Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such failures would be difficult to trace without specialist equipment so most of us would be prepared for a bill , or at least the hassle of a return under guarantee . |
| 2 | The excellence of their design meant an interloper would be slowed for a moment to decide which was the real one . |
| 3 | The ground was comparatively dry , and she guessed the sea would be checked for a while by the dunes ; but not for long . |
| 4 | The school secretary said all the September intake would be invited for a morning before the end of term . |
| 5 | In practice a set of objectives like these would be written for a series of teaching sessions for a specific student or group and may be varied to suit their experience and needs . |
| 6 | Should there be a diphtheria outbreak in the surrounding streets , one or other of us would be sent for a bottle of Fennings Fever Curer , either from Higgins or Newtons , the Catherine Street Chemists . |
| 7 | Applicants were required to submit a research plan , and successful candidates ( now known as WIPers ) would be paid for a year of work at one of the new institutes . |
| 8 | However , the system of floating exchange rates was thought at the time to be a temporary feature of the international monetary system : it was hoped that a new framework would be found for a return to some kind of adjustable peg in which the burden of adjustment was clearly defined , both for deficit and surplus countries , and in which reserve assets were not based primarily on one currency . |
| 9 | The chancel would be used for a bar , the pulpit and font used as containers for plants , and the nave filled with fixed ‘ banquette ’ seating in booths . |