Example sentences of "would [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye it would been about maybe nineteen seventeen or nineteen eighteen . |
| 2 | She would be as if mute . |
| 3 | A better description of the Mafia would be as a network of criminal contacts regularly exploited by shifting alliances of ruthless drug-traffickers and extortionists , who flourish where politicians and policemen are venal or lazy . |
| 4 | Most of these would be as a result of late tests for congenital abnormalities . |
| 5 | There had been so much misfortune that to endure any more would be as a dumb beast might endure it ; and what would become of Dinah and the child ? |
| 6 | Spooner picked up on this idea and thought the best way to do it would be as an extended Perils of Pauline -type adventure , complete with ‘ How are they going to get out of that ? ’ endings . |
| 7 | Held , ( 1 ) refusing to join B. as a party , that , since B. claimed no personal interest in the money in court and it was not suggested that the money belonged to the ousted regime , her only locus standi would be as a person entitled to represent the Republic of Somalia ; but that , on the evidence , B. had no recognition as a representative of the Republic in the United Kingdom ( post , pp. 749H — 750B ) . |
| 8 | It would be as if he had never been taken in treason . |
| 9 | Another possible use for the program would be as an educational or training aid . |
| 10 | ‘ I reckon his best chance would be as a goal-kicking winger but I do n't want him in this role for Widnes . |
| 11 | She knew she would open it , but when she did it would be as if he were with her all over again , and she would suffer so … |
| 12 | However the young couple were determined that whatever time they had left together would be as husband and wife . |
| 13 | On this rendering of alienation as a state of mind the most usual form of this would be as an attitude scale consisting of a series of statements judged to express alienative feelings , and to which subjects have to respond in terms of their agreement or disagreement . |
| 14 | The Princess said this one would be as model for the others . |
| 15 | AI stated that it strongly feared that the refugee population would be at risk of certain torture , ‘ disappearance ’ or execution if returned to Iraqi Government control . |
| 16 | ‘ It is possible an EC directive would be at the same level or just below UK standards . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , I come from Lochaber , and the Lochaber people , if they were here , would be at one with the people of Breadalbane . |
| 18 | Signal capacitors would be at earth potential . |
| 19 | Oil output would be at least 12 million tonnes below the planned 1989 level of 624 million tonnes . |
| 20 | Before the match Beck had said he hoped Ballesteros would be at his best and his wish was granted . |
| 21 | The advances would be at a level which enables the artist to live and concentrate on improving his or her writing skills . |
| 22 | A barn with a central threshing floor would be at least three structural bays in length , each bay being perhaps 4.25–5.5m ( about 14–18ft ) long , although the distance between roof trusses could be smaller ( say , 3m ( 10ft ) ) , the bays might be of different lengths and the simple triangular roof trusses might not span more than 5.5–6m ( 18-19-1/2ft ) ( Plate 3 ) . |
| 23 | Breakfast would be at 8.00 am and parents would return to collect their offspring at 9.30 am . |
| 24 | Were they , because of their political pull within soccer 's international body , to be seeded , then that would be at the expense of England . |
| 25 | IN A normal year Franco Kasper , the International Ski Federation 's secretary , would be at Saalbach in the Austrian mountain heartland today , running a critical eye over the brand new downhill course being tested in World Cup before next season 's World Championships . |
| 26 | I ca n't remember who he was supporting , but I was a regular visitor because being a big blues fan , it meant I could go and see Sonny Boy Williamson , and all the people who would be at the Richmond Jazz/American Blues Folk Festival that came every year . |
| 27 | On January 22nd Alan Greenspan , chairman of the Federal Reserve , suggested that it would be at the low end of that range largely because much of the equipment being used would not be replaced . |
| 28 | I outlined what my message had been over the past two weeks and would be at the Party Conference — that we stood by the National Health Service and had no intention of moving over to a new system of finance . |
| 29 | Charles hedged by saying that he 'd never imagined the BEF would be at all like this . |
| 30 | He would be at the next meeting in the church hall along with Swire Sugden , and were they in for a surprise ! |