Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] ' [noun] would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was prompted by nationwide dismay at an announcement that 31 out of 50 pits still operating in the UK were to close and up to 30,000 miners ' jobs would be lost . |
| 2 | The civil servants ' reluctance would be resolved by a ministerial directive that the project must be supported — some action was always better than none , the project would have an impact in several regions , if it worked it would boost exports and create employment . |
| 3 | In the first place , there is the time factor : her first biography was begun over twenty years after the publication of BT and even honest sisters ' memories would be fallible at such a distance . |
| 4 | Lexandro had expected that the Imperial Fists ' home-base would be on a world . |
| 5 | In the 1970s , Jeremy Thorpe played the hung parliament question simply and cleanly , urging voters to embrace it , confident in the knowledge that Liberal MPs ' votes would be a force for moderation and common sense , curbing the excesses of whichever major party formed a minority government . |
| 6 | The three teams ' fixtures would be rescheduled for Sunday , May 9 , with the same kick-off time so there was no advantage to be gained . |
| 7 | MDC noted that a Younger Chemists ' reception would be held during the 1992 annual congress and that Ciba-Geigy had agreed to provide sponsorship . |
| 8 | My goal in five years ' time would be |
| 9 | In return , Central Bank governor Jose Cuisia agreed that US$344 million of other banks ' loans would be eligible for bond conversion , while securing the right of the Philippines to take action against any bank later found to have been involved in fraudulent transactions . |
| 10 | Even so , it was hard to believe that his birthday in two days ' time would be only his twelfth . |
| 11 | The local authorities ' functions would be in the planning , coordination , regulation and finance of community care , rather than its direct provision . |
| 12 | Samples of both victims ' blood would be taken from the bodies at the post-mortem , but it would be three days at least before he could expect to get the result of the analysis . |