Example sentences of "it would be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just three days before the workshop , he spoke to a virtual stranger about his firm intention to be in Hawaii in three days ' time , saying he had no idea how it would be made possible . |
| 2 | Thus all material to be shown will have been compiled in the knowledge that it would be made available . |
| 3 | He maintained that there was no doubt that if Taiwan fell , then it would be made available by the Chinese communists for Soviet use as a base whenever desired . |
| 4 | In this small inward-looking world , the intrusion of death could be dreadfully destructive ; the damage could be limited partly by sharing the loss and partly by belief that it would be made good in the afterlife . |
| 5 | This close to Christmas it would be packed solid and I doubted if Eddie would be out on time , but I was n't going to risk it . |
| 6 | Mr Gray said he first took up his complaint about missing mail in December 1990 and was told by the post office in Darlington that it would be given urgent attention . |
| 7 | Mr Willasey expected the latest document to last through most of the 1990s , but it would be reviewed subject to any changes in fashion trends . |
| 8 | In a group of 20 or 30 youngsters from the background described by my hon. Friend the Member for Cardiff , West ( Mr. Morgan ) it would be considered odd for someone to be puffing away and spreading filth in the direction of others in that group . |
| 9 | Nowadays it would be considered kinky indeed for a Catholic priest to acquire a tonsure at the hairdressers — or to parade around in soutane and biretta . |
| 10 | Although not illegal , it would be considered unethical , and as long as Crevecoeur could pay back whatever money Jahsaxa claimed SHe 'd cost her , the contract would be dissolved . |
| 11 | Are we meant to take it seriously ? premature babies are routinely taken from their mothers on the maternity ward into intensive care , or sterile areas , often for long periods and although their mothers might miss them , it would be thought sentimental to claim the opposite . |
| 12 | The transport problem was solved by the silver-tongued Stirling who persuaded Robin Gurdon to lend him one of the LRDG Chevrolets , swearing that it would be returned intact . |