Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] would be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | One suggestion for avoiding this is to have the explicit tax rate apply only to net-of-transfer income earnings , so that if the benefit withdrawal rate is 60 per cent and the explicit tax rate 30 per cent the ‘ total ’ tax paid on an additional £1 of earned income would be at a rate , which is a sum comprising 60p less means-tested benefit , and 30 per cent of 40p = 12p explicit tax , i.e. 72p . |
| 2 | Every time I lifted it to aim it at a target living or not — this moment would be at the back of my mind . |
| 3 | And if the north Aegean panel of tribute-paying allies succumbed to attack or subversion , the Hellespontine corn-route would be at risk . |
| 4 | Here , one might think , was an occasion when the symbol of national unity would be at its most needed , as citizens prepare to sacrifice their lives for King and Country : under conditions of national threat , the psychological strength of the symbol could be expected to be intensified ( Edelman , 1964 ; Sherif , 1966 ) . |
| 5 | Different atmospheric conditions in the northern hemisphere would afford some protection , but far larger populations would be at risk of exposure to dangerous ultraviolet light . |
| 6 | If there were to be a failure in maintaining this conquest , the ‘ livelihood ’ of these people would be at stake . |
| 7 | Reimbursement for all these sales would be at the commercial rouble exchange rate set in October . |
| 8 | Even if all these animals were buried on-farm , the long term environmental consequences would be at best uncertain " . |
| 9 | Compensation both for planning restrictions ( in cases where a claim had been admitted ) and for compulsory purchase by public authorities was to be paid on the basis of existing use plus any admitted 1947 development value , but private sales would be at current market prices . |
| 10 | Several others , however , including one individual who testified that he had suffered discriminatory treatment from his employers because of views he had expressed in public about the political situation , requested that their names be withheld from the final report , because they felt that their jobs and perhaps even their very lives would be at risk . |
| 11 | France 's president , François Mitterrand , is among those who have pointed out that transferring the power to make monetary policy to an independent body would be at odds with the clause . |
| 12 | Were I to own a new BMW car , another ten microcomputers would be at my command , so their advertisements claim . |
| 13 | They now recognised that their plan to send some intelligent lads for education in farriery to such continental schools would be at best a rather feeble stopgap measure , while in any case the revolutionary situation in France was not favourable to the original Odiham plan . |
| 14 | If the rabies virus were to take root in the wild life of the UK , domesticated pets would be at risk and so , in turn , would the population . |
| 15 | After school , Mrs Trickett suggested , they would probably be engaged in other activities ; at bedtime perhaps only one parent would be at home , and the children would be tired . |
| 16 | If the data produces an exactly balanced tree , then this optimal point would be at the same level across all branches ( Sussenguth , 1963 ) , but this is not so with a lexicon , so the construction is much more difficult . |
| 17 | The company 's investment decisions were ludicrous and its executives were about as efficient at management as the Board of General Motors would be at writing and performing a Number One single . |
| 18 | Without corporate efforts to reinforce the importance of traded goods and services the sustainability and growth of the industrial system would be at risk . |
| 19 | It was agreed that ( i ) a system of proportional representation in the Assembly of the Republic ( legislature ) would be adopted ; ( ii ) legislative and presidential elections would be held simultaneously within one year of the signing of a ceasefire accord , although this deadline could be extended ; ( iii ) presidential candidates would be at least 35 years old and their candidacies supported by a minimum of 10,000 signatures ; ( iv ) the minimum voting age and that for the representatives in the Assembly would be 25 years , although there was an expectation that these would be reduced to 18 years after the first set of elections ; ( v ) a National Electoral Commission , one-third of whose members would be appointed by the MNR , would organize the electoral process , determining for example the number of seats per region ; and ( vi ) the government would assist the MNR to secure appropriate facilities to carry out its political work in at least every provincial capital . |
| 20 | So far they have just topped £300 including VAT but the consoling thought is that if this was an aircraft with tin wings , a Lycoming engine and requiring a Certificate of Airworthiness , correcting the same faults would be at least three times as much . |
| 21 | However , American involvement would be at an end . |
| 22 | Erm the views of the er of the subcommittee are that that this does appear to be er perhaps a practical solution er and at the moment , er we are looking to erm make some of the spaces , certainly in the Church Street car park erm short term , I E two hours , certainly so the people who are who are making shopping visits , or visits to the banks et cetera would get the lower car park and the the people who are staying for a longer time would be at the top . |
| 23 | The best place would be at the moment she 's got two jobs . |
| 24 | He pointed out that the ores raised from greater depth would be at a greater expense though the Royalties would in fact increase . |
| 25 | There is little doubt that some of the 700 million dollars would be at the expense of others and some practitioners of ‘ small ’ science , whose projects can sink or swim on fluctuations of tens of thousands of dollars , see calls for 700 million with less than total enthusiasm . |
| 26 | After visiting Bruce Hutchison , the next stop would be at the home of Mrs Nellie McClung whose books ‘ Clearing in the West ’ and ‘ The Stream Runs Fast ’ had impressed me as a youth . |
| 27 | Mrs Stych did not want to offend the queen of the social columns by arguing with her , so when that lady went on to inquire when the newspaper could send a photographer , Mrs Stych said in her most gracious tone of voice that the whole family would be at home that evening any time after six . |