Example sentences of "would [be] [vb pp] at a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | The nuclear-free zone proposal was reportedly in the annual ASEAN discussions in 1986 , and Soviet spokesmen underlined press reports at the close of the following annual ASEAN Conference in June 1987 that specific plans were being worked out to set up such a zone which would be examined at a summit level meeting of the ASEAN states in Manila in December . |
| 5 | The tax would be levied at a rate of 15 per cent on petrol and 18 per cent on diesel oil . |
| 6 | They called on other organizations to join their " patriotic front " , whose formation would be announced at a conference in Cape Town in August . |
| 7 | I suppose we we would run the Independent as a professional publication , but it would be run at a loss for a very long time before you could turn it around . |
| 8 | The new law , proposed by Chelyshev while addressing the " Meeting Place Europe " conference in Bergen , would mean that firms would be taxed at a maximum of ten per cent . |
| 9 | His reputation would be lost at a stroke . |
| 10 | Yet it was estimated in 1967 that to cover the country no fewer than thirty-three TV transmitters would be needed at a cost then of about K12 million . |
| 11 | According to Levi these " understandings " included the following : ( i ) Israel would not be obliged to accept the principle of " land for peace " ; ( ii ) the conference would have no power to make decisions and would not be used as a forum for appeal or discussion ; ( iii ) negotiations would be direct and without preconditions and would be aimed at a peace treaty ; ( iv ) the PLO would not be a partner to the process and the Palestinians would be represented by a joint delegation with Jordan ; ( v ) the UN observer at the conference would be silent and would be a personal representative of the UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar ; ( vi ) a representative of the European Communities ( EC ) would attend the opening session of the conference ; ( vii ) the USA would not allow a parallel conference to take place in the UN Security Council ; and ( viii ) the Soviet Union would renew full diplomatic ties with Israel before the start of a conference . |
| 12 | Not a single Tory seat in the country would be held at a by-election on such a swing , according to John Curtice , of Strathclyde University ; not even Christchurch , which would go Liberal Democrat on a swing of 20% . |
| 13 | They would n't fight now , not those two , but the battle would be continued at a time and place of their own choosing . |
| 14 | On the whole , however , it was the powerful who travelled in the Carolingian world , following the economic and political requirements of the seasons : winter would be spent at a home-base , whereas in summer men took the road when summoned to assembly and/or campaign . |
| 15 | The paintings would be acquired at a price which would allow approximately a 50% profit and apparently were selected with Mellon 's taste in mind . |
| 16 | There were fewer dogs than would be found at a Romany camp , and no poultry at all . |
| 17 | Both major political parties accepted that colonialism would be dismantled at a pace consistent , first , with the speed of political and economic development in each territory ; and , second , with the growth in its ability to look after itself militarily . |
| 18 | Two supervisors would be required at a cost of £15,000 per year each . |
| 19 | Results indicated that the yield of about half the wells that could be hydraulically fractured would be improved at a cost very substantially lower than drilling new wells . |