Example sentences of "[noun] would be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information kept on a credit card would be wiped clean by the massive bursts of magnetism given off by the scanner . |
| 2 | He was concerned that under a new scheme announced earlier this month only successful schools would be given extra funding . |
| 3 | The result of Mr Kenneth Baker 's current thinking on a national curriculum , on a new negotiating structure for teachers ' pay and conditions ind on increasing the independence ind financial responsibility of individual schools would be to make local education authorities largely redundant . |
| 4 | Whether an equivalent car would be made available to a company secretary who was not a family member is a question of fact — perhaps depending on the size of the company and customs in the particular trade . |
| 5 | A vote in favour of secession would be carried subject to a two-thirds majority of the republic 's total electorate . |
| 6 | He had taken his sister to town that morning , to Miss Baker 's and Miss Adeane 's where all the gossip would be flowing free and strong , and bought her a new hat and gloves and a flask of the perfume Miss Adeane kept hidden discreetly away for customers who wished it to he believed that they smelled naturally of lavender or roses . |
| 7 | However , the ICRC also reported that Iran would not accept doctors , technicians or other professionals ( with which it was well equipped as the result of its war with Iraq ) , sniffer dogs or blood plasma ( on religious grounds ) , or satellite communications equipment ; it also insisted that food must conform to Islamic rules , and that those delivering the aid would be granted 24-hour visas only . |
| 8 | They insist that because the warships would be protecting Japanese property , they would not be contravening clauses in the post-war constitution which forbid the use of armed forces outside territorial waters . |
| 9 | If the format was adopted by F1 , with the addition of ‘ pump petrol ’ , engine outputs would be reduced due to exhaust back pressure and lower RON rating — say 98 RON super unleaded . |
| 10 | Using historical continuity as an argument for keeping twenty- and thirty-year-old text books would be thought absurd . |
| 11 | Because we can not : because our servants would n't have it , knowing , as we know , that both parties would be made miserable by it . |
| 12 | Attorney General Amos Wako announced the same day that political parties would not be required to obtain licences to hold rallies during the election campaign , and that all parties would be allocated equal air time on national radio and television . |
| 13 | In a little while the Wheel would be set alight , released from its cradle and allowed to trundle down the slope , gathering momentum . |
| 14 | Held , allowing the appeal , that although justices had an overriding duty to investigate the proposals advanced by the parties notwithstanding that they had been fully agreed , the profundity of that investigation should reflect the reality that there was consensus between the parties , particularly when one party was a local authority with statutory duties and another the child 's guardian ad litem , and any period during which justices reserved their decision or reasoned judgment should be kept to a minimum ; that if justices , having fulfilled their duty to make an independent investigation of terms proposed by consent , came to the conclusion that other terms should be imposed on the parties , they should indicate the terms they were minded to impose and give the parties an opportunity to make submissions on them ; and that , in all the circumstances , the order should be varied to provide that there would be no contact with the father on the basis that the local authority would continue to perform its statutory duty to review each six months and that the half-sister would be afforded reasonable contact ( post , pp. 277B–F , 278C–D ) . |
| 15 | Following an agreement by the Council to meet the marginal cost of additional interviews , the Scottish Office enhanced the sample size for Lothian and agreed that the data would be made available for local use . |
| 16 | The alternative would be to slash public spending , a policy that few Indian politicians of any persuasion favour . |
| 17 | Young Richard would be kept busy with his learning for some considerable time yet , Cissie would not be ready to come home until tea-time , and David had warned her that it would be late when he and his ‘ father ’ returned , especially as Luther had expressed a desire to ‘ celebrate afterwards ’ . |
| 18 | Sir Patrick made a special arrangement with the Treasury whereby additional funds would be made available to meet the cost . |
| 19 | Funds would be made available to Mexican regional and local authorities and utilities for specific projects . |
| 20 | Until recently , they took it for granted that their supplies from domestic sources could be obtained on credit and that , when these bills matured , any shortage of funds would be made good by the banks . |
| 21 | such work would be considered extra hazardous although each such case would be considered on its merits . |
| 22 | The Democratic majority in Congress , however , had opposed any such tampering with the Bill of Rights , preferring to demonstrate its opposition to flag burning by enacting the Flag Protection Act , even though it was widely anticipated that the Act would be declared unconstitutional in the courts . |
| 23 | A second would be to ensure corrugated iron covers on doors and windows are better secured and quickly repaired if removed or damaged . |
| 24 | One way to smooth off the corners would be to use running means of three on the 3R smooth . |
| 25 | It was hoped some aspects of traffic separation would be made mandatory , although he would not specify which . |
| 26 | David did not in fact begin to relax his reserve until nearly a week after the telegram had arrived , when Julia judged it a suitable moment to say that she and Anthony would be making other plans for Easter . |
| 27 | A consequence of oxidation effects would be to raise observed vitrinite reflectance values . |
| 28 | The UN said that despite undertakings from Serb commanders the helicopters would be given safe passage it appeared Mr Karadzic and General Ratko Mladic , the Serb commander , could not control their troops of the ground . |
| 29 | Under the proposed " Energy Charter " , Western environmental and technical assistance would be made available to former eastern-bloc nations and the Soviet Union , in return for the West having improved access to oil and gas reserves . |
| 30 | And as there is n't the money available to do it at full commercial price , in my view we should go for what they call cross-subsidy , that is to say that they give erm planning permission on a plot for some commercial housing on which the landowner can make some money , and in , a condition of that would be that part of that plot would be made available for low cost housing . |