Example sentences of "would be [v-ing] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now would be her favoured time , now when the brothers would be gathering in the church for Compline . |
| 2 | ‘ I have been most of all impressed by the contention that removal to such an area would be damaging to the morale of journalists . ’ |
| 3 | It said that a strike would be damaging to the company and to its staff . |
| 4 | ACAS refused to recommend recognition partly because to do so would arouse strong opposition from the other unions with a risk of industrial action which would be damaging to the industry . |
| 5 | As I am constantly told by many who get in touch with me , uncertainty and delay would be damaging to the whole of the further and higher education sector . |
| 6 | ‘ I think it would be damaging for the economies of the community if we were unable to reach agreement . ’ |
| 7 | Instead , there was an announcement , accompanied by a great hoo-hah , that the authority and its 800 jobs would be moving to the bay . |
| 8 | Chainreaction ( as the Herald reported last week ) would be moving into the newly built extension , the cottage was being completely renovated and the centre was being used to nearly 90 percent of capacity . |
| 9 | The building of two council estates meant that large numbers of people would be moving into the area . |
| 10 | ‘ At least they would be moving along the road . |
| 11 | We would pay for accommodation , e.g. in a guest house or hotel but not the cost of meals as the Policyholder would be saving on the cost of food , cooking , etc . |
| 12 | Even Graham , one of the few members who had left home and lived in a flat , would be helping in the campaign , although he would not be voting Conservative , so much did he dislike the personality and politics of the local MP . |
| 13 | For millennia it was accepted that the Earth was at the centre of the Universe , despite all the contrary evidence , on the grounds that no other site would be fitting for the world on which the ‘ chosen ’ ( whatever their religion ) dwelt . |
| 14 | My earlier assertion that Hunslet would be leaving at the end of the season , now appears to have been a figment of my imagination , and from what i 've read over the last couple of days Leeds appear to be up ‘ shit creek ’ . |
| 15 | Three weeks later , it was announced that Sir Michael would be leaving at the end of the year , two months earlier than planned . |
| 16 | She glanced at the clock , it was barely eight thirty and the train would be leaving within the hour . |
| 17 | There was a smiling Chinese gentleman who cooked in the small forward dining car where the grooms , among others , would be eating , and an unsmiling Canadian who would be cooking in the main central dining car for the bulk of the racegoers and the crew themselves . |
| 18 | CLACTON knew they would be struggling at the weigh-in when they entertained Felixstowe in the first round of the Turner Cup and Inter Club Trophy . |
| 19 | The unity witnessed over the two days had been greater than he could ever have hoped for , and the remaining morning 's session of ‘ rounding up ’ would , he trusted , be rich in commitments on the part of participants concerning action each would be taking before the important international conference in Switzerland . |
| 20 | He drove for his life , knew that Curly Top would be screaming into the radio he carried over his shoulder , screaming for his storm-troopers to find and stop the Jeep . |
| 21 | The computer would be burbling away and the lights would be fluttering around the console . |
| 22 | He left her with the impression that he would be proceeding to the States . |
| 23 | Introduced to the children by headteacher Margaret Sutton , Mrs. Bulmer said she was pleased to be able to make the visit and presented the school with a tree , which she hoped the children would be planting in the garden . |
| 24 | The matter had been taken up with the Bank of Ireland and he would be recommending to the incoming Executive Committee that it should be referred to the Labour Court , on the basis that it is gross discrimination . |
| 25 | The West African temperature would be rising during the European spring ; the longer I took , the worse it would be at the end . |
| 26 | I would be grateful if you could inform me of the person in your department who would be dealing with the register of Wildlife Sites . |
| 27 | First of all nursery schools would be dealing with the County Council on a different basis from the vast of , of the schools population and that will give rise to anomalies and complications which would be undesirous and secondly there might be problems particularly if they are considering expanding nursery provision between nursery schools and nursery classes in primary schools . |
| 28 | She had signed a contract and besides , why should she pass up six weeks ' apprenticeship with a top-flight designer because she and Nicolo Sabatini would be living in the same city ? |
| 29 | If the situation were reversed , women would be protesting outside the court . |
| 30 | Otherwise people would be jumping over the Television Tower . ’ |