Example sentences of "[pron] would only be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's a privilege ; I 'd say more , but I would only be cut for the usual reason , lack of |
| 2 | Perhaps , he concluded , in his letter terminating their correspondence for months to come , it was all just a terrible nightmare which would only be understood later ? |
| 3 | Relating to investment that could locate elsewhere in the U K or in Europe but which would only be attracted to this site if it , to a site , if it is erm sorry , availabil if the availability of this site , if this site is made available on terms similar to those of competing locations . |
| 4 | For example , a photocopier which would only be bought by office managers and which would need fairly detailed copy to do it justice would be a waste of money to advertise on TV because the number of office managers in your audience is so tiny , and TV is not the right place to put a lot of product detail because time is so limited . |
| 5 | The government also failed to take up the recommendation to ‘ ring-fence ’ community care budget allocations , except in the case of mental health services where they did agree to a specific grant which would only be spent on community care service plans developed jointly by the health and social services . |
| 6 | She said she thought she would only be frisked but was told to strip . |
| 7 | It had to be a success — she knew she would only be allowed one failure . |
| 8 | In the past , firms not authorised for investment business could feel fairly secure in the knowledge that if they did stray into it they would only be investigated in the event of a complaint . |
| 9 | She was not to know that , once at sea , they would only be allowed on deck at certain times , like dogs let out to exercise . |
| 10 | It also formalized British acceptance of the Thor missiles and the agreement that they would only be used with the sanction of both governments . |
| 11 | It seemed they would only be remembered for the effervescent day-glo Sixties pop which took popular root in Manhattan 's late Seventies downtown scene , where the songs Rock Lobster and Planet Claire first became free-spirited party anthems . |
| 12 | It was an unusually quiet night , and Jack had been called in earlier and had stayed not out of necessity but because , as he said , if he went home he would only be called out again . |
| 13 | It would only be prevented if the Home Office intervened . ’ |
| 14 | With regard to the propositions proposed by the Council , we support them all — including the seeking of a landscape management agreement power , although we envisage it would only be used sparingly . |
| 15 | In Dudley ( W. Midlands ) , where a large proportion of land was privately owned , the Department of the Environment insisted that if enterprise-zone designation was to go ahead , it would only be approved if private-sector land was first sold to the local authority before a certain date . |
| 16 | The letter from the plaintiffs solicitors in respect of question of interest one causes , the letter of the twenty ninth of January of nineteen ninety two , asking Mr to confirm , that in addition to the settlement figure of forty two thousand pounds in respect of costs he 'd be paying interest until the date of payment , and er , there was never a mind that erm which find a reply to in , in thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two by Mr , there 's no unqualified agreement in figure of forty two thousand pounds , I do not wish to appear obstructive but your clients must recognise that there are effectively two issues to be resolved , namely the payment of their costs and the division of the parts of other property , surely in all parties interest that none of these are resolved , so it is surely in all party interest that those , those are resolved contemporary and then the letter goes on to dealing with questions of valuation , the bottom paragraph on page thirty two in the bundle says in answer to your letter therefore is that there is no agreement to pay interest , if there is then my client must be credited with interest on his costs , and then it says surgery and finally if ove if overall agreement can not be reached then my client reserves his rights on the issue of costs and I feel that this could lead to an acrimonious and protracted taxation , at the end of the day I suspect it would only be enforced the order for costs about taking a charge in my clients interest in the surgery premises , does that improve your clients position at all , as I say that was the position of the thirtieth of March nineteen ninety two and during the remainder of nineteen ninety two there were then further negotiations , some of them appeared to have been carried out er personally between er doctor and er doctor which seems to of been the partner , dealing with the plaintiffs position and er he says about his non negotiable offer at page forty one in the bundle apparently attached to a letter of the twenty first of December nineteen ninety two and er that had a time limit on , the twenty second of March , there was a reminder on the twenty second of February and erm the plaintiffs solicitors wrote on the fourteenth of April nineteen ninety three raising the question of costs erm say that erm we have now received your clients instructions , that they would be prepared to accept the sum of forty two thousand in respect of their standard basis costs which is inclusive of V A T and disbursements , you remember that our initial schedule of costs which I set part of my letter of the eighth of October total fifty thousand , nine hundred and ninety eight pounds , twenty six pence , in addition to this our client would require interest from the which is as of todays date at seven hundred and sixty days at seventeen pounds , twenty six a day totalling thirteen thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds , sixty , in the circumstances I look forward to receiving your clients cheque for the sum of fifty five thousand , one hundred and seventeen pounds and sixty pence within the next seven days and then it says I believe you were certainly agreeing have been very patient concerning your clients costs , but now we wish these to be paid and that was responded to er Mr on the twenty second of April er but why he quite has not been directly involved in the conversation for some time and there was not reasonable expected response for seven days from him , er and then he goes on to say that although he appreciates his firm is still on the record , I shall seek instructions from my client , but it maybe he would wish to give notice of acting in person and indeed that is in fact what happened , what happened in this case . |