Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun pl] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The decisions of the committee would be crucial in determining whether my proposals would be enacted . |
| 2 | I am going to attempt such a classification not with the belief that it is either scientific — this University has a Department of Criminology , and I am sure that my attempts would be regarded as very crude in those august circles — nor with the idea that the classification will be exhaustive , but by way of illustration of my essential point that different criminal phenomena , or anti-law-and-order phenomena , require different types of reaction on the part of the rest of society and imply different prognoses . |
| 3 | I turned and plunged downwards , hoping my footfalls would be masked by his , making-plans as I went . |
| 4 | ‘ Well you do n't think my lads would be out here just for the bloody exercise , do you ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I have some rather good jewellery ’ ( and it was as if somewhere among her assortment of boxes was a very special one — but there was not — a mysterious Ali Baba store of necklaces , bracelets , rings , even a tiara ) ; ‘ I do n't think my insurers would be very pleased to know that a window was left open at night . ’ |
| 6 | I calculated finally that my savings would be able to meet all the costs I might incur , and in addition , might stretch to the purchase of a new costume . |
| 7 | Just as well : this fresh humiliation and the subsequent return with tail between my legs would be the final nail in my professional coffin . |
| 8 | My brother Jack , tired of the atmosphere at home , had left when he was 16 to live with friends , and Uncle Joe started coming round when he knew my parents would be out . |
| 9 | I was sure my dogs would be waiting for me . |
| 10 | If it were n't for the bit I earn I daresay me and my bairns would be in Dudley House an' all . |
| 11 | In the absence of anyone more nearly related I had been designated next-of-kin , and now I wrote to the Court of Protection who had been dealing with her affairs , asking what my responsibilities would be if she died . |
| 12 | When he learned the identity of his two customers , he said , ‘ I run a respectable ale-house here , even though many of my customers would be shown the door if they went to one of your big city taverns . |
| 13 | My suggestions would be to trim the top two divisions to eight teams each and then play the leagues on a home and away basis , thus having only 14 league matches . |
| 14 | I had got away by a lucky stroke and there would be no problem getting back into the Grand because one of my pals would be on sentry duty and it would be a case of " pass friend " . |
| 15 | All my friends would be busy with their ink erasers trying to scrub me out of their address books . |
| 16 | I vowed that my children would be better prepared when they left home . |
| 17 | My legacy to my children would be not to try to influence them in any way as to what they should study . |
| 18 | If I showed the slightest sign of taking sides about Bodyline , or suggesting that it was a threat to cricket , my reports would be censored and I would probably be replaced . |
| 19 | ( My criteria would be the same as Struan Hellier 's , your letter of the month ) . |
| 20 | When you asked me to undertake a review of the management of the Prison Service , I told you that I thought my recommendations would be easier for me to make than for you to implement , but you assured me you believed the climate was ready for some radical change . |
| 21 | I was by no means sure , after the drama of the recent weeks , what the attitude of some of my colleagues would be . |
| 22 | Newton would assign equal and opposite spins to A and B. Their values would be fixed at the moment of separation even if they might not be known to an observer until he had actually measured them . |
| 23 | This is not to say that they thought the movement could solve the boy labour problem , or the youth problem in general , but its ideas and its personnel would be useful in sustaining scientific collectivism . |
| 24 | The Labour party claims that its policies would be fairer , but the council tax brings fairness to single people with discounts . |
| 25 | The applicants were not consulted but they were told the minimum period of imprisonment they would have to serve before their cases would be reviewed . |
| 26 | Quite often features of their palaces would be described as made of solid gold , which were in fact merely brass . |
| 27 | Whilst the FRED reflects comments on the Discussion Paper , further responses on any of its proposals would be welcome . |
| 28 | The Punch cartoonist recognized that , from the fact that if the kingfisher were consciously applying Snell 's law its dives would be ( as they are ) appropriately placed , it does not follow that this is indeed the explanation of its diving ability . |
| 29 | Its decisions were to be by majority vote , and its verdicts would be final . |
| 30 | Its institutions would be confined to a Council of Ministers , meeting only two or three times a year . |