Example sentences of "that would [be] " in BNC.

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1 Such views are very different from those that would be associated with behaviourism or epiphenomenalism , neither of which allows mental states any causal role in the production of behaviour .
2 As I arrived a tractor pulled up with sacks of freshly-picked hops that would be carried up to the main floor of the building to be dried .
3 Yet the highest of them all , Elbrus , has a route that would be accessible to many a mountaineer with only one of two alpine seasons behind him ; a route that demands no real technical expertise , but an ability to adapt to altitude , and a fair degree of stamina .
4 I would n't advocate a university that would be cut off from society .
5 Rejected the NEC plan for a separate society for black and Asian members that would be open to voting white members .
6 But he added : ‘ If , however , it means that managers are so distracted discussing the process of privatisation that they have no time left to manage , then that would be a most unhappy state of affairs . ’
7 Accordingly , he has drawn up a document outlining his position on negotiations which he means to make public , so the people are fully apprised of the proposals that would be on the table .
8 The Government is therefore relying on the institutions to help guard against the problems that would be caused by any variations in regional demand from the small investor .
9 Nikita Sergeyevich asked to be allowed to say a few words to the Central Committee plenum that would be held immediately afterwards .
10 A score of 40 — 55 would include high risk countries , but with some possibility perhaps for profits that are reasonable in view of the high investment risk that would be involved .
11 In many far off lands the Commission 's gardeners have no knowledge of the English language , while their supervisors are not fluent in the native tongue ; the result has been , so the Commission reports , that a form of hybrid speech has developed in certain countries that would be incomprehensible to other natives of the country and to ordinary English-speakers , but which is ‘ very eloquent ’ on matters relating to cemetery maintenance !
12 Phoebe continually meant to buy blinds , blinds that would be ingeniously fitted into little runnels either side of the glass slopes , but it was one of those domestic chores that she had never managed to complete .
13 This central ‘ rhetorical ’ point is one that would be wholeheartedly endorsed by most modern anthropologists .
14 The chute is a perfect dish hovering a metre or so above the snow and hauling me downwind at a speed that would be unthinkable on Nordic skis .
15 They have spent the morning in classrooms working through a command post exercise ; they practise passing information and responding to the numerous and varied problems that would be posed in a real headquarters .
16 Despite the architect 's awareness of the radical transformation that would be effected by conversion of the church into dwellings , it remained his objective to retain the essential character and best qualities of the original building and to keep the existing stonework as untouched as possible .
17 At that time , Russell Mills , an artist who was looking for a dwelling that would be large enough also to provide studio space , realised that the building might subdivide suitably to meet , at low cost , the similar needs of fellow artists and designers .
18 However , this mill differs from the simple prototype in having a brickbuilt outshot against its south-east elevation which was constructed to house an auxiliary steam-engine that would be brought into use during periods of drought .
19 The silver-tongued apologists of goldmining maintain that fears about all these things are grossly inflated and take no account of the strict environmental controls that would be enforced .
20 He might have foreseen the problems that would ensue after their marriage , seen that there was a gulf between Charles and Diana that would be difficult to bridge and advised against it .
21 He had been through hell in the course of duty ; he had made sacrifices that would be asked of no other human being .
22 Were they , because of their political pull within soccer 's international body , to be seeded , then that would be at the expense of England .
23 The government was not prepared to invite the bad publicity that would be generated by starting deportations during the Christmas period , he added .
24 And as for Mr Willi Stoph , the former prime minister , a major mark against him is that 100 different brands of whisky were found in his cellar — in other countries that would be admired .
25 It enables adaptation of plants and animals to human purposes that would be beyond the reach of traditional breeding techniques ; an example is the insertion of toxin genes from bacteria into plants to give them an in-built system for poisoning pests .
26 Golf , the most individual of sports , is never more demanding than when played in its team format and , when Sam Torrance holed the winning birdie putt at The Belfry in ‘ 85 , and very soon afterwards burst into tears , he began a sequence that would be rejected out of hand by any self-respecting editor of the Boys ’ Own Paper .
27 ‘ We 'll also circulate her description , and if you have a good , recent photograph that would be very helpful . ’
28 No mention was made in the 1956 Defence White Paper of the possibility of ending National Service , but within the War Office a committee was set up under General Sir Richard Hull ( later to become Field Marshal , succeeding Mountbatten in 1965 as Chief of Defence Staff ) to examine the size of regular Army that would be needed , and could be recruited , if National Service was abolished .
29 Army overstretch was not the only awkward legacy that would be bequeathed by the Conservatives to their socialist successors .
30 There are very few varieties of olives that would be suitable for eating straight from the trees as the fruits , especially the unripened green olives , are usually very bitter .
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