Example sentences of "[conj] would be [verb] for " in BNC.

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1 Four months ' observations of QB 1 reveal an orbit that would be expected for a Kuiper-belt object , although there is still considerable uncertainty in the eccentricity .
2 Jacques Devraux and his son were waiting beside a baggage truck that was already loaded with the rest of their hunting equipment , and leaving their sons to stand watch , the two men disappeared into the shadowy interior of the market to haggle over a purchase of several hundred pounds of salt and arsenical soap that would be used for drying and preserving the hides of animals they hoped to shoot .
3 The amount of luck that would be required for this feat is unthinkable , and has been used as a telling mind-boggler by Isaac Asimov and others .
4 There are of course exceptions of those who are neither councillors nor magistrates er and are prepared to do these jobs , but there are n't very many in relation to er the numbers of people that would be required for this sort of task and there are many other activities for which there are required , like school governors who like helping on various health bodies and er they have n't got the time to do them all , and if they have , they probably are n't suitable , because I have to my Lords that a lord of people who volunteer for these sorts of tasks and I have experience of them are n't people that locally we would like to have sitting on these various bodies and we have to discourage them one way and another .
5 Let me put it another way , if we lived in a magic world , and were n't having things like essays and package deals together , and any officer was being asked to forecast the money that would be needed for the sensible and , and virile implementation of five B , would you arrive at a figure of about thirty thousand pounds or not ?
6 The instruments that would be needed for communicating echo pictures are no more sophisticated than the instruments that both bats and dolphins already have for echolocating in the first place .
7 in fact that would be catered for by other provisions because erm under the directive on choice , any individual has a right to er say that they would like to go to a particular home .
8 The 1.9:1 difference in the amount of perceived depth for the two simulated viewing distances when both vertical and horizontal perspective cues were present is very much less than would be required for complete depth constancy .
9 Therefore , if we are to find out what linguistic variation means to in-group members and how it functions in the community , much more prior observation and analysis is needed than would be required for better described varieties .
10 Even in this strict condition , signers performed better than would be expected for two unrelated spoken languages .
11 Candidates for the 79 National Assembly seats had to be over 25 and would be elected for five years .
12 She says she is open to a book on any theme and would be looking for stories to reflect the multicultural nature of society , where this is appropriate .
13 She says she is open to a book on any theme and would be looking for stories to reflect the multicultural nature of society , where this is appropriate .
14 He was going out and would be engaged for the following few days .
15 A police spokesman said driver Patrick Watson , 28 , of Fleet House , Thorntree , who left the scene , had been traced and would be reported for possible summons .
16 To help fund the increases in social spending , representing 38.2 per cent of the total budget , value added tax would be raised and would be introduced for the first time on all foodstuffs .
17 The United States Secretary of State James Baker had previously announced that the Japanese contribution had been offered without precondition and would be used for military purposes , but within hours of Kaifu 's pledge the US State Department indicated that it had no objection to such a restriction .
18 One package will address the common queries and concerns which many women have upon experiencing this event , and would be designed for women who have just had a miscarriage to read in their own time .
19 The cane distaff is not unusual and would be required for spinning flax .
20 Other sales which were planned but would be delayed for various reasons were those of Coalcorp , the former state coal mining operation ; Landcorp , which administered government buildings and land ; and Electricorp , which operated the power stations and the national grid .
21 However , as shown in Fig. 5 , there is an apparent inhibition of transcription following UV irradiation ( Fig. 5 ; P-P ( u ) and B-P ( u ) ) , as would be expected for a trypanosome gene transcribed by a distant promoter .
22 It is as if each animal wears on its skin a giant fingerprint , with as much individuality as would be needed for personal recognition .
23 Suppose , next , that a catastrophe , which will wipe out life on this planet , threatens , and can only be prevented by an expenditure the same as would be needed for that capsule for the slug .
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