Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] [prep] an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I indicated that legal action was , in my view , inappropriate in respect of what was a rather feeble attempt at satire , and the importance of the programme would be enhanced to an absurd extent if anyone depicted in it took it seriously , but none of us liked being ridiculed . |
| 2 | Since , at the same time , the DHAs budget would be reduced in respect of average costs , health authority planning would be faced with an additional challenge in redressing any inequalities which follow from such selection . |
| 3 | A real rate of interest , which would be calculated as an annual rate per cent , takes into account the following facts : — the period of the loan may not be for a full year : interest is only charged on the actual amount borrowed ( eg not including any deposit paid ) ; — if regular repayments are being made , the full amount of the loan is not outstanding over the full year . |
| 4 | Accordingly , postponement of retirement would be rewarded by an increased pension . |
| 5 | Appeals against his conclusions would be heard by an independent tribunal , which would be able to impose penalties of up to 10% of turnover ( although initially this would be limited to £1m ) . |
| 6 | In the meantime he said college bosses were waiting to hear if a parliamentary bill to give the college self-governing status would be scuppered by an early election . |
| 7 | The company said it would mean a pay cut of about 10pc , as sacked workers would be rehired at an existing union-agreed ‘ new worker ’ rate . |
| 8 | By those who treat scientific and religious discourse as two distinct language games , or who detach doctrines of creation from statements about the physical world , Drummond 's attempt to integrate his faith with evolutionary science would be dismissed as an unfortunate error . |
| 9 | By the year 2000 , both countries would be placed on an equal footing with Mexican banks . |
| 10 | In proceedings brought by the husband the judge refused to order the return of the child to Canada , on the grounds that his removal and retention was not wrongful within the meaning of article 3 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction , set out in Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 , since the father had no rights of custody ; and that , under article 13 , there was a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if he was returned to Ontario because of the lack of proper accommodation and financial support . |
| 11 | ( 2 ) That the evidence as to the situation of the mother and child in the event of a return to Ontario did not establish a risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation within the meaning of article 13 ; and that , accordingly , since article 13 did not apply and since the child 's removal was wrongful , the court had no discretion but was under a mandatory duty to order the child 's return to Ontario under article 12 of the Convention ( post , pp. 871A–C , 873H — 874C , G–H , 875A ) . |
| 12 | The submission made by Lord Meston is that there was no factual basis for a finding that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if returned to Canada . |
| 13 | I consider that the judge did not have the material before him on which to find that there was a grave risk that the child would be placed in an intolerable situation if the court were to order his return to Canada . |
| 14 | By grouping properties into a limited number of bands , the Council Tax also avoids the punitive bills which would be imposed by an unfettered rating system of the kind proposed by Labour . |
| 15 | The professional man who gave a lower standard of service in necessitous cases , where his remuneration was little or nothing , would be regarded as an unworthy colleague by his professional brethren . |
| 16 | ‘ A gold-backed rouble would be seen as an honest money at home and would immediately trade as a convertible currency internationally . ’ |
| 17 | Cardinal Jozef Glemp , the primate of Poland , claimed that the 1987 agreement under which the nuns at the Carmelite convent would be re-located to an inter-faith centre nearby , had been negotiated by " incompetent " people and was a violation of the nuns ' rights . |
| 18 | If material , it would be treated as an extraordinary item . |
| 19 | Measures adopted included the creation of the post of Prime Minister ; in addition the political bureau was now to consist of 400 members and would be a deliberative rather than an executive body ; the executive role would be assumed by an 80-member central committee ; and the party would henceforth have an elected secretary-general . |
| 20 | It was held that the income arising from the £2M was to be assessed basically as if a new source of income had arisen , ie there had been an addition to the account within s66(3) and the income arising from the addition would be assessed on an actual basis during the early years . |
| 21 | He was concerned he would be locked in an English jail , and wondered if he should seek Embassy asylum . |
| 22 | Right we can supply bank information for instance we can supply you with the balance , erm we should be able to let you know what sort of standing orders there are , erm but that would be charged at an extra rate because |
| 23 | This was Britain 's worst air tragedy , and whilst this can not be classified as an accident in the usual sense of the word , there were calls for greater airport security , and considerable concern over whether a warning that an attack would be made on an American airliner had not been passed onto the public because a drop in seat sales would occur . |
| 24 | Unfortunately for such exotic ideas , even if the ‘ centre of the Universe ’ were out of sight , such a peculiar behaviour would be revealed by an asymmetric pattern of redshifts on the sky . |
| 25 | The absence of normal colonic content , the water infusion through the manometry catheter , and the presence of a semirigid foreign body could have triggered more HAPCs than would be recorded in an undisturbed bowel . |
| 26 | However , it is difficult to believe that sufficient quantities of suitable substances could have appeared at the Cytherean surface to mop up anywhere near the amount of oxygen that would be liberated from an Earth-like quantity of water . |
| 27 | They still guard the interests of the smallest and most protectionist of the country 's auctioneers who would be bankrupted by an open market . |
| 28 | Henceforth it would be governed by an Azerbaijani National Unity Council . |
| 29 | They wished to replace the system under which the Church was governed by king , bishops and clergy with one in which there was a separation of Church and State , and in which each congregation would be governed by an elected minister , elders and deacons , holding their commission by positive enactment of the Holy Scriptures . |
| 30 | I envisage that the strategic analysis aspects of the assignment would be completed within an overall elapsed time of [ specify number , say eight ] weeks , provided that SPG can discuss with you your strategic objectives towards the beginning of this period . |