Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when magistrates told her she 'd be jailed for three months , she collapsed in the dock . |
| 2 | Then we 'd be sat for two or three days until another show was put in . |
| 3 | Under the proposals from Brussels the M4 would be upgraded for maximum heavy goods use , extending it all the way along the Pembrokeshire Coast to Fishguard . |
| 4 | In early December there was some speculation that Shaikh Obeid would be exchanged for Israeli navigator Ron Arad , the only missing Israeli serviceman believed to be alive . |
| 5 | Well , let brother Spencer enjoy his ill-gotten gains while he may , the day was coming shortly when his fraud would be exposed for all to see . |
| 6 | When I 'd had confirmation that permission would be granted for one dwelling , no size specified , I toured round the estate agents , seeking a prospective purchaser . ’ |
| 7 | Cleaning staff would be employed for that site only , and usually on a full time basis , working to extremely rigorous standards . |
| 8 | So in the case of ’ money ’ , the corpus would be searched for all appearances of that word , and then the immediate contexts of each occurrence ( the concordances ) would be collected and truncated to extend no more than four words either side of the lemma . |
| 9 | A general sky survey would also be undertaken in which every degree of the heavens would be searched for extraterrestrial signals . |
| 10 | Dissatisfied as he was , it was while Bishop of Bristol that he made the moral stand which guaranteed that his name would be heard for three centuries whenever Cornish men were gathered together . |
| 11 | ‘ There was an implied term in the contract of service that the employer would comply with ( the law ) from which it would follow that the servant would be indemnified for any damage caused by his negligence . ’ |
| 12 | They used their own judgment about how much threat would be involved for most people in those circumstances . |
| 13 | Prison sentences would be increased for many offences , particulary those involving the use of guns . |
| 14 | This is clear in the case of one-party states , where the party bureaucracy encroaches upon areas of decision-making that elsewhere would be reserved for civil servants . |
| 15 | Party officials may perform functions that in non-communist regimes would be reserved for public servants . |
| 16 | For various reasons , DATEC decided that , with one exception , no college proposals would be validated for Higher Certificate and Higher Diploma courses which would allow a start before September 1982 ; as a consequence , there are at present relatively small numbers of students on these courses . |
| 17 | He would dispose of it and a key item of evidence would be gone for good . |
| 18 | This was to ensure by international law that children everywhere would be covered for all their needs . |
| 19 | would be covered for that sort of thing or |
| 20 | There are other intermediate prices which would be accepted for larger or smaller amounts by many or all of the sellers . |
| 21 | And that would mean getting wet again ; her short black taffeta dress , still damp from the previous climb , would be ruined for sure . |
| 22 | He also promised that the country 's schools — which had been closed for two months because of fears of political violence — would reopen within days , and that a civic work programme would be implemented for Haitian youths . |
| 23 | I was 22 in 1934 and the Hon Mrs Bower , wife of the Tory MP for the area , and her friends on the council of social services organised a scheme whereby any lad on the dole ( and most of us were ) would be trained for private service and find jobs in London and the South . |
| 24 | On this basis the necessary funding would be obtained for ongoing conversion to resources at the correct levels . |
| 25 | It seemed inevitable that application for export licences would be made for most of these , given the unlikelihood of purchase within Britain . |
| 26 | On an arable farm with only a few cattle kept to make manure , little provision would be made for these animals , but there would be one or more barns , stables and shelters for carts . |
| 27 | Selective searches would be made for known individuals , and " honest and peaceful citizens " were asked to show understanding during the operation . |
| 28 | It was noted that although there would be no official charge for the day , those attending would be asked for voluntary contributions in the region of 15 . |
| 29 | Foreign investment in 1989 rose by almost 76 per cent to 8,600 million ringgits , and it was expected that the upward trend would be maintained for 1990 . |
| 30 | Both teams 's lack of scoring power always threatened a goalless draw and there was little to suggest the deadlock would be broken for most of the match . |