Example sentences of "would be [adv] [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That would be ill advised and , I am sure , is not the intention of the NCB . |
| 2 | In each , list votes would be separately counted and seats separately allotted to parties . |
| 3 | In these two examples , the first would be slightly under-hedged if one contract was written against 1000 shares and in the second case over-hedged as two contracts might be written against each 1000 shares held . |
| 4 | The simple square pool offered the sight and sound of moving water where it would be most enjoyed when sitting outside , and the raised brick surround helped create a focal point with planted pots and a huge , stunning hosta . |
| 5 | Who would be most to blame but those who have so long suppressed it ? |
| 6 | A NEWTOWNABBEY beauty spot would be completely changed if a £6m council development is given the green light , a public inquiry heard yesterday . |
| 7 | The causal relevance of an agent would be optimally confirmed if it was detected in symptomatic but not in asymptomatic patients . |
| 8 | While al most all the routines work very fast indeed the Circle is amazingly slow , any suggestions as to why would be gladly received as there seems to be no obvious answer . |
| 9 | The letter outlining plans for the clinic stresses that it would be carefully screened and would not create dangerous traffic levels in the area . |
| 10 | Any activity taking place around the refurbished buildings would be carefully controlled and would not be troublesome . |
| 11 | No one could foresee that over the course of the next few years the steel industry would be successfully reorganized and taken into the private sector . |
| 12 | If a group of workers combined in an association of union and tried to set wages above their ‘ natural ’ level , their actions amounted to ‘ a conspiracy in restraint of trade ’ since the price level of goods would be artificially distorted and the competitive market undermined . |
| 13 | Laos , Thailand and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on June 29 agreed to a plan under which all 60,000 Lao refugees living in Thai camps would be either repatriated or resettled in third countries by the end of 1994 . |
| 14 | However , the Board was unenthusiastic : there would be either limited or no consumer choice , and restricted access for the public would cause difficulties arising out of conflicts of interest between parties ; the Board was ‘ far from satisfied that there is generally a sufficient spread of the skills to make any form of competitive tendering a realistic or worthwhile exercise now or in the near future . ’ |
| 15 | There was a glitter in his eyes , and Rostov realised that he was trying to manoeuvre Burun into a situation where he would be either hurt or embarrassed . |
| 16 | The publishing world would be badly hit if politicians did not bring forth their diaries from time to time , showing just how they reacted at the time to particular world events . |
| 17 | A similar point is made now in the context of assemblies : " When a man came to the assembly from one of the regions , the king was concerned to ask him what news he had brought with him that ought to be reported and discussed , and he would be strictly required before he next returned to the palace to make exhaustive enquiries outside as well as within the realm , getting information from outsiders as well as from his own people , and from enemies as well as from friends , without concerning himself overmuch about how any person questioned had come by his information . " |
| 18 | I was sure that were such a scheme to be imposed , it would be vigorously resisted and criticised . |
| 19 | She had no travellers ' tales , no air of a person who had been on a journey , and I knew she would be both disbelieving and resentful if I should try to describe the eternal vistas I had glimpsed . |
| 20 | ‘ Such action needless to say would be both regretted and regrettable . |
| 21 | Yesterday , hospital on-call administrator Alan Kennedy said Mrs McIntyre 's complaint would be thoroughly investigated and she could expect a reply within ten working days . |
| 22 | A spokesman for Durham County Council said the allegations would be thoroughly investigated provided Mr Grainger reported his concerns to the authority in the form of a letter . |
| 23 | If she spoke , if once there were the least word , the least crack or fissure , upon which tears and screams could follow , she would have lost her one advantage , her source of ordinary viable life , and would be utterly undone and destroyed . |
| 24 | By the time she showed up in that rubbish dump on the Isle of Dogs , there would be little left that was recognisable . |
| 25 | Forms of expertise would be exclusively held and arranged such that the ideal of the specialist-expert would be the basis for individual or occupational specialist or sub-unit empowerment in the system . |
| 26 | Their lashes would be heavily caked whereas the newcomers were fearful of the technique at first . |
| 27 | Claims by Mr Major and others that a Labour administration would be heavily influenced if not controlled by the unions appeared to fall on deaf ears as union leaders kept a low profile . |
| 28 | Well over half of those killed are young children or elderly people who are overcome by smoke and fumes while they sleep at night — people whose chances of survival would be drastically improved if only they were able to reach safety in time . |
| 29 | She said : ‘ Certainly the need for the route would be drastically lessened if the interchange was northbound . |
| 30 | It would be sadly retrograde if the gap between private and maintained schools thus became greater . |