Example sentences of "would be [verb] [adv] on [art] " in BNC.

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1 They would be based increasingly on the operating lease and take the form of instruments focused on the capital markets .
2 A White Paper on defence released on May 21 , 1991 , suggested that future defence considerations would be based less on the South Pacific , as had been the case over the last six years , and more on New Zealand taking an active part in global security matters .
3 By calculating which gods would be marching together on a given day , the priests could determine the combined influence of all marchers and thus forecast the fate of mankind .
4 I kept my fingers crossed figuratively during the first few months of our acquaintance that neither of us would be sent elsewhere on a permanent posting — permanent until demob , that is — because I had seen quite a few promising romances nipped in the bud by one or the other partner being whipped away by the unfeeling powers-that-be , and when a relationship is developing you do need a few weeks of togetherness to allow it to mature .
5 ‘ They would be sitting together on the sofa feeling romantic and giving each other cuddles .
6 A difficulty in interpreting laterality reaction time data according to a fixed anatomical model is that shorter response latencies for uncrossed as compared with crossed reactions would be expected simply on the grounds of stimulus-response ( S-R ) compatibility .
7 Secondly , although the doctrine of frustration applies to agreements for lease , it would be only in quite exceptional circumstances where an agreement would be set aside on the grounds of frustration and it is suggested that the parties should provide in the agreement for either party to rescind the agreement in the event of substantial damage to the premises or the site prior to completion .
8 Night would be falling soon on the planet .
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