Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] [prep] [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He prayed confidently that the team would be led to people like Lydia whose hearts God had already prepared . |
| 2 | Appeals against his conclusions would be heard by an independent tribunal , which would be able to impose penalties of up to 10% of turnover ( although initially this would be limited to £1m ) . |
| 3 | As a result of the way in which the husband carried out this function the wife executed the documents believing that her liability would be limited to £60,000 . |
| 4 | Individual deposit insurance would be limited to $100,000 per institution , phased in over two years ( plus a further $100,000 per institution to cover a retirement account ) . |
| 5 | By this means the total compensation payable by the fund would be increased to £75,000 . |
| 6 | Two days ago the organisers of the NM English Open , to be played from August 16-19 at The Belfry , announced that their prize money would be increased from £250,000 to £400,000 . |
| 7 | He would be pelted with fruit . |
| 8 | All Friday night the streets would be packed with people dressed from head to toe in blue . |
| 9 | If guidance were to be sought in matters which hovered on the boundary between the two , it was likely that the church would be seen by people and politicians as authoritative in resolving the issue . |
| 10 | If the trust has £50,000 of income in year 1 and £25,000 in year 2 and £10,000 in year 3 and in year 1 £80,000 is lent to the settlor by the trust ( a capital sum includes an amount paid by way of loan — see below ) then in year 1 the settlor would be taxed on £50,000 , in year 2 on £25,000 and in year 3 on £5,000 . |
| 11 | Let us suppose that in fact there are not more than 600 quarters , the holders of which are willing to accept as low a price as 35s. ; but that holders of another hundred would be tempted by 36s. ; and holders of yet another three hundred by 37s . |
| 12 | Even allowing for the cost of the curtain tape and cotton required , I calculated that I would be overcharged by £80 . |
| 13 | Faced with the mounting cost of a war against the American colonies , the coalition government in Westminster had instituted a punitive and highly unpopular tax by the Stamp Act of October 1783 : all registrations of baptisms , marriages and burials would be charged at 3d. a time — and so there was every incentive for local clergy , working on 10 per cent commission , to get around the parish and bring in the strays . |
| 14 | We believe that it would be more sensible if a proportion of the compensation would be met by people like pension fund managers if for no other reason that it would encourage them to er keep their own house in order erm and you know it 's not a bad er principle to operate in these areas . |
| 15 | On May 12th Zeneca announced that a £1.3 billion ( $1 billion ) five-for-16 rights issue accompanying its market debut would be priced at 600p . |
| 16 | The proposed deadline , five years ahead of current targets , would mean the chemicals would be cut by 85pc by the end of next year , with total abolition by the end of 1994 . |
| 17 | If the efficiency of large power stations could be improved by 1% , the nation 's fuel bills would be cut by £36 million . |
| 18 | Bryan Gould , shadow environment secretary , has said the ‘ Fair Rates ’ system would be related to people 's ability to pay for local services . |
| 19 | The disposal price would be related to sales . |
| 20 | The new system of Integrated Pollution Control designed to curb harmful emissions from factories would be undermined by staff shortages and poor morale . |
| 21 | They would be let to people who , for one reason or another , wanted to spend some time in the country away from the pressures of the modern world and are prepared to live very simply . |
| 22 | Just imagine the abuse with which they would be showered by people who would tell them : ‘ Since it is easily possible for the economy to grow at 4 , 5 , 6 per cent or any other figure you like , the public are being cheated of the growth of public expenditure which they have a right to enjoy by this niggardly Government which is only counting on being able safely to increase public expenditure at a rate of 2 to 2and1/2 ; per cent . ’ |
| 23 | The SAC told the RSNO by telephone on Monday that its grant would be held at £1.82 million in 1993-94 , the same as in this financial year . |
| 24 | The Majlis now had 268 members , the results in two single-member constituencies having been declared invalid by the Council of Guardians ; re-runs for these two seats would be held by means of mid-term by-elections . |
| 25 | The pathfinder prospectus , published on March 19 , indicated only that the issue would be pitched between 530p and 645p . |
| 26 | The significance of internal structures had already been accepted in some cases ( otherwise whales and dolphins would be classified as fish rather than as mammals ) , but Cuvier made this central to the classification of the whole animal kingdom . |
| 27 | The government announced on Oct. 30 that compensation would be paid to people who contracted the HIV virus from blood transfusions during 1980-85 , or to their families . |
| 28 | The teachers ' place at the centre near Dunoon would be taken by staff from the Faskally outdoor education centre in Perthshire , which is closing this summer . |
| 29 | If the proposal is accepted , it would mark the end of the Ronson empire , whose 100% stake in Heron would be reduced to 5% . |
| 30 | company 's profits would be reduced by £8,000 . |