Example sentences of "would [be] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 we , we , we , we , we 've , we 've , we 've got one decision I think which we are making , which is that we should n't at the moment , make any recruitment until we 've got confirmation that we can guarantee employment next year , se , secondly I think we 're saying that the first appointment that we do want to make is of a complaint examiner , and that if further investigators leave us , then we would n't be seeking to replace them as investigators , we 'd be seeking to replace with the complaint examiner , that , that , that ,
2 ‘ We both thought he 'd be called to account in the end .
3 I 'd be put to work on the Looms and you 'd be — ; Well , ’ said Caspar , who , despite his work for the Court and later the Gruagach , had retained a vestige of delicacy , ‘ well , I 'd rather not say what might happen to you .
4 If I did marry Parr , and had two little children and made a lovely home , I 'd be allowed to run off the rails a bit , so long I was discreet .
5 In cases of " innocent publication " , where the defendant has not intended to criticise the plaintiff ( either because the defendant did not realise that the words would be understood to refer to the plaintiff or the defendant is unaware of special circumstances which make them defamatory ) liability may be avoided by making an " offer of amends " under s4 of the 1952 Defamation Act .
6 Next a management strategy would be developed to deal with the accidents not covered by , or remedied in , the first stage .
7 If the authorities intervened in the gilt-edged market to support prices , they would be tending to add to the liquidity of the banking system .
8 Thus the responsibility for unemployment would be seen to lie with the unemployed , who would then be seen to be personally responsible for their own unemployment , poverty , etc .
9 Hindley warned Heathcliff that he must never speak to Catherine again , or he would be sent away from Wuthering Heights , and it was decided that Catherine would be taught to behave like a young lady .
10 Chamberlain provided the way out by suggesting to Balcarres that both he and Long should withdraw and so allow Law to be elected unanimously ; he also turned down Balcarres 's remarkable advice that he should allow Long to be elected since Long would make such a mess of things that Chamberlain would be bound to succeed within the year .
11 If the exclusion is for a fixed period which would bring the aggregate exclusion in any term to more than five days or would involve the pupil missing a public examination , the governors or LEA may order the reinstatement of the pupil and the head teacher would be bound to comply with the direction .
12 The Court would be bound to look at the matter from the latter point of view .
13 It was the point at which her mother usually said , ‘ You are only fourteen , ’ — an undeniable truth which Molly decided to save for the endless discussions on the subject which would be bound to occur in the weeks to come .
14 Someone would be made to die for the crime ; but for all his reservations , Merymose did not strike him as the kind of man who would fall on just anyone in order to present a solution .
15 This initially meant that the bed-wetter would be made to sleep in the guard-room , where during the night he would be wakened hourly for toilet purposes .
16 On the one hand , a half-promise to save a new-born country , and to show that one lot of people may not dispossess another lot merely by virtue of being better armed ; on the other hand , a growing realisation that this could not be achieved without a fight in which an unknown number of young Europeans and Americans would be asked to die in the name of misty-sounding things like compassion and principle .
17 Since Keith was a Board members of the committee , another Board member would be asked to sit on the committee .
18 The South African Law Commission would be asked to report on the protection of the rights of citizens , " as well as all collective units , associations , minorities and nations " , in a future constitution , by examining a variety of constitutional models ; this investigation would be used in support of negotiations on a new constitution [ see below ; see also p. 36915 for recommendations of Law Commission working paper of March 1989 ] .
19 It may also be that the agent would be asked to advise on the cost , and , as with civil legislation , costs in parliamentary matters can in appropriate cases be taxed under the House of Commons Costs Taxation Act , 1847 , and the 1849 Act on similar lines for the House of Lords , the only difference in Scotland being that taxation is done by the Auditor of the Court of Session .
20 The basic offence would cover amateur hackers who access systems for fun and would be intended to act as a general deterrent to all types of hacking .
21 He said the operation would be timed to coincide with the maximum tide speed through the southern entrance , the only channel deep enough for the whales .
22 Sir David said the private sector would be invited to participate in the project , and that the first of two runways should be open in early 1997 .
23 On July 9 the International Olympic Committee ( IOC ) meeting in Lausanne announced that South Africa would be invited to participate in the Barcelona Olympics in July 1992 .
24 When the cigarette was finished the driver would be invited to wait in the shade of Bonefish 's casuarinas , but not before .
25 A prospective borrower would approach a number of investment banks , one of which would be invited to act as the lead manager of an issue .
26 According to Danielle de St Jorre , Minister for Planning and External Affairs , after modifications to the Constitution political parties would be invited to register from the beginning of January 1992 ; party-based elections for a constituent commission were expected to be held in July .
27 In late November Mr Clarke outlined three options that Parliament would be invited to consider in a free vote : total deregulation ( as in Scotland ) ; deregulation for small shops and partial deregulation for larger shops ( as proposed by the Shopping Hours Reform Council ) ; and exemption from the general prohibition on trading for certain classes of shop — recreation , emergencies , social gatherings and travel ( proposed by the Keep Sunday Special Campaign ) .
28 In Venda , following a special session of the homeland assembly on March 13 , it was announced that a similar referendum would be held on reintegration , and also that the Constitution would be revised to allow for a multiparty system .
29 On Feb. 12 the Communist Party daily Granma announced that the Ministry of Agriculture was to lose 25,500 posts , and the Ministry of Construction 50,000 , as part of the government 's rationalization of central administration ; 15,000 of those affected in the Ministry of Agriculture would be relocated , and half of those affected in the Ministry of Construction would be sent to work in the fields .
30 Then the throat would be cut to drain off the blood to make into black puddings — I was n't too good with the blood either , but it was tasty afterwards .
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