Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It should be replaced , in Burlatsky 's view , by a different concept , ‘ public , self-managing socialism ’ , in which many functions presently performed by the state would be devolved to civil society and its institutions . |
| 2 | It was planned to fly food to the north-east Kenyan town of Wajir , from where it would be trucked to Somali refugees living in UN camps along the Kenyan border or sent by air into Somalia . |
| 3 | In a speech on Nov. 12 the United States President Bush announced that US diplomatic representation in Laos would be upgraded to ambassadorial level for the first time since the communist regime came to power in 1975 . |
| 4 | The members of such groups typically believe that their specially created cameras are the only camerae lucidae ; if only people could be persuaded to peep at the world through their lenses , all other cameras would be condemned to political obscurity . |
| 5 | Jason Prior was going to come out of this shining like a knight in armour while she would be condemned to eternal darkness , everyone believing it was her fault . |
| 6 | In short , they and their children would be condemned to grinding poverty and , if their income comes from the state , to permanent state surveillance , not in this case for cohabitation but for ‘ scrounging ’ . |
| 7 | It follows that any proposal for change would be referred to customary ways of thinking , and this provides for the possibility of operational techniques which realize new ideas being devised as an extension of existing practices . |
| 8 | Worried parents fretted that their children would be exposed to X-rated happenings . |
| 9 | Otherwise , as Evershed J said in Routh v Jones [ 1947 ] 1 All ER 179 " … the master would be exposed to unfair competition on the part of his former servant — competition flowing not so much from the personal skill of the assistant as from the intimacies and knowledge of the master 's business acquired by the servant from the circumstances of his employment " . |
| 10 | She sought also to argue that he was in error in failing to decide that she had established a grave risk that they would be exposed to physical or psychological harm or otherwise placed in an intolerable situation if their return were to be ordered . |
| 11 | The central points of the package were ( i ) the granting within 10 years of self-government to the country 's Indian peoples [ see p. 38384 for Ontario 's recognition of Indian rights ] ; ( ii ) the recognition of Quebec as a " distinct society " empowered to control such areas as employment training , immigration , cultural programmes , broadcasting and tourism but with the proviso that similar powers would be granted to other provinces ; ( iii ) the creation of an elected senate ; ( iv ) the prohibition from mid-1995 of any laws or practices which restricted the mobility of people , capital , services and goods across the country ; and ( v ) greater regional representation on the board of the Bank of Canada . |
| 12 | In the absence of a new constitution , however , this was still not permitted , and Fujimori subsequently made it known that Gúzman would be sentenced to perpetual imprisonment on Oct. 17 by a military court ; this sentence , he said , would be confirmed by the Supreme Military Justice Council on Oct. 27 . |
| 13 | Spare capacity would be resold to other British Telecom units , which could offer a variety of services over the network . |
| 14 | Mr Dmitry Volkogonov , one of the President 's closest aides , stressed that ‘ corrections ’ would be made to economic policy . |
| 15 | Soon afterwards , it was announced that although no more trams were to be ‘ rehabilitated ’ , the light timber framed windscreens , devised for these cars , would be fitted to other cars as overhauled . |
| 16 | At intervals these plates would be sent to central laboratories to be tested . |
| 17 | It would be dominated by Swapo , and two minor deputy cabinet minister posts would be given to small opposition parties . |
| 18 | Would the amount which would be given to ailing industries be more than taken away from healthy ones ? |
| 19 | This generally takes the form of a tailored information memorandum and would be given to prospective purchasers during the course of negotiations . |
| 20 | But fears that it would be given to poorly educated women or ethnic minorities , without their informed consent , led the Health Minister , Kenneth Clarke , to refuse the drug a full licence last year . |
| 21 | Eventually Mrs Thatcher 's reluctance was overcome , and in July 1989 it was announced that responsibility for community care would be given to local authorities . |
| 22 | On June 12 Bufi told the People 's Assembly that priority would be given to restoring supplies of food and industrial goods ; privatization would be speeded up and public expenditure cut ; international financial aid would be sought ; legislation would provide social assistance for those made unemployed by economic restructuring ; the health service would be privatized and the depoliticization of education and of the military would be encouraged . |
| 23 | Activities associated with adjusting income/expenditure would take on greater importance , and would be related to defined shortfalls in resource needs . |
| 24 | This predicted with remarkable accuracy that the Government had decided to scrap SERPS and that the task would be transferred to private schemes and companies . |
| 25 | It was officially announced on May 19 that the CPCz would be subjected to legal proceedings for defrauding the state between 1971 and 1989 by borrowing or leasing property under agreements of uncertain legality . |
| 26 | It seemed likely that the Avars would be subjected to Frankish rule , but revolt in Saxony called Charles away . |
| 27 | Philpott had been furious that the Secretary-General had failed to consult him and after several meetings with Graham overruled the decision , accepting Graham on to the team on a probationary basis , on the understanding that he would be subjected to periodic re-evaluation . |
| 28 | The meeting agreed that 70 per cent of training would be devoted to political studies , with the remaining 30 per cent for military training . |
| 29 | The funds would be devoted to agricultural improvement , the revival of industry , and social and educational reforms . |
| 30 | Although situated entirely in the Libyan section of the continental shelf , 10 per cent of the revenue from the field would be devoted to joint projects , including one to connect the two countries ' power grids , a 300-km motorway between Ras Jedir on the border and Sfax in Tunisia , and a pipeline linking the Libyan refinery in Zuwarah , 200 km west of Tripoli , with the Tunisian port of Zarzis . |