Example sentences of "would be [verb] [vb mod] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah but but the thing is that well , they most probably could do but could do some but what what 'd be sacrificed would be the management skills , y you know , and then |
| 2 | No one expects the editors to commit themselves before receiving a submitted paper , but some indication of the degree of pleasure with which a resubmission would be received would be welcome . |
| 3 | For without Shas , Mr Rabin 's ability to deliver the territorial compromise upon which a peace would be based could be fatally weakened . |
| 4 | Such objects do not lie beyond our grasp , as the sceptic might suggest ; for we can hope that every member of the set of statements about what would be observed should be conclusively verified , and in such a case there would remain no further possibility that the material object statement should be false . |
| 5 | Gather together enough antimatter , and you have a cheap way of travelling to the stars — because obviously the only energy you would be using would be gravitational , of which there is plenty available in the Universe . |
| 6 | The the only other thing we could do would be to put would be to make colour acetates and then team brief them . |
| 7 | ‘ If a person presenting or directing the performance is not shown to have intended to stir up racial hatred , it is a defence for him to prove — ( a ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the performance would involve the use of the offending words or behaviour , or ( b ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the offending words or behaviour were threatening , abusive or insulting , or ( c ) that he did not know and had no reason to suspect that the circumstances in which the performance would be given would be such that racial hatred would be likely to be stirred up . ’ |
| 8 | Hoffmann J. declared that in each case the beneficial interest in the property was owned by the bankrupt and his wife in equal shares and he made orders for possession and sale but , after considering the circumstances of the two wives and their children and , in particular , that the half shares to which they would be entitled would be insufficient for them to acquire other accommodation in the area and the educational problems of the children , imposed a provision for postponement until the youngest child in each case attained the age of sixteen . |
| 9 | well that maybe true , but I think it 's working off an analogy on that , turning it the other way round and saying well erm if , if I got to the stage of erm , well possibly even seeking some information from the commission , well certainly if I gave you a conclusion for example , that it should be referred , erm and I think again even if I came to the conclusion that I should neither want , er there 's no point in seeking information from the Commission , nor should I refer it , or at least refer to the stage erm what his clients would be saying should be done in the interim and what he says in effect , for the reason he 's outlined is , er that we should proceed on the basis of erm the validity of the act erm and of the byelaws |
| 10 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 11 | Eventually , the star would be so dim that it could no longer be seen from the spaceship : all that would be left would be a black hole in space . |
| 12 | In such circumstances , all that would be protected would be the employer 's " lead time " , the advantage of getting his product to the market place first . |
| 13 | For if learning was put ahead of teaching in the discourse of higher education , and if the independence , creativity and personal endeavour which are part of learning were addressed ; if both were taken on board seriously , what would be implied would be a major challenge to the power relations in higher education , between those who teach and those who are taught . |
| 14 | What would be missing would be Keeton as a powerful and innovative planner and organiser . |
| 15 | For what would be missing would be the effect of his enthusiasm on others , in ways not recorded in the formal literature . |