Example sentences of "would be [verb] [prep] an [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She never asked if she could help in the kitchen since she knew Alice would be irritated by an offer which she knew to be impractical and insincere . |
| 2 | The space of the hall would be defined by an electron cloud : the volume required for one or more electrons to revolve about the nucleus at high speed . |
| 3 | Observe the completely different effect produced by replacing the adjectives in ( 1 ) by the corresponding adverbs , as in : ( 28 ) Ellen shook the keys loosely muzak drives them madly And contrast the two sentences of ( 29 ) ( b ) : ( 29 ) ( a ) what did the new system do to the motors ? ( b ) the new system made the motors quieter the new system made the motors more quietly 5.4 Let us now return to the matter of the resultative nuance which can indeed be observed in all the examples we have given , reproducing the structural diagrams ( 21 ) and ( 22 ) to do so : ( 21 ) ( 22 ) If these diagrams represent the relations actually used in constructing such expressions , it follows that the entity of the noun phrase , as initially present to the mind of the speaker ( and to that of the listener in the final interpretative phase of comprehension ) lacks the property of the adjective since it is structurally separated from it ; however , since that property is expressed by an adjective , then ex hypothesi it will apply to the entity of the noun phrase when the construction is taken as a whole ; if not , then either the property would be expressed by an adverb , and apply to the verb , or the whole construction would be literally incoherent . |
| 4 | He said that Maccas goal would be credited as an OG , cos he was trying to pull it back from the byline but it hit sherwood and span in . |
| 5 | In acknowledgement of the urgent need for reform in this area , de Klerk proposed initially that henceforth : ( i ) the death penalty would be limited as an option of sentence to extreme cases , and the area of judicial discretion in the imposition of sentence would be broadened ( currently the death sentence was mandatory for certain crimes ) ; ( ii ) all those sentenced to death would be granted automatic right of appeal — up till now there had been no appeal against this sentence ; ( iii ) no further executions would be carried out until Parliament had decided on the proposals . |
| 6 | The common external tariff would be based on an average of the existing duties levied by the member states at their national borders , though with some downward adjustment . |
| 7 | This may be achieved by developing a centralised share clearing house which , initially anyway , would be based on an enhancement of existing systems — specifically , the Stock Exchange 's Talisman system adapted to rolling settlement and the Institutional Net Settlement System . |
| 8 | One part would be based upon GDP per capita relative to the EC average , and the other part would be based upon an index of population . |
| 9 | It would n't matter now what she , Dinah , did ; Robert Asshe would be hoping for an heir from the new wife , the young girl who could n't act . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Thirdly , any expansion of the EC to embrace some Eastern European countries a strain would be placed upon an adjustment mechanism intended for a single country . |
| 13 | Ideally income tax would be replaced by an expenditure tax : all saving would then be tax-deductible , and all spending would be taxed . |
| 14 | Instead of the audit , FRAG proposes that the accounts should contain a compilation report on their preparation , which would be furnished by an accountant who is suitably qualified but not necessarily independent of the company . |
| 15 | They 've a speed on this graph it would be represented by an angle of forty five degrees . |
| 16 | By extension it has become widely interpreted as the formulation of Washington 's view that any intrusion by European powers into the Americas would be regarded as an act of hostility towards the United States . ) |
| 17 | British-style door-stepping is not acceptable in France , where it would be regarded as an invasion of individual privacy . |
| 18 | It 's not felt that your private life in terms of your political opinions will necessarily impinge on your public life , and , and to deprive somebody of the right to express their opinions in public would be regarded as an infringement of his civil liberties , which would be unthinkable in a republican erm situation . |
| 19 | He said people were allowed to use air rifles in their own gardens , and if a cat strayed into the path of the pellet in those circumstances it would be regarded as an accident . |
| 20 | There was never much doubt that TV would be regarded as an extension of radio . |
| 21 | But for all those virtues , it would be ridiculous to expect that he would be enlightened by an account of gauge invariance or symmetry-breaking . |
| 22 | It was true that those concerned with the enforcement of the law in this country were apprehensive that the abolition of the death penalty would be followed by an increase in crimes of violence ; but their predecessors had in the past opposed for the same reason the abolition of the death penalty for offences less serious than murder and their apprehensions had not in the event proved justified . |
| 23 | It was recognized that the young king was particularly close to his mother 's family , and there was therefore a danger that the coronation of the young king would be followed by an increase in the family 's power . |
| 24 | It was recognized that the young king was particularly close to his mother 's family , and there was therefore a danger that the coronation of the young king would be followed by an increase in the family 's power . |
| 25 | When the Stock Market crashed in October 1987 , many economists thought that it would be followed by an end to the property boom and a downturn in the ‘ real ’ economy . |
| 26 | Capitulation to the wage demand of the miners , it was believed , would be followed by an avalanche of wage claims from workers in other industries with the result that the pound , already precarious , would collapse on the international money market . |
| 27 | The studies would be followed by an investment programme , estimated at some dollars 500,000,000 . |
| 28 | The management fears that the park , the most popular visitor attraction in the North West , would be ruined by an airport expansion . |
| 29 | Hence it is worth explaining , in a way that elsewhere might not be necessary and would be seen as an indulgence , that in our case , once permission was granted , no limits were laid down by senior officers and no censorship role has been retained by the RUC over the final manuscript . |
| 30 | This of " course would cause frictions and everyone from the municipality would be called to an assembly to explain why the distribution was necessary and just . |