Example sentences of "would [be] [verb] at [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In February 1991 Laos signed an agreement with the Soviet Union under which future trade with the Soviet Union would be calculated at world market prices , with payment in hard currency . |
| 2 | It is supposed to be the boring part of the journey and if the train were on time would be crossed at night . |
| 3 | It would be imposed at source , on fossil fuels , and would not hit the development of renewables — wind , wave and solar power , in particular . |
| 4 | The outcome would be decided at Labour 's autumn conference , by an electoral college of MPs , trades unions and constituency parties . |
| 5 | Moreover , Soviet oil deliveries would be charged at world prices rather than the current pricing system based on a five-year rolling average . |
| 6 | It was reported in the Army newspaper Ulaan Od in February 1990 that a new defence law would be drafted and the national service law renewed ; more officers would be trained at home and fewer abroad . |
| 7 | A gamble or a bet or wager was a way of life to the men of the village , and often a wager would be made at work or whilst drinking in the local . |
| 8 | In this way boredom would be kept at bay ; and universities might have some notion of the especial talents of some of their candidates . |
| 9 | That way Eleanor would be kept at bay and , after all , the chance of anyone else looking him up was extremely remote . |
| 10 | The United States wished to secure a transitional period in which limited American military and economic aid would be extended to south Korea in the hope that the communists would be kept at bay , at least for a decent interval . |
| 11 | To save industrial costs surplus labour would be relocated , predominantly to the agricultural sector ; if this was not possible people would be kept at work but on 60 per cent of their former salary . |
| 12 | Although the actual number of hours of low-level flying would not be increased , the introduction of the Harrier GR7 aircraft with night-flight radar meant that a greater percentage of the total would be conducted at night . |
| 13 | In these smaller waters , the miller could work by day and his mill-pond would be replenished at night . |
| 14 | Now the driver of the car had been traced and in a few minutes would be appearing at committal proceedings in the Magistrates ' Court on charges of dangerous driving , failing to report an accident , and failing to stop at the scene of an accident . |
| 15 | Few doctors would be needed at night by the family health services authority , and only a small proportion ( less than 1% ) of all patients ' contacts with general practitioners would be affected . |
| 16 | All but six of these students would be studying at university . |
| 17 | The proposals required the removal of 579,000 cubic metres of soft silty material , of which 349,000 cubic metres would be dumped at sea . |
| 18 | Economic agreements signed at the heads of state summit included a clause on maintaining the rouble as a common currency for trade between republics ( which would be pursued at world prices ) , while still leaving republics the option to introduce their own currencies . |
| 19 | We could equip them with two-way radios , but they would be confiscated at road checks . |
| 20 | They are paid to compensate for any additional costs incurred in paying for accommodation in the overseas location over and above that which would be incurred at home . |
| 21 | I would be sitting at home , and suddenly the telephone would go : ‘ You mother-fucking crook , you 've sent lots of pictures abroad . |
| 22 | They can be teamed up with an additional pair of short curtains hanging above them which would be drawn at night , thus giving a tiered effect . |
| 23 | On these occasions I would be awakened at night by a gurgling sucking noise reminiscent of a saliva ejector of gargantuan size . |
| 24 | In 1004 Henry II ordered a halt in his campaign in Italy so that no Christian blood would be shed at Easter . |
| 25 | Indeed , the coal industry as a whole would be put at risk through premature shutdown of the opencast sector . |
| 26 | Is he aware that renationalising water would cost the taxpayer £8 billion and that the whole of this investment programme would be put at risk ? |
| 27 | They know that all that would be put at risk if there were the prospect of a Labour Government . |
| 28 | The British , however , were determined to make the most of any argument or " agreement " to protect their " independent " deterrent , especially as Macmillan — quite apart from any strategic calculation — insisted that his own political position and that of his government would be put at risk if Britain were deprived of this great-power symbol . |
| 29 | Measles is particularly sensitive to the nutritional status of the victim ; which helps explain its decline and also its marked social class gradient ; in 1931 mortality from measles in social class V was 20 times that of children in social class I. The fall in family size probably helped the decline of this and other childhood diseases ; fewer younger and vulnerable siblings would be infected at home by playground infections brought home by older children ( Gale 1959 ) . |
| 30 | Second , and perhaps in conjunction with the above , vouchers would be distributed at club and district games . |