Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | De Klerk also ordered the dismantling of the SSC secretariat , whose functions would be handled by a Cabinet committee for security matters . |
| 2 | Adjudication would be undertaken by a panel of distinguished doctors and psychiatrists and , to the delight of the press , he went on to say that the finals would be screened worldwide . |
| 3 | These would be undertaken by a number of organizations . |
| 4 | Of this , $50 million would be channelled through a World Bank fund . |
| 5 | Some years ago a number of philosophers of science and some scientists had the vision of a unified science in which all the separate disciplines would be integrated within a set of all-embracing , mutually coherent theories . |
| 6 | If they broke the vow a curse would ensue according to which they would be savaged by a bear , split apart by an axe , knifed to death or even choked by food . |
| 7 | In his wish for a healthy city he was becoming more and more aware of rural virtues and leaning towards the sort of suspect organicism which would be developed with a vengeance by Leavis . |
| 8 | Explicit collusion would involve the firms in talking to each other , explicitly agreeing to produce half the monopoly output each , and , quite possibly , agreeing also that deviation by one would be punished by a price war . |
| 9 | In a short , unexpected speech the King announced that the central commission would be chaired by a judge and would have an Interior Ministry representative and representatives chosen by each of the eight political parties represented in the Chamber of Representatives . |
| 10 | Institutions doing mainly advanced work would be funded on a programme basis , while those with only small amounts would be funded in respect of individual courses . |
| 11 | As a result they would accord the lower orders some respect and the arrogance which high status tends to encourage would be tempered with a degree of humility . |
| 12 | Up to 50 per cent of wages would be paid in rubels , which would be exchanged at a rate of one to 10 with the rouble . |
| 13 | On the morning of 22 May , " therefore , 5 Corps divisional commanders had been authorised to use force to enforce the hand-overs of the Cossacks ( and that arrangements with the Russians would be confirmed at a meeting at Wolfsburg on 23 May ) . |
| 14 | The constitution would be confirmed by a referendum within 30 days . |
| 15 | In a letter to the council , Stuart McHardy of the campaign wrote that stones from all over Scotland and other parts of the world would be formed into a cairn on 10 April to mark the first anniversary of the Vigil for a Scottish Parliament on Regent Road . |
| 16 | It was said that the main fear of many army officers who were posted to India was that they would be eaten by a tiger . |
| 17 | The bank 's permanent directorate , hitherto comprising five members ( with 10 the maximum ) , would be expanded to a maximum of eight to include east German representation . |
| 18 | When they arrived , they would be led into a sitting room where a microphone had been set up in front of each chair , with a tape recorder in the middle of the floor . |
| 19 | Every two years or so , production staff would be faced with a choice : shut down the plant for two weeks to avoid an explosion or let the contraption blow up and restart full production on the following day . |
| 20 | She would be faced with a choice . |
| 21 | Given that this sum represents more than half the council 's average annual spending , the poll tax payers would be faced with a nightmare . |
| 22 | These cuts would be offset by a variety of direct payments to farmers . |
| 23 | These expenses would be offset by a reduction in unit labour costs . |
| 24 | The civil rights of the citizen would be secured by a Bill of Rights based on the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 25 | The loan would be secured by a mortgage on the borrower 's property . |
| 26 | The federation 's president , The Princess Royal , said yesterday that a new medication control programme would be based at a laboratory in Newmarket and that there would be substantially increased stewarding , possibly assisted by the installation of video cameras . |
| 27 | The Britain of the nineteen nineties and beyond , according to her , would be based on a service sector . |
| 28 | A judgement sample , therefore , would be based on a selection of companies representing the different scales of operation ( or strata ) within the industry as a whole . |
| 29 | It would be based on a variety of forms of public ownership which would enable people to be masters of their own lives and to give full play to their energy and abilities . |
| 30 | The decision to go ahead or not would be based on a business assessment of the development costs against potential revenue , and the decision would be strongly influenced by customer input . |