Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] [adj] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Did you imagine that I would be grateful for the attention ? |
| 2 | I would be grateful for the papers back in due course . |
| 3 | ‘ Sir John , I would be grateful for the loan of a groom who will show us the way to Abbe Gerard 's Church of St Pierre in Maubisson village . ’ |
| 4 | If I was a Tory tactician I would be alarmed by the fertility of the IPPR 's work . |
| 5 | Some people feel they have lost a space of time and , like other members of the panel , I would be cautious in the use of sedatives in this situation . |
| 6 | He said : ‘ I expected six or seven calibre applicants , though others in the business said I would be surprised by the numbers to apply . |
| 7 | In some places it may even be an improvement , and of course if only I was years younger I would be thrilled at the challenge . |
| 8 | If in a residential school staff tell me in interviews that the children are happy and well behaved but records show high levels of absconding and excessive punishment , I would be suspicious about the validity of the interview material . |
| 9 | However much the excise supervisor may have been appreciated by the councillors of St. Andrews , he was regarded with less enthusiasm at the Treasury , and the member of parliament was told bluntly that if any office about St. Andrews fell vacant , which was usually left to the recommendation of the Burgh Member , he should have the nomination , and as Scott advised the provost , ‘ they hoped that from reasons which must naturally occur to myself , I would be satisfied with the propriety of their answer ’ . |
| 10 | He also informed me that I would be mad by the age of 21 . |
| 11 | Here there is an excess burden associated with price subsidies or in-kind transfers which would be absent in the case of a cash transfer . |
| 12 | Additionally , the buyer can claim damages which would be equivalent to the difference in cost of buying another similar computer elsewhere and any other expenses and losses he has been put to as a direct consequence of the breach , with the proviso that he mitigates his losses , that is , he keeps them to a minimum . |
| 13 | In owing a duty of undivided loyalty , it could again be argued that the conglomerate is under a duty to take advantage of sources of information reasonably available which would be relevant to the client . |
| 14 | ‘ Mr. Fitzgerald … submitted that the lack of care which could form the basis of the verdict could be a legitimate method used by the jury of expressing a view that there was a culpable breach by someone of a legal or moral duty to take care of the deceased which would be distinct from the general duty of care on which the modern law of negligence is based . |
| 15 | He said after the meeting : ‘ If the Government does not change its mind a strike looks inevitable , which would be terrible for the people of Britain . |
| 16 | Thorpe J. having held that ‘ there is no doubt at all that J. is a child of sufficient understanding to make an informed decision , ’ I shall assume that , so far as the common law is concerned , Lord Scarman would have decided that neither the local authority nor W. 's aunt , both of whom had parental responsibilities , could give consent to treatment which would be effective in the face of W. 's refusal of consent . |
| 17 | Without relying on pre-1975 cases , Lord Diplock interpreted section 2(3) ( 4 ) as excluding the obtaining , by oral deposition or the disclosure of documents , of anything other than evidence which would be admissible at the trial of the action . |
| 18 | So far , the City Airport has not applied for building approval for new roads , or additional car parking which would be necessary for the move . |
| 19 | A term used to describe how one phoneme ( which would be present in the word in isolation ) is replaced by another under the influence of the surrounding sounds . |
| 20 | The pre-take-off reading for this flight is not recorded but the overall height gain suggests about 28″ , which would be consistent with the windy conditions . |
| 21 | In the first place , to treat presence of the other party within England and Wales as the factor which determines whether a transaction is within the ambit of the sections would be to adopt a criterion which would be capricious in the extreme . |
| 22 | An alternative hypothesis , which would be correct of the identical feature X in Figure 12b , is that the comer projects away from the observer . |
| 23 | I know it 's isolated here but it 's close to the beach which would be nice for the baby . ‘ |
| 24 | Another process which would be applicable to the right type of terrain is what might be called the continuous reclamation process . |
| 25 | This is precisely what Robson , Jennings , and Willis were advocating since they argued for the rationalization of our haphazard arrangements for tribunals with an appellate jurisdiction vested in an administrative appeal tribunal which would be separate from the High Court . |
| 26 | Although Bush did not specify how much such assistance — which would be additional to the $203,000,000 already agreed — would amount to , some US officials suggested that it could measure more than $3,500 million over the next decade . |
| 27 | In defence of these they point to their abandoning one of the key phrases of Soviet Marxist — Leninism , ‘ proletarian internationalism ’ , which is a way of talking about Soviet domination of world communism and also of Marx 's expression ‘ dictatorship of the proletariat ’ which would be contrary to the claim that communism is compatible with democracy . |
| 28 | I do not read the decision in Effer v. Kantner as having that effect which would be contrary to the form in which the question posed was answered in that decision . |
| 29 | Answer guide : If the net realizable value is less than cost then to use cost would overstate the future benefits ; on the other hand if it is higher , to include the higher figure would mean that unrealized profits were being taken which would be contrary to the prudence principle . |
| 30 | It should be obvious that what is really implied here is the rapid repetition of the complete chords , which would be impossible on the piano at the required speed . |