Example sentences of "would [adv] be [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many instances , such arrangements would only be within the means of high earners . |
| 2 | Mitterrand also said that French aid to the least developed countries , those with a national average annual income of less than US$500 per head , would henceforth be in the form of outright grants . |
| 3 | Er you see when I was , this would just be at the start of the First World War , oh damn I have n't put a switch in have I ? |
| 4 | According to the Iszvestiya report of June 19 the deficit would stand at 27,000 million roubles and would thus be within the limit set by the IMF . |
| 5 | However , at Foxton they are side-aligned ‘ pounds ’ rather than ‘ ponds ’ , designed to maintain a water supply to each lock , and contain the water which would normally be in the pound between each lock . |
| 6 | With the tournament due to start in a couple of weeks ' time they would soon be past the point of no return . |
| 7 | He was already struck off the circulation list and would soon be off the payroll . |
| 8 | They left Alice with a little pile of pamphlets and leaflets , and , hearing that hot water would soon be among the amenities of this house , Reggie remarked that they must have a talk about finance . |
| 9 | Some men would already be at the boats , others coming down the steep path from the village . |
| 10 | I would usually be at the foot of the platform stairs as Billy went on at the start . |
| 11 | ‘ We have kept that memory with us ever since and we have always believed that the Trees would ever be on the side of the Wolfkings and the Beastline and the One True Ireland . ’ |
| 12 | " We thought there would always be a Governor General , and a European Prime Minister , that government would always be in the hands of Europeans and we would always be needed , and always be in charge . |
| 13 | First , it was estimated that the annual cost of the scheme to the Council would possibly be of the order of £1.25 million . |
| 14 | ‘ I knew I would still be on the road . |
| 15 | If they had said this about the Paris workmen , Louis would still be on the throne … |
| 16 | but the brochure would still be on the desk so to speak of the sales office |
| 17 | Even if there were agreement , much of the disputed territory would still be at the mercy of both Serb and Croat irregulars , acting outside the control of their Government , and those forces would continue to be a source of fighting and unrest unless they were disarmed . |
| 18 | Perhaps Cantona & Wallace would have worked , but Cantona was n't tough enough to be the front man , as scum found out in Turkey ( ha , ha ) , I 'm sure if Hughes had played instead they would still be in the EC . |
| 19 | It would be expected to advise the Secretary of State for Scotland who would still be in the UK Cabinet and responsible to the UK House of Commons , a situation which would be intolerable to its members , resented by Scots MPs and bound to lead to conflict . |
| 20 | In that case , both the money and the Jacobite Guinea would still be in the gazebo ; the police would infer from them that Newley had gone to the gazebo for more than just a Sunday stroll . |
| 21 | Under PR , the trade unions would still have a stranglehold over industrial policy , education would still be in the grip of local authorities and any proposals for effective tax cuts would have been quietly shelved . |
| 22 | Its implications for the war they were fighting were profoundly unsettling : even in the best case — from their perspective , " francisation " — they would still be in the position of fighting against an independence movement in the name of self-determination . |
| 23 | They would do a tour and their singles would still be in the warehouse because Red Rhino could n't afford to pay for the pressing and things like that , ’ says Debbie Kaye . |
| 24 | The only consolation was that Newcastle and Sheffield Wednesday , whom he had predicted would still be in the Cup along with Arsenal , had also fallen at the first hurdle to lesser teams . |
| 25 | I see now how wrong I was , and yet when I told the king that without resorting to such action I would still be in the granite quarries and so unable to do his bidding , he understood and forgave me . |
| 26 | Faculty supporters counter that the faculty would still be within the Institute and that the benefits would far outweigh the potential risk . |
| 27 | She would probably be on the loo reading the paper , he thought to himself . |
| 28 | A town bobby would probably be on the radio straightaway . |
| 29 | Any bid would probably be with the blessing of the society 's management . |
| 30 | Her mother had been informed and would probably be at the station . |