Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] at [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | When I push her off me and over she whispers that she thought I 'd be tired at this hour of night . |
2 | Not much would be served at this stage by ousting Sir Derek Alun-Jones as chairman , as some shareholders would like . |
3 | Anti-pollution equipment would be based at strategic locations around the world ; mutual assistance was promised to cope with an accident ; masters of vessels would have to report all major pollutant leakages ; and ship owners would have to meet clean-up costs . |
4 | It had been hoped that the station would be reached at high speed by tunnel from east London , but getting to St Pancras from the Channel route would involve a tortuously slow route over a heavily congested suburban line . |
5 | A small turn would be taxable in the Netherlands under a ruling , and the rest would be taxed at low rates in the Antilles . |
6 | The team of 28 medical , nursing and technical staff at Great Ormond Street , feared both children would be lost at one point in the operation . |
7 | Because there are no appreciable differences among the sites in soil organic matter content , exchangeable Ca , Mg , Al or K , N mineralization , growing season soil moisture content , canopy leaf area , litterfall mass or N , we hypothesized that fine root length would be lost at similar rates in both forests . |
8 | It was agreed that the talks would begin in Pyongyang , with further sessions in Tokyo and Beijing , and would be conducted at Vice-Ministerial level . |
9 | In the SF field , much of the work of Brian Aldiss , with its postmodern subversion of language by fragmentation of form , would be located at this node for these reasons . |
10 | ‘ I 'd turn the rifles on the officers and my first shot would be aimed at that bastard Trentham . ’ |
11 | This programme would be aimed at senior managers operating at a strategic level across national boundaries , either in the UK or overseas . |
12 | During the second phase , beginning on May 1 , 1991 , elections would be held at all levels , including elections for president . |
13 | As citizens continue to storm offices of the secret police , stern warnings have come from the government and the army that the line would be drawn at any attempts to enter barracks . |
14 | And goods wagons that needed to be unloaded , er would be brought into , er at least unloaded erm er perhaps for the distribution of items in the town , would be brought onto that turntable erm and normally horse , purely a horse hook would be er put on er and swung round , and the wagon , or the wagons , a couple of wagons perhaps , would be taken at right angles into that er goods shed for unloading . |
15 | Again , this only applies to suppliers acting in the course of business , although a similar term would be implied at common law . |
16 | The first stage of the transition to market prices would mean dividing prices into three categories : by the end of 1991 only 55 per cent of goods would be sold at fixed state prices , 30 per cent would be " regulated " , and prices for the remaining 15 per cent of goods would be freed completely . |
17 | Grants and parental contributions would be frozen at 1990 levels and loans would eventually form half of a student 's maintenance award . |
18 | Instead , a now very fat Halima would be found at all times of day , demanding oats , by standing deep in the fence with wires right up to her armpits ! |
19 | And a final $10 billion would be offered at low interest rates as part of a long-term economic plan to help the Soviet Union build some decent factories and roads and exploit its natural resources . |
20 | Naturally deposits would be attracted at higher rates than the equivalent domestic deposit rates and demand for lending would increase at lower rates . |
21 | Projected traffic flow indicated that a partial grade separated junction would be required at this location providing access to and from the west . |
22 | Investments in debt securities , which the company intends and has the ability to keep to maturity , would be reported at amortised cost . |
23 | Parish council chairman Douglas Steward said the petition would be discussed at next week 's meeting . |