Example sentences of "would be [verb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think it would be damaging for the economies of the community if we were unable to reach agreement . ’ |
| 2 | He was going out and would be engaged for the following few days . |
| 3 | Silently praying she would be forgiven for the lie , she gave a small shrug . |
| 4 | The Christian view of life , death and afterlife as a continuum not only supplied a happy ending to the human story , but could also ‘ justify God 's ways to man ’ , in so far as the good man would be rewarded for a well-spent life , even if it seemed to have been dogged by misfortune . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Such a long passage without any breathing spaces would be trying for a single player , who would have to fit in an intake of breath where the phrasing breaks . |
| 7 | Surely those politicians , members of royalty , athletes or anyone who wishes to make a clarifying statement should have sufficient intelligence to appreciate that the media-kings of speculation can not only guess what the content of the future announcement will be , but can make it so much more interesting by speculating on the response , plus the reaction to the response by the person who probably intended to say the opposite to what the ‘ experts ’ had been speculating would be said for the past 48 hours . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | It would n't matter now what she , Dinah , did ; Robert Asshe would be hoping for an heir from the new wife , the young girl who could n't act . |
| 10 | Then , too , there were those who opposed enclosure because there was no guarantee that any open spaces would be reserved for the public benefit ; and , as things stood , the slum-dweller in Nottingham could at least walk in the adjacent fields and get some fresh air . |
| 11 | On arrival he finds that the room which Mr Careless had confirmed would be reserved for the family has been double-booked . |
| 12 | Mobutu remained head of state , but Tshisekedi insisted that he would control the army and that no special area of power would be reserved for the President . |
| 13 | He pointed out that under the proposals an extra 42 places would be reserved for the disabled in Abbot 's Yard , near High Row and Skinnergate . |
| 14 | e.g. tenant has installed a fitted kitchen — this would be covered for the perils listed under the ‘ Insurance for your liability as a tenant ’ section of the policy . |
| 15 | The number was extremely complicated so realising that completion would take some time , he took out advertisements a year before of the first performance and announced that bookings would be accepted for the unseen act . |
| 16 | Even one so buttoned-down as Senator Al Gore trembles to consider that if he made a full-out run at Pennsylvania Avenue , every part of his private life would be scrutinized for the sort of improprieties that cause lips to purse out on the Plains . |
| 17 | Nobody would be looking for a runaway lad . |
| 18 | ‘ I said after the European Championships I would be looking for a much more settled squad , ’ said Taylor . |
| 19 | Sailors from off the boats would be looking for a good time and public bars would resound to the sound of many voices . |
| 20 | That way , it would seem like someone gone mad — everyone would be looking at the sniper , no-one would be looking for a motive . |
| 21 | can I just just pursue that you said said so the if you embarked on another scenario , and you said that the only way in which extra over , that beyond the figure proposed by the County Council , would be by way of a new settlement , I 'm sort of transgressing my own ground rules here , I know that Ryedale has expressed support for the principle of a new settlement , are you saying that you would be looking for a new settlement , possibly in Ryedale ? |
| 22 | We would be looking for a new settlement in the best location around Greater York . |
| 23 | Who 'd have guessed at the start of the season that within a handful of games Oxford United would be looking for a new manager … |
| 24 | Who 'd have guessed at the start of the season that within a handful of games Oxford United would be looking for a new manager … |
| 25 | Skipper Alan Kernaghan said the team would be looking for a top ten place next season . |
| 26 | And they would be looking for a bed for the night and it would be in the old hay shed that we would put them but there would n't be a problem . |
| 27 | you would be looking for an abortion so people , |
| 28 | Since Leith would be looking for an employer too — a new employer — she made enquiries , and soon secured an interview for the job of contracts officer with a small firm in London called Ardis & Co . |
| 29 | The taxi , when it came back to the street , would be crawling because the driver would be looking for the number . |
| 30 | At a time when many middle-class voters would be looking for the party that would best defend them from Labour , this Conservative strength would be of vital importance . |