Example sentences of "is [verb] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Gerry Steinberg and Nigel Martin , asked about the £13m scheme by the Western Bypass Action Group , said they backed the group 's alternative more westerly route which it is claimed would be environmentally less damaging . |
| 2 | The average wait before this is located would be half a revolution if the whole overflow track were full . |
| 3 | But it is believed that the bank will not pull the plug in haste as its image would take a knock and the money it is owed would be unlikely to be recovered . |
| 4 | Much of what is said would be true also ( in a modified form ) for small-number natural oligopolies , but I shall not examine such questions here . |
| 5 | AN INCREASING demand for hypo-allergenic dairy products has led a Tayside woman to take the first tentative steps towards setting up what it is thought would be Britain 's only mare milking unit . |
| 6 | The fuel does however contain high levels of dangerous metals such as nickel and vanadium , but the stations to which it is supplied would be expected to be fitted with filtering equipment . |
| 7 | Extending the curriculum to include a range of applications which more adequately than at present represents the kinds of human endeavour where mathematics is used would be another such change , with fewer examples involving ballistics and war , for instance , and more involving such activities as working with fabrics , designing appliances for the disabled or looking at the school canteen 's queuing problems . |
| 8 | A newspaper campaign to prevent breeding by some of the substandard individuals with whom society is saddled would be much more to the point than vapid maunderings about the welfare of a child who has been endowed with an almost perfect inheritance , and is being given the best possible care ! ’ |