Example sentences of "would [be] [verb] [verb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a few days the household would be creeping around ‘ not to disturb Dad ’ who was sulking in his room bored to death with his family , and the children would be trying to comfort a depressed and weeping Mum who had so looked forward to her handsome popular brilliant husband 's return and did n't know what she had done wrong . |
| 2 | It was thought that the fastest look-up would be achieved using a 26-way tree , so that was implemented , and found to be extremely efficient , but the memory overhead was too large for practical purposes . |
| 3 | While railway workers in England and Wales would suffer the brunt of redundancies , any severe job losses would be bound to have a knock-on effect in Scotland . |
| 4 | Britain wants to encourage movement , not to stifle it , and any talk of sanctions would be bound to have a bad effect . |
| 5 | ‘ We knew the health authority would be asked to provide a certain proportion . |
| 6 | Much more common could be the situation in which the regional Solicitor would be asked to send a formal letter to a client or other individual warning that if certain behaviour continued , proceedings would be initiated . |
| 7 | A second referendum would then be held to coincide with the next general election , due by November 1993 , when voters would be asked to make a straight choice between the MMP proposal and the existing system . |
| 8 | When they arrived they would briefly and passionately mate , for the first and only time , and from that fiery union new turtles would be born to carry a new pattern of worlds . |
| 9 | The PSP , as the only party in Cuba with an organisational apparatus throughout the island , potentially offered the discipline and political expertise which would be needed to form a revolutionary government and which seemed to be lacking in Castro 's own movement . |
| 10 | Maths work arising naturally from the unit might involve simple computation using Roman numbers , and calculations related to the topic — e.g. how much labour and materials would be needed to complete a Roman road or fort , how long the work would take , and so on . |
| 11 | There is , for instance , the problem of what kind of heart would be needed to propel a large body , and the question would arise as to whether , in the case of very tall animals , a higher blood pressure would be required , with commensurately tougher blood vessels , in order to pump blood from the heart to the brain . |
| 12 | This information would be needed to provide a comprehensive response . |
| 13 | When he was told that transfer between schools would be possible , and that schools would be encouraged to have a common but diverse curriculum for all eleven-to-thirteen-year-olds , Butler said that he felt ‘ much comforted ’ . |
| 14 | In terms of that aspect of the Fleet Street Casuals case which relates sufficient interest to the facts and merits of the applicant 's case , it is probably correct to say that ratepayers challenging decisions of local authorities , competitors challenging decisions affecting their business activities , and neighbours challenging planning decisions would be held to have a sufficient interest unless other facts of the case provided very strong grounds for denying the existence of such an interest . |
| 15 | Mediterranean style would be designed to give a cool , smooth working atmosphere , with long slate or marble worktops , terracotta-style tiled floors , and large , walk-in cupboards with thick walls-lined with marble shelves for food storage or racks for pans and crockery . |
| 16 | Since you had owned the farm , you would be allowed to keep a small plot , perhaps a quarter of an acre , to grow whatever you wished . |
| 17 | Israel , he said , would be allowed to complete a pre-agreed number of houses which were in the process of construction in the occupied territories at the start of 1992 , in exchange for US$300 million in guarantees immediately and the remaining US$9,700 million staggered over six years . |
| 18 | In 1991 the partners had agreed on a trading plan that stated ICL would be paid using a raw materials barter arrangement for its components . |
| 19 | ( An air-breathing animal , if such the monster is , would have large lungs and would be expected to give a strong signal . ) |
| 20 | ( iv ) If the applicant is unable to comply in full with ( ii ) or ( iii ) above then they would be expected to demonstrate a suitable level of competence and experience . |
| 21 | Response to music is believed to be dominant in the right hemisphere and as a result would be expected to exact a similar reduction in left field advantage to that found for right field advantage in the trigram tasks discussed here . |
| 22 | Customers of companies joining the scheme would be expected to pay a fixed sum until the fund reaches an appropriate level , and if extra calls were made , further levies might be added . |
| 23 | Buckinghamshire would be expected to contribute a similar proportion to the relevant costs of the scheme . |
| 24 | Project sponsors are instructed to indicate what information would be required to conduct a thorough post-audit , whether the existing information systems provide this data , and if not , what steps should be taken to ensure that the required information is collected and available when required . |
| 25 | A decision today to send the case to the Human Rights Court would be an embarrassment to the Government which would be forced to mount a vigorous defence of its policy against the IRA to justify the shootings under the human rights code . |
| 26 | Many analysts still felt the Chancellor would be forced to make a fresh cut in interest rates to guarantee a recovery , and the pound fell again to its lowest ever closing quotation of 2.3486 Deutschmarks . |
| 27 | Analysts say the company 's recent stock market underperformance has been caused partly by fears that its near-£1.5 billion cash pile would be used to make a big acquisition in this market . |