Example sentences of "they would be [det] " in BNC.

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1 If , for example , the retailer required a supply of cards for Mother 's Day , they would be little use to him if they arrived afterwards .
2 But it soon became apparent that Britain still preferred little more than an effective interlocking system of treaties along the lines of the Treaty of Dunkirk : increasingly , if these were initiated , they would be little more than holding operations until the United States shared in the defence of Western Europe .
3 These , not merely the hopelessly wounded , but those whose wounds were just too complicated for the frantic surgeons to waste time probing , or who looked as if they would be little use to the army again , were laid outside in the bitter cold .
4 . And they would be all the hand shears of course .
5 Erm children 's pensions they would be half the widow 's or widower 's pension and they 're payable for dependant children up to the age of seventeen and for children who are in full time erm higher education and for one child the payment would be actually half the widow 's or the widower 's pension .
6 And if you have any special skills or knowledge that can be made use of they would be more than welcome .
7 They would be more than willing to move as long as Leeds council offered them a suitable alternative with security of tenure ( this in effect means building them a brand new stadium from scratch ) .
8 As far as Scotton Parish Council are concerned , I have confirmed my instructions from them and they would be more than satisfied if the County Council would agree to amend the key diagram to indicate er a n what is at present shown as a series of stars around the north of of Harrogate , by a single star , that would satisfy Scotton Parish Council .
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