Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] by 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 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | The constitution would be confirmed by a referendum within 30 days . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | These cuts would be offset by a variety of direct payments to farmers . |
| 10 | These expenses would be offset by a reduction in unit labour costs . |
| 11 | The civil rights of the citizen would be secured by a Bill of Rights based on the European Convention on Human Rights . |
| 12 | The loan would be secured by a mortgage on the borrower 's property . |
| 13 | " Also , very tall people would be penalised by a length limitation . " |
| 14 | Their complaint was that the accountancy expert was going to interpret the agreement , which was a matter of law , and that he had announced that he would be assisted by a law firm . |
| 15 | Mr Jordan and Mr Stone have until 12 November to register an appeal , which would be heard by a committee chaired by a Lord Justice of Appeal . |
| 16 | The result will be less effective than would be achieved by a teacher in harmony with the unit ; indeed the contribution of the unit may have , on balance , been destructive . |
| 17 | That was the way his mind worked ; he would be struck by a sentence or a phrase , then he would worry at it , turning it this way and that . |
| 18 | These tracts did in part reflect a radical Whig philosophy : for example , the connection was made between a standing army in peacetime and absolutism , and it was also suggested that the right to resist would be nullified by a standing army . |
| 19 | It would be reached by a railway tunnel from the beach and sealed in with concrete when full ( see diagram ) . |
| 20 | So many people wanted to emigrate in answer to this that the local authorities feared that the traditional system of agriculture in Madeira as well as the new industries , would be endangered by a shortage of artisans and workers . |
| 21 | He had stared down at her , grinning vacuously ; from time to time the smile would be replaced by a frown , and the Dalek Killer would demand the return of his chainsword , Ace was patient with him , but not affectionate . |
| 22 | In addition universal free education for those over 14 years would be replaced by a credit system and increased indirect taxation would finance an accelerated counterinsurgency campaign . |
| 23 | Sunday league matches would be of 50 overs a side instead of the existing 40 , and group preliminary matches in the Benson and Hedges Cup would be replaced by a knock-out competition . |
| 24 | It would be replaced by a mixture of housing associations , tenants ' co-ownership schemes and further individual ownership . |
| 25 | The Hungarian news agency MTI said yesterday that the 1.6 tonne steel star would be replaced by a weather vane . |
| 26 | The positive energy of the outgoing radiation would be balanced by a flow of negative energy particles into the black hole . |
| 27 | In practice he could not officiate everywhere in person and would be represented by a priest . |
| 28 | Macedonia 's parliament adopted on April 26 a government proposal for Macedonia 's own currency , the denar , which for a one-year transitional period would be represented by a coupon at the rate of DM1.00=360 denars . |
| 29 | Not long ago , it would have been inconceivable that two of Britain 's great sporting events , Wimbledon and the British Open , would be represented by a lawyer from Cleveland , Ohio . |
| 30 | The Senate amendment provided that the right of EC citizens resident in France to vote in European and local elections would be covered by a law " voted in the same terms by both assemblies " , whereas the National Assembly under Article 45 of the Constitution could be asked by the government to " rule definitively " on legislation if the two houses could not agree . |