Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |