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

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1 The two offices would be on a ‘ similar site adjoining Charles Street , of which the Government was now in possession , with the exception of a very small portion indeed ’ , which would be the subject of another Bill to be introduced to Parliament .
2 Young women married to salesmen , for once , took an interest in where their husbands would be on the great day ; the older men , who ricocheted between various business interests , were lectured steadily , any time they put in an appearance at home , on the necessity of being in Tollemarche at this time ; and those males who were doomed to spend their lives in Tollemarche found themselves with intolerable lists of jobs to be done , from laying out backyard skating rinks to pinning up the hems on their female relatives ' costumes .
3 My coming appearance in The Jungle Book was meagre in comparison with Charlie 's triumph , but soon eyes would be on me ; it was a start , and I felt strong and determined .
4 A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners .
5 He said almost half of Darlington 's homes would be on the lowest band and 60pc will be on the bottom two bands when the council tax is introduced .
6 On paper , however , the vessels would be on the order of the United States , enabling Israel to receive American financing and circumventing West German export restrictions .
7 In the morning the visitors would be on the quay to see them return , slip neatly into a mooring and begin the unloading and selling of the night 's catch .
8 But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip Christopher Joyce
9 But no one knows what the biological effects would be on the astronauts undertaking such a trip
10 Specifically , Filip said , his group 's margins would be on a par with Sun 's and ‘ ahead of Digital 's by a large margin . ’
11 Then the assessment of B's damages would be on the same basis and B would similarly be entitled to £500 .
12 THE GOVERNMENT moved yesterday to stem the confusion surrounding the Maastricht Bill with a pledge that law officers would be on call for the rest of its gruelling passage through Parliament .
13 It 's quite true that er wheels from subsidiaries in Dagenham and bodies would be on the road inside two hours of having left another factory because they were on the same industrial site .
14 I had got away by a lucky stroke and there would be no problem getting back into the Grand because one of my pals would be on sentry duty and it would be a case of " pass friend " .
15 Using a new set of genuine Thomas Leavy documents based on his legal name change — the last thing he supposed the Federal authorities would be on the lookout for — Coleman then slipped back into the States , via Canada , for what he felt in his bones was probably the last time he would see his father and his country .
16 The air was full of the smell of burning documents , and in some quarters there was talk that the Germans would be on the Nile within a matter of days .
17 Reselections would be on the basis of the reconstituted firm 's details .
18 Reselections would be on the basis of the new firm 's details .
19 For the Sunday the pros would be on their own , battling it out for the first prize of £500,000 .
20 In both cases , the charges would be on a sliding scale , with environmentally-damaging practises attracting penal rates .
21 Next time you are stuck in a traffic jam , you might reflect that if facilities were better , some of those motorists would be on bicycles .
22 The purpose of the Act above all was that future developments would be on low-density garden suburb or garden city lines , primarily the former .
23 Division of assets would be on the basis of the size of each republic 's population , Slovakia having approximately half the population of Bohemia-Moravia ; it was reported that no financial compensation would be paid by either republic to the other .
24 The question was : if a broad view is taken both in terms of the areas covered and the nature of the potential solutions , is it possible to improve the environment and safety of large areas , or even whole towns , by adopting a package of measures that are simple and inexpensive , but because they are integrated , are more effective than single measures would be on their own ?
25 The approach there was to adopt a package of measures that were simple and inexpensive , but because they were integrated , would be more effective than single measures would be on their own .
26 Any cuts would be on top of production line redundancies and would come only a year after GM finished cutbacks which slashed its white-collar staff by 40,000 to 140,000 worldwide .
27 Sometimes his collection of gnomes would be on display , and every anniversary was commemorated by faded buff photographs and artefacts .
28 It was decided that a double staffed session of craft , with one group of life preparation students and one group of nursery nurse students would be on the timetable once a week .
29 Some of these women would be on it .
30 I wondered what the Guardian headlines would be on the day of the Second Coming .
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