Example sentences of "[adj] as would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , according to Moore , to say that an action would be right is to say that the total results of doing it would be at least as good as would be those of doing any alternative . |
| 2 | The idea that there is free trade in the EEC is in many key sectors of economic activity as misplaced as would be the suggestion that there is a free market in European agricultural products , another sector which it has been British policy to attempt to liberalise . |
| 3 | They add up to 1 as would be expected . |
| 4 | They add up to 1 as would be expected . |
| 5 | Suppose , next , that a catastrophe , which will wipe out life on this planet , threatens , and can only be prevented by an expenditure the same as would be needed for that capsule for the slug . |
| 6 | Answer guide : The answers should show the students understanding of these adjustments as being the same as would be used on the worksheet to put through year end entries . |
| 7 | Relative to what their size warranted and depending on which type of offence was examined , the oil-refining industry committed crimes at a rate five to nine times higher than would be expected , the motor industry three to seven times , and the pharmaceutical industry was four to six times as criminal as would be predicted . |
| 8 | Three reasons are given by Bacon and Eltis : both Conservative and Labour governments , because of their adherence to Keynesian economics , were anxious to deal with unemployment quickly by tinkering with the economy ; because of the public demand for improved social services ; and because extra jobs in the public services could be provided cheaply and quickly since no extra capital investment was necessary as would be the case in industry . |
| 9 | When such a plan has been lodged it will only be necessary for a buyer to search against the plot he is buying on the appropriate form for a search of part ( Form 94B ) , indicating thereon the plot or flat number " as shown on the estate development plan lodged in the Registry on the " — no plan being then necessary as would be the case if no estate plan had been lodged . |
| 10 | This would be possible as would be undertaking a much greater part of the year-end work and the preparation of the draft Annual Accounts for Audit . |