Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many natural foods we have happily consumed for centuries would never be allowed to be sold in the shops today if they were subject to the same tests as modern drugs and edible substances . |
| 2 | He predicted that the percentage of foreign nationals in Kuwait would eventually be reduced to less than half the population . |
| 3 | Presumably , they would set out on one course of action , receive a consultants ' report which would blow them off their course , the journalists would then be summoned to Luigi 's restaurant and policy would once again be changed . |
| 4 | For instance , there is no spectrum connecting the two senses of expire , so their lexical units would not be assigned to the same lexeme . |
| 5 | A report on Lao National Radio on March 6 stated that Khamtay and Solomon had concluded that Lao-US relations had progressed to the point that ties would soon be elevated to ambassadorial level . |
| 6 | It would probably be an area acceptable to those contemplating setting up home anew on retirement , and their previous homes would then be freed to each new generation of wealth-producers . |
| 7 | If not , the proposal would then be put to the Council of eleven member states for a qualified majority vote . |
| 8 | Between the sessions , Pope Paul had called for restraint on this topic , and on 28 October Cardinal Agagianian announced that some matters would not be brought to the Council floor in a move widely interpreted as favourable to the conservative forces in the curia . |
| 9 | And the work would then be completed to approximately the same timescale that we , that we deadlined on the . |
| 10 | ‘ Severe hardship ’ permits would still be issued to a very small number of people . |
| 11 | Item No 4 : the large loop would normally be attached to a belt as this is a purse frame dating to the 15th to 16th century . |
| 12 | If a scheme for generic substitution were to go ahead , the loss to British companies would not be limited to the so-called ‘ savings ’ to the NHS , but the entire amount of the sales of such products . |
| 13 | Her replacement by Liz South on the Scottish Committee had been agreed by the Scottish Episcopal Church and Liz South would also be invited to be on the Partnership Sub-Committee . |
| 14 | I confirm that all claims to benefit are treated strictly in accordance with the law , and benefit would not be paid to any person unless the entitlement was valid . |
| 15 | They rushed back to the North , staying with the Hutchinson family at Sockburn -on-Tees , Yorkshire ; it is significant that the poem quoted above continues with an image of domestic love — Wordsworth would soon be married to Mary Hutchinson . |
| 16 | After yesterday 's meeting , committee chairman Councillor Charles Booth said a recommendation for removal of W.H.Spence from the list of approved contractors would now be made to the council 's general-purposes committee . |
| 17 | But Ruth would not be drawn to an old man . |
| 18 | This court had to decide in In re J. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1991 ] Fam. 33 whether to withhold consent to abstain from giving mechanical ventilation in the interests of artificially prolonging life , whatever pain and suffering would thereby be caused to the child . |
| 19 | In the wake of the Letelier decision there were hopes that celebrated cases of human rights abuse would soon be brought to justice . |
| 20 | The 1834 Act had made the mother wholly responsible for her illegitimate child so that the privileges of marriage would not be extended to the undeserving . |
| 21 | It goes like this : back in 1983 local people decided they were fed up with repeated Indonesian Government promises that the village would soon be connected to the national electricity grid . |
| 22 | For another accommodationist , General Aharon Yariv , Director of the Tel Aviv Centre for Strategic Studies , ‘ Palestinian refugees would not be repatriated to Israel … but would be dealt with during gradual implementation of self-determination , presumably within the Palestinian territory or in other Arab states . ’ |
| 23 | Economic decision-making and private ownership would then be transferred to production units . |
| 24 | On Dec. 16 , Joseph Kamotho , secretary-general of KANU , said that international observers would not be invited to forthcoming elections . |
| 25 | English was , as it were , placed fully in the hands of the critic rather than the author , and the author would henceforth be admitted to the pantheon only on condition of a complete and " first-hand " revaluation . |
| 26 | Despite requests by the PNG government for further military assistance from Australia , which had already loaned the security forces several attack helicopters for use against the rebels , the Australian government stated on Jan. 20 that troops would only be sent to the island to protect Australian nationals . |
| 27 | Tax credits would not be paid to women receiving Supplementary Benefit . |
| 28 | The changes included the introduction of the pre-trial review ( see above ) with the object , in part , of assisting the litigant in person , the encouragement of the use of arbitration rather than trial to resolve the dispute at the request of one of the parties , and the introduction of a rule that solicitor 's costs would not be awarded to the successful party where the claim was for less than £100 . |
| 29 | Except in the extreme and anomalous calm of the Sargasso Sea , big floating seaweeds would simply be broken to pieces . |
| 30 | Since Community law is supreme , national parliaments would increasingly be consigned to the role of rubber-stamping the actions of the Council of Ministers . |