Example sentences of "in what would [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the IRB has any qualms in answering these questions come April 1992 , they should think very carefully if South Africa is to be a serious contender in what would probably be the first genuine and major international event ever held in the country . |
| 2 | He was living in what would traditionally be described as reduced circumstances . |
| 3 | These have been driven up , first , by a labour shortage , brought about by the ending of free immigration from China in 1980 , and now by increasing emigration from Hong Kong ; and , second , by the colony 's swift move up-market as manufacturers have relocated low-wage factories to southern China , leaving higher-paid jobs in Hong Kong , where their influence has pulled up wages in what would otherwise be poorly paid jobs . |
| 4 | In the case of British Rail , for example , large subsidies have been provided to sustain a degree of social service in what would otherwise be uneconomic provisions . |
| 5 | In carbonates preferential solution of some grain types ( e.g. Harris & kendall , 1986 ) occurs in what would otherwise appear to be a chemically homogeneous sediment . |
| 6 | If Bowe wins , and causes the latest split , Lewis would no doubt look to a domestic defence of the WBC title against Frank Bruno in what would obviously be his best financial option . |
| 7 | I had learnt German at Dartmouth where I had specialized in my last year in what would now be known as arts subjects : languages , English and history . |
| 8 | Eventually , in what would then have been interpreted as a generous gesture on the part of the Poor Law authorities , the wife was freed in order to give her a second chance to build up a home . |