Example sentences of "would be [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But had the Labour Party won the last Election they too would be facing hefty tax bills and precisely the same threat to their lavish standards of living . |
| 2 | Even without these dramas in the Gulf and the Soviet Union , America would be facing big economic risks in 1991 . |
| 3 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 4 | ‘ I would imagine the thrust of the brief would be to turn occasional Church users into regular users . |
| 5 | The Lancet 's sustained opposition to the first women doctors , the ‘ advance guard of the Amazonian army ’ as it dubbed them , was argued on the grounds that young ladies would be rendered indelicate , and by implication immoral , by attending lectures and dissections on human anatomy and pathology . |
| 6 | In the Liberal tradition , Asquith preferred to think of state welfare as a temporary measure which would be rendered unnecessary by the increasing capacity of the population to practice self-help . |
| 7 | Eventually , the existing form of monetary control would be rendered useless . |
| 8 | Guests were informed that Accounts would be rendered weekly and ‘ Visitors for less than a week are charged 1 shilling per day extra ’ and that the Swimming Pool opened ‘ Daily at hours which can be ascertained from the office . ’ |
| 9 | They would be rendered powerless — there was no way they could do anything with him . |
| 10 | Play-groups , mother and toddler groups and the teaching of parenting skills to families at risk would all feature in the family centres , but a subsidiary aim would be to explore different models of self help . |
| 11 | IN CASES OF EJEs ; Express your concern over the reported deaths of individuals in custody ( refer to victims by name , as above ) ; explain that the first step to prevent such killings would be to undertake thorough and impartial investigations ; urge that a commission of inquiry be established in accordance with the United Nations Principles on the Effective Prevention and Investigation of Extra-Legal , Arbitrary and Summary Executions ( 1989 ) , and that those responsible be brought to justice . |
| 12 | Albert had said Mr Evans would be flaming mad when he heard about Mrs Gotobed 's Will and it seemed Albert was right . |
| 13 | What might be acceptable would be to sample known previous offenders . |
| 14 | What might be acceptable would be to sample known previous offenders . |
| 15 | The instruments those guys use are completely different from guitar and I knew that if I could emulate the phrasing of those instruments then I would be breaking new ground instead of just playing the rock phrases that everybody knows . |
| 16 | In acknowledgement of the urgent need for reform in this area , de Klerk proposed initially that henceforth : ( i ) the death penalty would be limited as an option of sentence to extreme cases , and the area of judicial discretion in the imposition of sentence would be broadened ( currently the death sentence was mandatory for certain crimes ) ; ( ii ) all those sentenced to death would be granted automatic right of appeal — up till now there had been no appeal against this sentence ; ( iii ) no further executions would be carried out until Parliament had decided on the proposals . |
| 17 | After this , he resigned himself more or less to an athletics-oriented existence , taking up the offer of a job in a sports equipment shop , where he would be granted ample time off to compete in meetings and train regularly . |
| 18 | Shortly after Gunter Krusche , a leading figure in the East Berlin Protestant church , said there were signs that the reformist New Forum would be granted legal status in several regions , police in East Berlin detained 15 members of the group and confiscated papers they were carrying . |
| 19 | However , the ICRC also reported that Iran would not accept doctors , technicians or other professionals ( with which it was well equipped as the result of its war with Iraq ) , sniffer dogs or blood plasma ( on religious grounds ) , or satellite communications equipment ; it also insisted that food must conform to Islamic rules , and that those delivering the aid would be granted 24-hour visas only . |
| 20 | As regards the legal position of some 350,000 Chinese living in Indonesia , it was eventually agreed that China would offer them citizenship , and that those who declined this offer would be granted permanent residency rights by the Indonesian government . |
| 21 | The ideal solution here would be to shift effective power in matters of auditors ' appointment and remuneration from the directors to the shareholders . |
| 22 | Under one proposal , householders may be charged for the removal of non-recyclable rubbish , while separated consignments of glass , paper , and cans would be collected free . |
| 23 | Moreover , a US citizen accused of foreign bribery would be denied due process of law under the US constitution unless he could produce foreign witnesses and documents in his own defence . |
| 24 | The EEC further stated that the continuation of its economic support was contingent upon the unity of Yugoslavia , and that the constituent Yugoslav republics would be denied individual entry into the Community . |
| 25 | If a higher age is fixed , women would be denied free prescriptions and bus passes at 60 . |
| 26 | One edged remark , and she would be struck dumb . |
| 27 | The purpose of the ‘ new ’ probation-order team would be to monitor standard operating procedures , research programme strategies , communications networks , command structures , and any other structural factors which might be linked to the corporation 's previous misbehaviour and then make recommendations which the company could not refuse to implement without the risk of revoking the probation licence and returning to court for resentencing . |
| 28 | ‘ It would be courting double standards to remove that status from Vic Williams ’ , she said . |
| 29 | If I was Peter Reid , I would be screaming blue murder to get this player . ’ |
| 30 | Note : If the only remaining members would be registered foreign lawyers those members could not accept all the shares because under the Rules there must be at least one solicitor member . |