Example sentences of "would be [vb pp] in [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I was Defence Secretary and , to my shame , trying to sell tanks to King Idris in Libya , I was pretty sure that he 'd be overthrown in an army coup , and I tried to identify the colonel who was likely to be the leader of the coup . |
| 2 | I 'd be gone in a flash , would n't I ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ If you were doing oncology , you 'd be trapped in a straitjacket of protocols . ’ |
| 4 | It was hoped , however , that the worst would be over once conflict in the Gulf had been resolved ; normal trading , people assumed , would be resumed in the summer of 1991 . |
| 5 | The kind of wealth which would be displayed in the garments of the Khans and Noyons during the day 's ceremonies was usually a product of oppression of the poor , but on Tarvaras there was no one whom Alexei would have cared to class as under-privileged . |
| 6 | In the old days , the bride 's bouquet would be displayed in the entrance of her house for a day or so , and then a sprig of myrtle would be removed and planted to grow into a nice little bush , a sentimental memento to flourish on her estate and murmur ‘ constancy ’ into her subconscious . |
| 7 | Finally , leaflets and other information about social services would be displayed in the health centre waiting room . |
| 8 | Though the poetic richness of ‘ Exequy ’ would be surpassed in The Waste Land , a far subtler piece of writing , the emptiness of the lesser work and its pained despair would be repeated in the masterpiece . |
| 9 | Hunter S Thompson : the dope fiends would be punished in the celluloid Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas |
| 10 | Government forces would be deployed in the rest of Lebanon by Sept. 20 . |
| 11 | He hoped the wonderful change in Kidderminster would be repeated in every parish in the land . |
| 12 | Though the poetic richness of ‘ Exequy ’ would be surpassed in The Waste Land , a far subtler piece of writing , the emptiness of the lesser work and its pained despair would be repeated in the masterpiece . |
| 13 | In radio productions I was constantly aware of our listeners ' reactions ; in the consideration of any idea for a show , my first concern was how it would be received in the homes of listeners , nationwide — and , say what you will , I still believe this is the first requisite of Good Showmanship . |
| 14 | Before its commencement we did not know how the ENP would be received in the department or indeed whether the proposed scheme would turn out to be a workable one . |
| 15 | All had agreed that one Christopher E. Chryselius would be employed in the workings , and he was to he paid one guinea a week — no mean wage . |
| 16 | Private businesses would be limited in the size of workforce , from a maximum 200 employees in an industrial of construction company down to a maximum 15 employees in the retail sector . |
| 17 | If the Iranian operation worked , the hostages would be freed , terrorism would cease , Iran and Iraq would make peace ( the grand climaxes were often not connected , but somehow self-generating out of the golden atmosphere ) , and Iran would be secured in the American , rather than the Soviet , camp . |
| 18 | Assessment can not be made at birth because antibodies to HIV from the mother cross the placenta , and though these would be detected in an HIV antibody test , it would not show whether the baby itself was infected . |
| 19 | With all the background noise now prevailing , it was doubtful whether all that would be heard in the castle . |
| 20 | The children 's evidence would be heard in the Sheriff 's Chambers in Inverness , and the rest of the case taken in Kirkwall Sheriff Court . |
| 21 | PLANS for water treatment works to reduce levels of pollution in drinking water have upset councillors because the works would be situated in an area of outstanding natural beauty . |
| 22 | One of the big troubles was the way that they obstructed the pavements as most of their drinking would be done in the street , sat with backs against the pub wall . |
| 23 | One showed a background of potential building land with reservations of open space upon it ; the other reversed the image by suggesting a green setting within which building areas would be reserved in a pattern of satellites . |
| 24 | The workers were to receive their annual bonus for 1989 and they would be reinstated in the SATS pension scheme , but they were forced to forfeit benefits for the period of the strike . |
| 25 | Speaking on the 35th anniversary of independence , Rawlings said that the electoral process would begin on April 28 when popular approval would be sought in a referendum for a constitution drafted by the Consultative Assembly [ see pp. 38379-80 ; 38664 ] . |
| 26 | A notebook or ‘ ledger ’ for older children allows for the depositing of points for good behaviour/tasks fulfilled in the credit column ; and the withdrawal of points for misdemeanours or tasks refused , which would be registered in the debit column . |
| 27 | Fitzroy acquiesced and said that they would be placed in a Reading Room on the following day . |
| 28 | It would be improbable that men totally unqualified for their rank would be placed in a fleet commanded by the patron whose own career might be damaged by inefficiency , but given the situation in the fleet , of far more qualified applicants than available places , the choice was likely to fall upon a friend of a friend . |
| 29 | Land 's End announced last autumn that bolted abseil points and fixed gear would be placed in the interests of conservation and safety . |
| 30 | Instead , they have argued for non-discriminatory tariffs which , in effect , would be imposed in a way which would take the existing level of imports as a baseline . |