Example sentences of "[noun sg] would be [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They yearned for a society where the surplus product of labour would be at the disposal not of idle capitalists or degenerate gentry but of expert administrators . |
| 2 | Even more streamlined for marine life were the ichthyosaurs ( 'fish lizards ' ) , which , as their name implies , include species that look remarkably fish-like , although perhaps the better analogy would be with the porpoises , a group of mammals that ‘ returned to the sea ’ , and may fill a similar role in modern seas to that of the ichthyosaurs in the Jurassic . |
| 3 | An analogy would be with the familiar general principle of criminal law that a person can not be guilty as an aider and abettor unless ( in technical terms ) one can point to a principal offender who has committed the actus reus of an offence . |
| 4 | He mentioned that the sum required for restoration of the monument would be in the range of £20 000 to £30 000 punts . |
| 5 | Continued economic expansion and the widespread belief that Keynesian economic techniques provided governments with an effective tool for managing the economy had engendered the belief that the future would be like the present , but better , that economic growth would simply continue into the indefinite future , bringing more and greater benefits to all segments of society . |
| 6 | Even though the problem shows that the full crime was consummated , the culprits may be convicted of attempt or incitement , so that it may be relevant to mention these crimes — though normally , of course , the indictment would be for the completed crime , not for a mere attempt or incitement . |
| 7 | If we were knitting , the stitch would be behind the latch and would be knitted off . |
| 8 | The prediction would be for the ownership of cars to rise by 52,000 in 2 years , and so total market demand for cars in Panaragua in this period would be about 52,000 ( or slightly more , allowing for old cars being scrapped ) . |
| 9 | Even if it had , the selfhood would be in the replicas of the gene scattered over different bodies ; that the gene , analogous though it is to species rather than to individual , has to be taken as the unit , is precisely because it is more useful for explanation to speak of the selfish gene than of the altruistic replica . |
| 10 | All their concentration would be on the great white wall of crashing surf ahead . |
| 11 | An arbitrary and unwarranted termination of their engagement would be against the organization 's own interests . |
| 12 | A final one-day visit by a ‘ core group ’ of members approved the scheme indefinitely and agreed that the future pattern of review would be on the basis of a rolling cycle established by the Polytechnic . |
| 13 | People litigate such cases ( which is both risky and expensive ) only because they believe that if they succeed in persuading some judge that a new rule would be in the public interest , that new rule will be applied retrospectively in their own favour . |
| 14 | One theoretical possibility which is thought not to be found in actual practice would be for the plaintiff , in a state of origin which regarded service as a matter for the parties to handle , to be allowed to make a direct approach to the Justice Ministry or other central authority of the state of destination . |
| 15 | This is because the usual practice would be for the investment manager to deal only in its own name account client . |
| 16 | The alternative would be for the Court of Appeal to decide all the matters before it . |
| 17 | The alternative would be for the government to finance the state provision of broadcasting through general taxation . |
| 18 | Another alternative would be for the state to pay private sector firms to produce TV and radio programmes . |
| 19 | The only other alternative would be for the court to disregard one of the clauses and hold that one party had , by conduct , accepted the other party 's terms and waived its own , including the provision providing that it should not be taken as accepting any other terms . |
| 20 | So administration would be within the competence of any literate person . |
| 21 | Ms Cann believed , however , that an attractive new deal would be in the long term interests of all . |
| 22 | In response to a further telephone call from the police station at 1.17 a.m. the ambulance services said that an ambulance would be at the scene in five to seven minutes . |
| 23 | context that we are ask now want to get clarification from the District Councils as to what proportion of there H one figure would be in the Greater York area . |
| 24 | Auden once wrote that the only honest method of reviewing new poetry would be for the critic to select representative quotations and reproduce them without comment . |
| 25 | The Provisional IRA named the Andersonstown Co-Operative and two private building construction firms and it was agreed that the work would be in the Provisional-controlled Maynard Estate . |
| 26 | This meant that the preparation of the Council would be in the hands of the ‘ museum-keepers ’ of the Roman curia . |
| 27 | The same issue would be before the English court . |
| 28 | In a little over half a year 's time , the anniversary of the Reconciliation would be upon the Imajica . |
| 29 | For the former , the normal requirement would be for the duty solicitor to attend the court ; for the latter the predominant arrangement would be a ‘ call-in ’ scheme based on either a list or a rota of duty solicitors . |
| 30 | In his petition , the Reporter claimed the move to the mainland would be in the best interests of the children . |