Example sentences of "would be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appeals would be handled by military courts that are independent of government influence , Gad Ben-Ami , spokesman for Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin , said after a Christopher-Rabin meeting . |
| 2 | Alternatively , major capital projects would be undertaken by private sector contractors who would finance and build the assets in question , operate them for a specified period in return for an agreed fee and then transfer them to the commissioning authority . |
| 3 | Although Sir Cyril had spoken in January 1988 about ‘ hundreds ’ of CTCs , these would be funded by local education authorities . |
| 4 | This envisaged 300 first-past-the-post seats plus 175 that would be filled by proportional representation . |
| 5 | Hurd confirmed to the House that 18 of the 60 Hong Kong Legco seats would be filled by direct election in 1991 . |
| 6 | The basic norms of behaviour and activity for parties would be defined by republican laws . |
| 7 | Occasionally we would be contracted by Ipuky to bring a cargo of silver ingots north from the mines on the Eastern Sea , and then upriver from the Delta . |
| 8 | I contracted from the local community unit a nursing team that would be led by general practitioners and would form a true practice based primary health care team . |
| 9 | On these visits they would be joined by multiple cousins , and together ‘ we used to love to listen to stories about the past of the family : ’ stories which frame the opening of this granddaughter 's own life . |
| 10 | If the treaty bears the imprint of our views , how can the Prime Minister explain the acceptance of article 104B , under which present and future Governments of this country would be limited by European authority to a borrowing requirement of no more than 3 per cent . |
| 11 | Supporters attacked the decision as a short-sighted mistake , as the immediate monetary gain would be offset by low gates at home for the rest of the season . |
| 12 | Warner and Wallis would have judged that the time was ripe for a film about human justice , that there would be a market for a film depicting the problems of a strike in a coal-town and in an ethnic community , and that any criticism of the subject-matter would either be good for business or would be offset by popular and critical acclaim for the acting of that increasingly marketable star Paul Muni . |
| 13 | Some of Britain 's rarest landscapes — such as the Flow Country of Caithness and Sutherland , with their unique peat bogs — would be destroyed by large-scale planting , together with their existing animal and plant life , say the conservationists . |
| 14 | Without that leverage , the RPF could either take a vow of self-imposed isolation ( in the hope that this would be rewarded by electoral victory in 1956 ) or risk its anti-system character by participating in parliamentary politics and even holding a share of power in coalition governments . |
| 15 | This was protected on the landward side by the Portsea Lines but the garrison would be harassed by small boats taking them in the rear via the channel between Portsea and Hayling Island . |
| 16 | Fees would be collected by national governments and a proportion of them paid into an ‘ international fund to save the earth ’ . |
| 17 | As indicated earlier in the text , this assessment would be achieved by various means such as observing the person ; acquiring information about the person 's usual habits in relation to this AL partly by asking appropriate questions , partly by listening to the patient and/or relatives ; and using relevant information from available records , including medical records . |
| 18 | The greatest , and definitely the most telling damage would be done by nuclear armaments . |
| 19 | Therefore , even if some particular sequence is the best possible protein for some particular function , and would be favoured by natural selection if once it arose , it could never arise in the first place merely by chance . |
| 20 | On the basis of what the case studies had suggested , we hypothesised that perceptions of the Oxfordshire scheme would be affected by certain demographic , institutional and other matters , so we then cross-tabulated the responses to the questions by : |
| 21 | He argued that fewer houses at the Cleveland end of the line would be affected by overhead lines than at present because 31km of existing pylons would be demolished as part of the scheme . |
| 22 | The US Representative for Trade Negotiations , Carla Hills , said that Chinese proposals on ending violations of copyright , computer software and patents had been " ultimately insufficient " and subsequently announced a list of Chinese goods worth $1,500 million which would be affected by proposed sanctions , including 100 per cent tariffs , provided for under Section 301 of the 1988 Omnibus Trade Act . |
| 23 | Only people taking " vigorous exercise " outdoors would be affected by high levels , the group decided . |
| 24 | It would be rather pointless , for example , to count the number of nouns per sentence , or the number of intransitive verbs per noun : these frequencies would be difficult to interpret , because the result would be affected by independent variables , namely the length of sentences , and the frequency of nouns respectively . |
| 25 | Virgin Group is expected to abandon its plan to run a train service in competition with British Rail ; the charges that would be imposed by British Rail would prevent the scheme from being commercially viable . |
| 26 | By 19 August , the Big Five had reluctantly agreed to economies of 79 million , of which nearly 50 million was to be met by cuts in unemployment benefits ; the remainder of the budget would be balanced by additional taxation . |
| 27 | The amounts involved are often huge , well above any amount that would be covered by professional indemnity insurance . |
| 28 | Trade in agricultural products would be covered by bilateral agreements . |
| 29 | The intention behind the introduction of the Green Form scheme was to extend the range of services offered by solicitors which would be covered by legal aid . |
| 30 | The grim knowledge that any attempt to dodge off unofficially would be like a minor desertion and would be followed by serious consequences , even prison , did n't weigh with me . |