Example sentences of "would be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 And certainly af after the riots , they were always erm couple of days , perhaps longer than that where erm local policemen would be up on the walkways , playing football with the local kids .
2 He would be up with the morning chorus , while Beth was happy to mooch around for hours in her nightdress , drinking black coffee , smoking cigarettes and watching breakfast television .
3 However , the Government has proposed changing this so that the final decision would be up to the DoE .
4 It would be up to the courts to decide on the matter , ’ says her local trading standards officer , Mr Slater .
5 It would be up to the scientists to decide which is the viable option and which belongs to the realm of science fiction .
6 A spokesman for the Department of Health and social security said a decision to implant an artificial heart would be up to the doctor ‘ like any other replacement operation ’ .
7 The Institute has been given legal advice to the effect that there is a possibility that the defence of qualified or absolute privilege might be available , but it would be up to the courts to decide and the only way of finding out would be a test case .
8 After that it would be up to the German socialists to respond , pressing their own Government to adopt positions convergent with the emergent consensus among the Allies .
9 He would not dare ask for money ; instead it would be up to the gentleman to raise the matter and to give payment when he deemed suitable .
10 ‘ It will probably take a few more days before we know the source , but it would be up to the Disciplinary Committee to decide whether it will be made public , ’ he said .
11 It would be up to the psychologist to decide whether or not there was any mental impairment to their full understanding . ’
12 He said what he thought teams could end up playing on the pitches without paying for them , and it would be up to the council whether it called police to remove the players .
13 Well that would be up to the colleges , if they 're commercially astute they 'll say right yeah twenty-five quid for that , in fact it would be a lot less because it 's only for three months
14 One final boost and he would be up among the true stars , all guidance systems go for a seat in the House of Lords upon retirement .
15 ‘ If we had shown any form at all outside Anfield we would be up amongst the leaders .
16 All the sex would be over by the time Gina came back .
17 But if you do n't want it preserved , I think it would be so nice to have in college , if only for next year 's students , and you also would be around for the next two years , I mean if you 're doing , if you 're doing a language erm , option next year , or even a language recitation erm , this would be quite nice material to use for that .
18 Pinto confirmed that a prototype Alpha box would be around by the end of the year ( UX No 376 ) — other officials said the emergence of shrink-wrapped non-proprietary Unix environments — with the added incentive of Unix System Laboratories Inc 's Destiny and Microsoft Corp NT already scheduled for Alpha — will open up the workstation market sufficiently for it to stake a claim .
19 The padlocks would be off at the main entrance by now , for the late-morning mail and for bar deliveries .
20 She had almost successfully deterred André from his plans to paint the town red with her , had vaguely told him that she would see how she felt when he issued the invitation , only to pour all her good intentions down the drain when this morning Piers had received a call from Nicole , and informed Alyssia offhandedly that he would be out for the balance of the day .
21 She had told no one that she would be out for the whole night ; the only person who had known had been Luke Calder .
22 ‘ Without me and Lewis half of these fellows in forensics would be out on the dole , sir . ’
23 Writing to the client would be out of the question too , because of her marital problems , even if her address were available .
24 In London , I should have thought , it would be out of the question , unless traffic was channelled into a small number of routes , so making congestion worse .
25 As we passed Pabbay we were hit by successive heavy squalls ; the promontory toe Head would be out of the question .
26 I realise exact settings would be out of the question , due to the many different effects units available , but a rough guide to setting the amount of distortion/EQ/chorus/delay etc. would surely be a step in the right direction .
27 And her lawyers have been ruthless in thrashing out a divorce settlement with Fergie which ensures that she will never be able to take her children abroad where they would be out of the Queen 's control .
28 Apparently the cost of transport would be out of the question when there was a plentiful supply obtainable locally .
29 Soon he would be out of the way and he , Michael , could get on with his life .
30 Carmen had then thrown her full support behind him , knowing he would be out of the field by the end of the year .
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