Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] [prep] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same meeting an asylum convention was signed by all the members except Denmark under which each asylum case would be handled by only one member-state and thereby end the so-called " orbiting " of refugees from one country to another . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | By quadrupling the number of visitors , our foreign exchange would be enhanced by nearly £20,000 million . |
| 4 | Adulterous mothers would be prevented from ever seeing their children again , lest they spread the contamination of sin . |
| 5 | Payment would be made only if the unemployment was involuntary ; disputed claims would be referred to newly appointed local committees consisting of representatives of capital and labour ; workers would be entitled to refuse work under conditions inferior to the norm for their occupation . |
| 6 | She smiled dazzlingly at the little reporter and hoped that she would be referred to as ‘ charming ’ . |
| 7 | He trusted that they would be enabled to further the progress already made in rebuilding the domestic stability and economic strength of the United Kingdom and in weaving still more closely the threads which bound together the countries of the Commonwealth or , as he still preferred to call it , the Empire . |
| 8 | The critics claimed McInerney 's defensive limitations would be exposed like never before by Tipperary . |
| 9 | The critics claimed McInerney 's defensive limitations would be exposed like never before by Tipperary . |
| 10 | Within this ideal model ( Fig 12.3 ) , the actual costs of providing education at the appropriate level would be calculated for both academic and non-academic resources ( eg staff , equipment , facilities , services , etc ) . |
| 11 | Arresting or deporting the tens of thousands of Palestinian professionals who would be employed in perfectly apolitical , harmless and humanitarian jobs can only further isolate the Israeli Government . |
| 12 | It soon became apparent that the working time each week would be limited to about two hours . |
| 13 | To the outsider they would be mistaken for smartly uniformed security guards rather than the trained storm-troopers they were . |
| 14 | There would be a sharing of power between the party , the state and social organisations , and each of these would be based upon more democratic norms , including the development of self-management , elections , the rotation of office and attention to public attitudes . |
| 15 | The cyclical nature of events was regarded by many thinkers as inevitable , because it was thought that otherwise they would be deprived of both ‘ rationality ’ and ‘ legality ’ . |
| 16 | To this question , the common answer is that he neither quoted the forged additions nor produced them at Rome , because he knew they were forgeries , and knew also that the forgery would be detected at once by a competent critic . |
| 17 | This commission would be composed of mutually acceptable and appropriate international personalities and representatives from governments and international organizations . |
| 18 | These things are fundamental , and are the natural outcome of the evolutionary process operating the laws of survival , and the order outlined above may be regarded as self-evidently constituting the best that would be achieved by very early man . |
| 19 | It was reported on Feb. 6 that World Bank project lending to Ethiopia would be increased from approximately US$100,000,000 to $125,000,000 , in the form of a long-term , low-interest loan from the International Development Association . |
| 20 | Yet by extending the line to Plymouth and Torbay the passenger revenue could be doubled , while the length of the line would be increased by only 34 per cent . |
| 21 | Not supper — emphasize that — or more of them would be affected by now . |
| 22 | A Midlands Electricity Board spokesman said power supplies would be affected until tomorrow . |
| 23 | If the DH is 500 ft , then at 700 ft/min it would be reached in approximately 2 minutes which would give you a reasonable chance of making visual contact . |
| 24 | Further , the promotional functions of the existing RAC policy would be replaced by more limited functions of monitoring and reporting developments in rural areas . |
| 25 | When David Walker led the poll tax rebels of West Oxfordshire out of the tory fold many pundits expected the new Independents would be replaced by more compliant conservatives at the first electoral opportunity … but two years on independents still hold more than half the council wards . |
| 26 | Private property would be replaced by communally owned property . |
| 27 | Not for a moment did I realise that we would be gone for almost three months , return home for nine months , and then spend one more month to finally finish in Australia ! |
| 28 | He would be gone from here , perhaps returning briefly at nights for some food , then off again . |
| 29 | He would be gone by now . |
| 30 | All my goods at the Golden Turk would be gone by now . |