Example sentences of "would be [prep] [art] [noun] ['s] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I 've promised I 'd be at the Queen 's Hall by eight o'clock .
2 After they were finally discovered to be there , the minister pleaded for them to be allowed to stay the night , and guaranteed they would be at the Children 's Panel Hearing in Kirkwall the next day .
3 Erm I support I V F treatment and I sympathize with the people that ca n't have children erm but my concern would be with the childrens ' right .
4 Incompatible therefore though a Co-operative sector would be with the Webbs ' version of the fully Socialist economy , the incompatibility has not so far become obtrusive in the United Kingdom because Labour Governments , which incidentally have had the support of the Co-operative Party as the political arm of the Co-operative Consumer Movement , have carried western Socialist Empiricism to the point of settling for the mixed economy ; and any central planning has been indicative — and , some would say , ineffectual — rather than mandatory .
5 A large number of dogs who end up in the rescue homes would be on the vet 's euthanasia list if they 'd had different owners .
6 It could do this by giving the fund a loan , in which case our No. 2 calculation would apply : obviously , the payment of interest on the debt would be to the Government 's central funds .
7 In a developing country , like India , a preference for sons would be expected to lead initially to a reduction in the birth rate , which would be to the country 's advantage ; and before long , the more farsighted parents will realise that in order to have grandchildren , they should select not sons , who may not be able to find wives , but daughters , who will be sought after , and be able to enter into advantageous marriages .
8 Old Shallot , who would be under a woman 's skirts , given half a chance , sat tongue-tied before this chit of a young girl .
9 The appeal committee dismissed the applicant 's appeals , stating that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education , and that the girls did not meet the admission criteria .
10 After giving the case careful consideration , the panel decided that , as is stated in section 6(3) ( a ) of the Education Act 1980 , that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education .
11 The costs must be sunk , otherwise the threat would not be credible and , faced with entry , it would be in the incumbent 's interest to reverse the decision .
12 Servette qualified for the UEFA Cup by finishing fourth in the Swiss League but last November it looked like they would be in the Champions ' Cup .
13 We are delighted that is willing to stand again for election as Hon. Treasurer , but she feels it would be in the Society 's interest to have an Assistant Treasurer who would become familiar with our accounting methods and be able to take over should be away for a short period .
14 Boll would be in the Directors ' dining room , Basil would have gone to see his cronies in A area , Wayne would have gone out with those as young and limited as himself to the Hind 's Head in the village , Carol would be in the canteen wittering with the other Clerical Assistants and her husband .
15 Lord Brandon stated that an operation or treatment would be in the patient 's best interests if it was carried out to save the patient 's life , ensure improvement , or prevent physical or mental deterioration .
16 Because we felt that the application for mining , the timing would be picked by the companies , there would be immense pressure on the people to change their position because at that stage it would be out in the open that there was money there and that it would be in the government 's hands and we felt we would lose that so what we had to do was get it stopped before it got to that stage ’ .
17 Neither possibility would be in the manufacturer 's interest .
18 The purpose is clearly to determine whether any other forms of intervention would be in the child 's best interests .
19 If a child subject to an EPO is not living in local authority accommodation , inquiries should establish whether it would be in the child 's best interests to be moved ( s47(3) ( b ) ) .
20 ( a ) Transfer to another magistrates ' court A magistrates ' court must transfer a case to another magistrates ' court if this would be in the child 's interests : ( i ) because it will significantly accelerate determination of the proceedings ; ( ii ) because it would be appropriate for the case to be heard with other family proceedings pending in the receiving court ; or ( iii ) for some other reason ( APO , art 6 ) .
21 ( d ) Transfer to another county court One care centre may transfer proceedings to another care centre if this would be in the child 's interests having regard to the need to avoid delay .
22 It also has a residual power to make an appointment if the child has sufficient understanding to give instructions himself and wishes to do so or if it considers that it would be in the child 's best interests to be legally represented ( s41(3) ( 4 ) ( a ) and ( b ) ) .
23 This would be in the artist 's name , with the manager as the sole signatory .
24 Blum 's hope that non-intervention , if dutifully observed , would be in the Republic 's interests made theoretical sense in the light of the already clear success of the rebels in attracting foreign help .
25 He would then acknowledge that there was no law , and he would have no further concern for consistency with the past ; he would proceed to make new law by asking what law the present legislature would make or what the people want or what would be in the community 's best interests for the future .
26 If we were convinced that conversion would be in the Ayoreo 's interests , it nonetheless should be entered into willingly .
27 If a self-citation ( see 5.4 ) was , in the majority of cases , the first citation , it would be expected that these two values would be identical , because the first citation of the thesis would be in the author 's first related published paper .
28 He says : ‘ Investors often take too short-term a view of unit trusts , so if exit charges encourage longer term holdings it would be in the consumer 's interest . ’
29 He then went on to consider whether the further proceedings would be against the children 's interests under four heads : ( 1 ) the disturbing effects on the children of further investigation ; ( 2 ) the fact that , under section 91(1) , if in respect of any child a residence order were made in favour of the foster mother , the existing care order to the local authority would be discharged ; ( 3 ) the shared parental responsibility between the foster mother and the mother which would result from section 12(2) conferring parental responsibility upon the foster mother if a residence order were to be made in her favour ; ( 4 ) the time that would be likely to elapse before any substantive order could be made .
30 An arbitrary and unwarranted termination of their engagement would be against the organization 's own interests .
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