Example sentences of "they would be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in medieval Europe , it was ‘ common sense ’ that one could determine the guilt or innocence of an accused person through ‘ trial by ordeal ’ , e.g. accused people carried a red-hot iron bar for ten paces , and if their wounds were healed after x days they would be declared innocent — again , this method is noticeably absent in modern trials ! |
| 2 | There were then , as there are today , young people from other groups who , irrespective of academic ability or social class , felt that through teaching they would be serving future generations . |
| 3 | If members would accept the additional resolution which stands in my name erm which reads this is what we 'd copied to all district councils and they would be made aware of the county council 's views on the matter . |
| 4 | In return for paying a small weekly contribution the contributor and his dependants acquired a presumption that they would be treated free without a means test though this was never a legal right . |
| 5 | I could only see him when they said I could , and they would be stood right next to me , watching me all the time . |
| 6 | They would be rendered powerless — there was no way they could do anything with him . |
| 7 | Then I remembered they would be getting ready for the Roman banquet later on in the evening . |
| 8 | The present publishers , John Horbury & Associates , had quoted with an increase of only five per cent and they would be retained due to their reliability and flexibility . |
| 9 | Now , they would be thought obscene public perception has changed and understood that animals are sentient beings and that we demean our humanity if we are cruel to them or permit cruelty . |
| 10 | A week later they would be going mad for Def Leppard . |
| 11 | Not only did they get a promise from the secretary of the men 's union that they would be paid full wages by the union if they came out on strike ( unusual , if not unprecedented for non-members ) but the agreement subsequently signed with Neill 's management included some improvements in their piece rates . |
| 12 | On the other hand , if the Liberals voted against Baldwin , they would be putting Labour into power , something which many Liberal electors had not envisaged when they had voted Liberal to preserve Free Trade . |
| 13 | Labour says that the assemblies would be financed initially by block grant , but that eventually they would be give tax-raising powers of their own . |