Example sentences of "would have [prep] [be] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , until the ecumenical era of the 1960s , few catholics in Ireland were prepared to put before themselves some of the political religious issues which would have to be resolved if a united Ireland or accommodation to a separate political entity in Ulster were to become a possibility .
2 This , of course would have to be seen .
3 But he said it could mean duties of managers/owners — such as keeping a hotel plan or ensuring staff are trained to use the fire fighting equipment — implicit in UK laws — would have to be spelt out .
4 When she arrived , she listened to the story of what had happened , teased out the relevant details , then announced that the police would have to be called and went off back to her office to do the necessary .
5 It had n't occurred to me that Sarah and John might not be alone , but here , now , I would have to be introduced and explained away somehow .
6 The door would have to be left ajar for air and that might alert passers-by .
7 Nor , more abstractedly , could it be the result of a perspective on the informational content of the brain ; for , in either case , the perspective would have to be the occurrence of some further brain or informational state and to both of these the scientist has complete access , and the problem reoccurs .
8 As BR looked towards the 1970s and into the 1980s , it was realised that if InterCity was to survive the growing threat posed by the airlines and the rapid extension of motorways , train speeds would have to be lifted beyond the prevailing norm of 80mph start-to-stop between main business centres .
9 Petipa 's orders to Tchaikovsky were sacrosanct because the composer knew that if that ‘ dictator ’ did not approve the music would have to be changed ( as it was for The Nutcracker . )
10 A new home would have to be found .
11 Of course , Jeanne would have to be careful with such a large dog that , in his enthusiasm , he did n't bowl other dogs or people over , or frighten them .
12 The NUM leader — vice-chairman of the constituency party — said any such decision would have to be taken by the Yorkshire area of the NUM .
13 Mr Wyatt said action would have to be taken at the Total Power Tools offshoot , which has not been performing well .
14 McKinsey said it was dealing directly with Information Consulting on the transaction but the latter would have to be relieved of an option owned by Saatchi before any definitive pact .
15 In return for financial support , Saatchi acquired an exclusive option to buy Information Consulting that would have to be exercised by June next year .
16 Withdrawing the bid yesterday , Mr Fitton said the original discussions with Eagle , which was then chaired by Malcolm Stockdale , were amicable , but when company doctor David James took over as chairman of the group last week it was clear any approach would have to be aggressive .
17 Mr Meacher said that such details would have to be worked out between ministers and their officials , but he is likely to be pressed to be more specific .
18 She recognises that after the furore of two years ago any return would have to be ‘ graded ’ .
19 Kenneth Baker , the party chairman , said yesterday that Cabinet ministers would play a stronger role in government than they had done over the last decade , and there would have to be public spending increases in the 1990s to pay for an improved quality of life .
20 With Ferranti needing to raise a minimum of £150m in new equity , the issue would have to be on the basis of one for two .
21 The governments ' main complaint is that for the Commission 's plan to work , a special clearing house would have to be set up to reapportion VAT revenue levied in the country of export which would be owing to that of import - where the product would be consumed .
22 ‘ I can not see how they are going to pay all of us from membership dues , ’ an embittered party bureaucrat said at headquarters , adding that most of them would have to be given six months ' notice .
23 In practice , that would have to be about the level at which sterling was trading in the foreign exchange markets .
24 To achieve this , there would have to be a period during which growth slowed down , and with it the growth of imports .
25 When Sotheby 's told the owner that both pieces would have to be withdrawn from sale , he decided to withdraw his collection .
26 Any decision that preparation and presentation should be separate would have to be justified to the public and be open in the last resort to judicial review .
27 The amendment by an expatriate Scot , George Cunningham ( Labour , Islington ) , by ensuring that a 40 per cent vote of the electorate ( not simply of those voting ) would have to be achieved for a devolution bill to go through and for a repeal order not to be tabled , made devolution , at least for Wales , virtually an impossibility .
28 The band would have to be playing a lot of shows so they are available as often as possible for viewing .
29 Some half-way point would have to be found , Wright said , which Berle believed was British policy all along .
30 While such a view is not absurd , it hardly touches on the issues which would have to be addressed for any overall assessment .
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