Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | He would be missed to a degree all out of proportion to his usefulness . |
| 3 | Wage levels would not be controlled and personal and corporation taxes would be kept to a minimum . |
| 4 | But the change in phenotype would be gradual and concurrent in all individuals ; the genetic variation and differences in fitness between individuals in the population would be kept to a minimum . |
| 5 | The Secretary of State 's interventions would be kept to a minimum and would usually focus on strategic issues . |
| 6 | He promised that any job losses would be kept to a minimum . |
| 7 | It looked as if the Elves would be slain to a man . |
| 8 | The path would be built to a width of 2 metres , with a foundation of aggregate and a whindust surface . |
| 9 | The path would be built to a width of 2 metres , with a foundation of aggregate and a whindust surface . |
| 10 | Now she would be sent to a convent of the same order in Dublin where she would do a secretarial course . |
| 11 | The data would be sent to a computer and , as with telephone calls , logged , costed and sent out in the form of a periodic bill . |
| 12 | That account would be transferred to a ledger account and a statement sent to ‘ Silver Tours Ltd ’ for payment . |
| 13 | As regards Bob 's liability for the damage to Alan 's car , the exclusionary notice would be subjected to a reasonableness test . |
| 14 | No stranger , even the son of a dead leader , would be admitted to a meeting without some tangible proof of his loyalty . ’ |
| 15 | The treaty would be submitted to a meeting of states participating in the Conference on Security and Co-operation in Europe ( CSCE ) in Paris in November 1990 . |
| 16 | Fourth , it stipulated that once Saddam Hussein had been overthrown " direct and free " elections would be held to a constituent council , which would in turn draw up a new constitution . |
| 17 | The bulb inside would be attached to a battery and when the bulb flashed the heat sensitive powder would explode — either splitting the copper pipe or causing it to splinter into shrapnel . |
| 18 | Thus Indochinese with top marks from the Grandes Écoles in France returned home to serve under Frenchmen with much lower qualifications , or none at all , on a salary which was approximately a fifth of what would be paid to a European doing the same work . |
| 19 | A lump sum would be paid to a trade association or similar body . |
| 20 | If I did take the twins away all summer then Masquerade would be taken to a boatyard in Florida , so I now signed the necessary customs forms and the insurance waiver and the dozen other pieces of paper that would be needed to keep the United States government and the delivery company happy . |
| 21 | The opposition Civic Forum earlier described the talks as constructive , amid growing opposition optimism that the Communists would be reduced to a minority in the new government . |
| 22 | Such data management operations take up a lot of the computer 's operating time ; in a computer based on FRAMs they would be reduced to a minimum . |
| 23 | Both sides welcomed the Vietnamese commitment to withdraw their troops from Kampuchea ; the level of armed forces along the Sino-Soviet border would be reduced to a minimum , and any remaining territorial differences would be resolved on the basis of international law . |
| 24 | The fact was that the bank giving the reference must have appreciated that the information would be shown to a customer of the other bank and this was sufficient to satisfy the " neighbour " test . |
| 25 | A commission was appointed to draw up a new constitution which would be put to a referendum in mid-1990 . |
| 26 | The new military leader confirmed that Venda 's situation would be put to a referendum . |
| 27 | On Oct. 10 it was announced that the central committee of the ruling party , the Rassemblement du peuple togolais ( RPT ) , had approved a proposal for the drafting of a new constitution by a special commission which was to include representatives of " all socio-professional groups " ; the draft would be put to a referendum in late 1991 . |
| 28 | Brooke would chair the talks which , he said , would be allowed to continue for about three months , and any agreed outcome would be put to a referendum in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic . |
| 29 | It ended in mid-August , reporting that a new constitution , providing for multiparty elections within six months , would be put to a referendum . |
| 30 | On March 3 King Hassan announced that at some time prior to the legislative elections which were scheduled for Oct. 9 , 1992 , constitutional changes to establish a better balance between legislative and executive bodies would be put to a referendum . |