Example sentences of "would [be] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.

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1 The definition of insider dealing would be expanded to include those contemplating a takeover bid as well as people using inside information .
2 Should you succeed in becoming a planner you would be helping to create these parameters .
3 Er now let me ask the Planners whether they see that as the way in which they would be trying to operate this policy through the local plan .
4 It was a practical certainty that he would be trying to raise more loans long before these were ever repaid .
5 Whoever wrote it or designed those basic garments knew that you would be struggling to learn all you could in the shortest possible time and that to give you concise diagrams and stitch and row numbers would cut down any need for extra calculations by you .
6 They would be looking to gain some practical advantage — promotion or extra pay . ’
7 I would be tempted to introduce some other species of Lionfish , which make ideal tank companions .
8 They would be bound to see such a use as virtual expropriation , without compensation .
9 The incorporation of the European Convention into British law would mean that British judges would be bound to consider these principles when making their judgements .
10 You 're being silly , she told herself ; a man as attractive as Luke Denner would be bound to have many women in his life , any number of girlfriends ; had n't she schooled herself into thinking this at least a hundred times — ever since that very first meeting , ever since he had dragged her unceremoniously into that small , chaste bedroom , ever since he had made love to her ?
11 ‘ A psychologist would be asked to attend all such purchases to ensure that no child is placed under any pressure . ’
12 During the visits of the programme monitors , the mothers would be asked to prepare some LGS , a sample of which was collected and taken to a laboratory where the concentration of sodium ions was measured .
13 So it was agreed that they would re-assemble to confirm their peace compact at Mirebeau and that the rebels would be invited to attend this meeting .
14 Since the play is by Shakespeare , the critical policy has been to assume the tragedy must be of the first stature and , therefore , the play would be written to support this revelation of interiority .
15 More research would be needed to substantiate that claim .
16 To increase foreign investment the government in March 1991 announced that foreign firms would be permitted to repatriate all profits , but that only firms investing more than $2,800,000 would be permitted to retain the three-year tax exemption previously enjoyed by all foreign firms .
17 If this happened , sales staff would be encouraged to give more attention to tailoring insurance savings plans to the long-term needs of the customer .
18 So the presumption that they would be allowed to do that 's wrong , I , I do n't think that should do it .
19 ‘ I thought I would be allowed to do some of the stunts but the insurance company cut me out . ’
20 They were judged on the criteria laid down by the EC Directive — that they should be unbiased , should properly examine alternatives , and should detail the measures that would be taken to mitigate any environmental damage .
21 Under normal circumstances , understudies would be expected to attend all the rehearsals to familiarise themselves with the production , but , because Alex and Charles knew the play so well , they were given a dispensation to take most of the first week off , which would save both them and their replacements the embarrassment of the early stumbling rehearsals while the newcomers were trying to memorise the lines .
22 If so , the conductivity of the rock at high pressures would be expected to mirror that of carbon .
23 ‘ If nitrate does , indirectly , cause cancer , it will be the long-term average that matters and the effect of any increase in cancer rates would be expected to take many years to become apparent …
24 Pools with the detritus would be expected to harbour more fish , but then predation from the belted kingfisher , Ceryle alcyon , increases .
25 If this was the case new reports would be expected to include fewer recent infections and the average age of people with newly diagnosed HIV infection and the proportion symptomatic at the time of the HIV-1 test would rise .
26 It is clear that established units ( i.e. those with established senses ) are more central than unestablished ones : an ideal dictionary would be expected to define all the established senses within each lexeme .
27 In our work , however , the carbon-bearing granulite samples have a higher porosity ( Table 1 ) and friable nature , and would be expected to lose much of their porosity , with associated loss of conductivity , when even small pressures are applied .
28 In most cases a man earning £300 per week would be expected to spend more than the man earning £100 per week , and so the transactions demand should be larger for the former .
29 People may , for example , be referred by general practitioners , who would be expected to provide any relevant information .
30 Children with health or developmental problems may need a higher standard of parental care and a reasonable parent would be expected to provide this .
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