Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [be] [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The ordinary hyphen is used between words that are hyphenated wherever they appear in a line and when those words would be split by a line-ending at the hyphen-point : eg well-known , time-consuming , up-to-date .
2 If -ed , -ing , -er and -tion are all compressed , the tree representing just over 70,000 words would be reduced from 2,628,928 bytes to 1,972,416 bytes .
3 LL Cool J bragged about how other rappers would be treated like his victims .
4 General guidelines would be given by the European Council ; the Council of Ministers would take such decisions unanimously but define matters where a qualified majority could be used .
5 Other councillors , however hoped the guidelines would be regarded as the norm .
6 The hill peoples would be associated with the constitutional process .
7 The two parties were reported to have agreed in principle to create a customs union and a currency zone in which future separate currencies would be linked by a fixed exchange rate .
8 A common currency would be used until June 30 , 1993 , when separate currencies would be introduced with equal exchange rates , the agency reported .
9 Merchants trading overseas had to cover the diplomatic and even military expenses which in later centuries would be met by their governments .
10 Her screams would be heard for miles around .
11 Then the legs would be stacked on plates and the remainder of the meat sliced to make sandwiches .
12 These calculators would be sold under the name of Noxid .
13 Furthermore , it can be seen that feature lists would be duplicated for words such as ’ dance ’ , ’ ball ’ , ’ party ’ , etc. , which is grossly inefficient , and would result in very complex feature lists for each word in the lexicon .
14 But in years 4 and 5 , the years that in other schools would be devoted to working for the GCSE with continuously assessed course-work , and when the TVEI scheme would also be introduced , we are told nothing whatever about examinations , only that the pupils will not have a wide choice of subjects .
15 It was known that fees in secondary schools would shortly be abolished , that grammar-school education would be developed for about 20 per cent of the population , and assumed that secondary modern schools would be provided for the rest .
16 ‘ The promise was a future in which through a process of redefinition of the relationship between teacher , taught and knowledge , schools would be transformed into democratic institutions , teachers into research-based master craftsmen of a new professional tradition , and pupils [ invariably called ‘ students ’ by HCP ] into reflective scholars ' .
17 For a few days there was a period of uncertainty , as Huw waited to see if the Brotherhood were planning another attack upon him — and the Inner Circle of the Guild waited to see if any steps would be taken by the Dockers ' Union , or by the police , in defence of the young man .
18 And there was a hunch that ‘ heavy ’ newspaper readers would be attracted by a tasteful paper with plenty of news , but which could be read quickly .
19 Relations with China improved at a less dramatic pace , but in October 1990 , after a South Korean team had participated in the Asian Games in Beijing , the two countries signed an unprecedented trade agreement , under which trade offices would be established in each country which would perform limited consular functions and would provide the basis for the eventual normalization of diplomatic relations [ see p. 37779 ] .
20 By the late 1920s and the early 1930s , governments were encouraging employers to rationalize coal along the lines laid clown by the Samuel Commission , whereby small units would be incorporated into larger units and be closed , as in shipbuilding , cotton and other industries .
21 Most of the units would be let to chainstores new to the town , including the anchor store , C and A , which has taken the biggest , two-floor unit .
22 The FA , faced with fixture congestion with a gap of eight days between each match , reluctantly agreed that Cup ties would be decided by penalties after one replay .
23 He also announced that wages unpaid because of cash shortages would be credited with interest at an annual rate of 80 per cent for at least May and June .
24 Action : If the user were to proceed to the module entry phase , Y DCs would be required for modules in package P. This number of DCs exceeds the LIFESPAN maximum .
25 A positive correlation has indeed been reported between the number of prescriptions for psychotropic drugs issued by general practitioners in England and Wales and the rate of deliberate self-poisoning , and it has been estimated that a reduction of 1000 psychotropic prescriptions would be associated with 3.8 fewer admissions as a result of deliberate self-poisoning ( Forster and Frost 1985 ) .
26 He added traders would be questioned on the effects of pedestrianisation on business over coming months .
27 In July , the Nez Perce guided Lewis and Clark along the Lolo Trail and out of their lands , after receiving assurances that American traders would be sent to their country .
28 The bandit freedoms of young street traders would be indulged in the grubby common lodging houses of the slum areas , in the company of more elderly bandits such as tramps , habitual drunkards , casual labourers , drifters and infirm beggars .
29 At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives .
30 At a time when computer technology was advancing rapidly and any given computer-based business management system tended to be technically obsolescent in a short time , a company made a reasonable decision that all such computers would be depreciated at 50 per cent per annum , making prudent financial provision against their short useful lives .
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