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 | To put the level of risk in perspective , one study concluded that anyone standing all day at a busy roadside with traffic containing 20 per cent diesel would be exposed to 1,000 times less benzo(a)pyrene than somebody smoking 10 to 15 cigarettes a day . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It may be that as individuals learn and pray that they would be led to greater personal giving . |
| 13 | It may be that as individuals learn and pray that they would be led to greater personal giving . |
| 14 | Even the solicitors could not say whether Legal Aid would be granted to all or any of the four families . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | then you would be limited to that . |
| 17 | Except in criminal areas , initial advice should be given by an advice agency , such as a CAB , rather than a private practitioner , and criminal cases would be limited to one hour 's work . |
| 18 | Her most notable contribution to the 1974 election campaign was the promise that the interest rate on mortgages would be limited to 9.5 per cent , and she has never been unfaithful to her mystical attachment to the concept of home-ownership . |
| 19 | That all cont all er payments would be limited to forty eightieths . |
| 20 | Microprocessors for real-time control applications ( e.g. Motorola 6800 , Intel 8080 ) have instruction cycle times of 1 — 2 us and therefore a software.based closed.loop control would be limited to 25–50 instructions per motor step at high speeds , which would restrict control to simple functions , such as step timing , step counting and phase sequencing . |
| 21 | The president of the National Monetary Board , Abelardo Pachano Bertero , stated in early January that debt interest payments would be limited to 30 per cent in 1990 , amounting to around $120,000,000 . |
| 22 | The plantations would be open to foreign acquisition but overall foreign ownership would be limited to 30 or 40 per cent . |
| 23 | The student intake would be limited to those who have a genuine literary sensibility , who are interested in poetry , and are already in the habit of reading it . |
| 24 | The agreement , like those that had preceded it , envisaged a directly elected presidency , and a bicameral legislature made up on a republican and a population basis , respectively ; central authority would be limited to those spheres of activity that had been specifically delegated by the members of the union . |
| 25 | Some analysts have suggested the local press could be hardest hit and one recent newspaper report suggested VAT would be limited to those papers with circulations over 100,000 . |
| 26 | Another industry chief reiterating his position at Geneva was Fiat SpA chairman Gianni Agnelli , who said that Japanese penetration would be limited to 15 to 18 per cent for a transitional period , and after that all restrictions should be dropped . |
| 27 | Outside the immaculately maintained and smartly guarded naval enclaves , where minds were drilled as thoroughly as bodies in uniformity and obedience , the privilege of royal society was granted on condition that it would be denied to all outsiders . |
| 28 | They know that the greatest damage would be done to this economy by raising taxes , by imposing a minimum wage and by restoring artificial trade union powers . |
| 29 | The Act did not specify what the rate was to be , but it was made clear that the initial rate of 40 per cent would be increased to 45 per cent and then to 50 per cent ‘ at reasonably short intervals ’ . |
| 30 | It envisaged expansion of higher education considerably beyond that recommended by Robbins , whereby student places would be increased to 750,000 by 1981 . |