Example sentences of "as [noun pl] would [be] " in BNC.

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1 Thorn is a floating voter , but a Labour victory would be better for business , as replacements would be needed for the boxes which Tories wished to keep for old times ' sake .
2 Under the new criteria , around a third of the 100 million acres currently designated as wetlands would be excluded .
3 It would also increase rent revenue as tenants would be better off and more satisfied , and could also increase the authority 's chances of winning more money from the Government .
4 Consumer prices would also double , as producers would be able to set their own prices up to a fixed maximum , but Byambasuren said that the prices of some foodstuffs and industrial goods would remain under government control .
5 Having replied Yes with much confidence in his initial request I did not think I could take two steps to the rear , so I hastened to add that the job would take me some considerable time as ti would be my spare-time/spare-time job , consoled myself with the thought that it was the first time that I had made anything to be used in a church , so it would be a challenge .
6 Manzoku and Cool for Cats share a common start before diverging into separate lines ( to describe them as grooves would be a touch too expressive on either side of the crag 's blunt nose .
7 However , where the conversion into shares is probable , many companies maintain that to classify the bonds as liabilities would be misleading because , as no economic benefits ( cash ) will be transferred to the bond holders , there can be no liability .
8 If the earth spins , why are such objects not flung from the earth 's surface , as stones would be flung from the rim of a rotating wheel ?
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