or gas production and reserves which would be acquired , but rather in terms of cash flow which could be generated for his company by rationalising operations of the two companies in parts of the US where they both have interests .
29 The expression in his yellow eyes was unreadable and , since his oddly lengthened features were incapable of displaying an emotion which would be understandable to other humans , it was impossible to know what he was thinking .
30 In the promotion of rapid industrialization , the Japanese state fostered the growth of large organizations which would be better placed to resist the intense competition of Western companies .
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