Example sentences of "would be [verb] [prep] [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like all good Home Guarders a great deal of effort was made to arrive at the Five Bells , our unofficial H.Q. which was then being run by Mrs Friar , her husband Bill being away on service with the Navy , and a common joke of the day was " If the Jerries landed the Five Bells would be defended to the last half pint " . |
| 2 | A further 60 seats would be filled by a second vote in which electors would express their preference for political parties rather than individual candidates , with the seats being distributed in accordance with the proportion of the vote achieved by each party . |
| 3 | In the latter case the operation would be repeated with a second set of tests . |
| 4 | Each path would be expanded in a depth-first , backtrack , depth-first , backtrack pattern until each possible combination had been extended over the poor patch . |
| 5 | Borough solicitor Peter Kearsley said writs would be served within the next month . |
| 6 | As security it was agreed that Mr. O'Brien would guarantee the payment by the company of its indebtedness and that his liability under the guarantee would be secured by a second charge over the house which was believed to have an equity of about £100,000 . |
| 7 | In November 1989 it was announced that the Falkland Islands Company ( now owned by Anglo United , a UK-based mining and fuel distribution group which had taken over Coalite , the Falkland Islands Company 's existing owner , in August 1989 ) would be appointing a chief executive who would be based for the first time on the islands themselves . |
| 8 | Most English politicians , on the other hand , seemed confident that Elizabeth would attempt to introduce a Protestant form of worship , although they were unsure whether it would be based on the first or second Edwardian Prayer Book . |
| 9 | In May 1788 , immediately after Pitt had persuaded the Commons to agree the slave trade would be debated in the next session , the mainly Quaker members of the London committee , accompanied by Thomas Walker and Thomas Cooper from Manchester who had come to the capital to inspire urgency , formed a deputation to prepare MPs for the forthcoming discussion . |
| 10 | The remaining rights would be phased over the next four quarters until December 1992 . |
| 11 | Erm , I seem to remember that when we met earlier in the year and you were looking forward to , to , to this year as a whole , I think you er , indicated that it was going to be a good year and I think you also suggested , if I remember right , that you thought the better part of that improvement would be seen in the second half rather than the first . |
| 12 | But in fact , it was just as likely that he would be killed by the first group of native Tarvarians he encountered . |
| 13 | Again it was touch and go whether Dustin would be fired before the first night . |
| 14 | In Victoria the opinion polls suggested that the ALP would be defeated at the next election . |
| 15 | At any moment hell would break loose , and poor Morris ( my Dad ) would be battered at the first onslaught . |
| 16 | of those employed in its industry would be sacked in the first year . |
| 17 | In the starkest expression so far of the choice he believes the country faces tomorrow , the Labour leader portrayed the NHS as a benchmark of civilisation that would be threatened by a fourth Tory term . |
| 18 | The " Paris Club " of industrialized creditor countries would write down rescheduled debt by two-thirds instead of one-third ; they would deal with the total debt of an eligible country in one operation instead of in one-year maturities ; interest payments would be capitalized for the first five years of rescheduling , with debt repayments linked to the debtor nation 's export capacity ; and the repayment period would be extended from 14 to 25 years . |
| 19 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 20 | CHRISTO VAN RENSBURG , one of the world 's leading doubles players , went on court at the Albert Hall yesterday believing he would be competing for the last time in the official season-ending doubles championship . |
| 21 | Elaborating later at a news conference , Mr Levy said Mr Shamir had assured him in writing that he would retain his positions as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister , and one of his followers would be named to the next Likud-led government . |
| 22 | It was a potent stimulator for our technical people , not just for the marginal improvements from our operating experience which would be built into the next plant , but to look for the major change in thinking which alone would put us ahead of the competition . |
| 23 | The eligibility age for state pensions would be raised over the next decade from 60 to 65 for men and from 55 to 60 for women . |
| 24 | The Transport Secretary , Mr Cecil Parkinson , announced yesterday that BR grants would be cut by a third from £516 million to £345 million by 1992/93 and that BR plans to shed 1,000 jobs a year up to March 1994 . |
| 25 | Postmasters could , and did , ensure that priority was given to the letter advising of these developments which was intended for their own particular political friend in London , and that his enemies ' letters would be delayed until the next post . |
| 26 | The plenum , which was described as " stormy " , decided that a formal CPSU stance on the question of CPL independence would be adopted at the next central committee plenum ( scheduled for late January but subsequently deferred until February ) , to be based on assessments made as a result of Gorbachev 's visit to Lithuania . |
| 27 | However , with an analogue signal , distortion and noise which are inevitably introduced by the repeater would be amplified by the next one together with the signal itself . |
| 28 | They would be routed for the second time in their existence , and their slaves — the people — would be set free and return to fight with God against them ! |
| 29 | He said the scheme would be reviewed over the next year to assess how it integrates with the work of other agencies , such as community health services and social services . |
| 30 | I would say that they were accurate when they were produced and there produced on the basis of accuracy at the time and they would be reviewed after the first financial period |