Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] would be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reporter also noted that the Institute 's kitchen would be connected to all rooms by a ‘ metraphone ’ . |
| 2 | In the case of mouth , if one knew what an animal 's mouth was , and one were to hear , for the first time , a reference to the mouth of a river , I surmise that there would be little difficulty in construing the meaning ; but suppose one were familiar only with mouth used to refer to the mouth of a river , and one heard a reference to the horse 's mouth , it is by no means certain that one 's attention would be directed to the appropriate end of the horse ! |
| 3 | The Community 's authority would be extended to many areas , like health and education , where it now has no legal remit ; majority voting in the Council of Ministers would be reinforced ; the European Parliament would be given extra power to block laws it does not like ; and a small step might be taken towards a common EC defence policy . |
| 4 | The new military leader confirmed that Venda 's situation would be put to a referendum . |
| 5 | First , instead of a figure based on shares , the members ' liability would be limited to a fixed sum expressed in the memorandum of association on registration of the company . |
| 6 | To put the level of risk in perspective , one study concluded that anyone standing all day at a busy roadside with traffic containing 20 per cent diesel would be exposed to 1,000 times less benzo(a)pyrene than somebody smoking 10 to 15 cigarettes a day . |