Example sentences of "would be [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And as for defence , ’ he went on , ‘ Britain would be defended by arms manufactured in Germany or France just as well as by arms manufactured in Britain , if this were necessary for good economic reasons . ’ |
| 2 | It had been decided sherry would be handled by McGee , supper by them both , port by McGee and coffee by them both . |
| 3 | Media freedom would be enhanced by legislation of the reforms proposed by the Faulks Committee , and even the statutory right of reply advocated by many media critics would be liberating if the exercise of that right were made contingent upon abandoning claims for libel damages . |
| 4 | Political consciousness of the public would be enhanced by recognition of the benefits of cooperation , then of the need for cooperative representation . |
| 5 | Perhaps it would be overhung by trees or shaded by nearby buildings . |
| 6 | The CTSP would be chaired by Lt.-Col. Amadou Toumani Touré , leader of the March 26 coup . |
| 7 | He shifted the blame down the line , remembering to ensure that their punishment was harsh enough so that it would be noted by Marshka . |
| 8 | With characteristically bad judgement , Charles now turned back to the Scots , with whom he made a secret treaty under which the Solemn League and Covenant would be confirmed by King and Parliament , and presbyterianism would be established in England for a limited period . |
| 9 | Cultural and social eons had passed , in effect , and William Titford himself , also an early Victorian , could never have predicted in his wildest nightmares that his death would be hastened by bombs dropping from the sky . |
| 10 | Many incident and accidents of this nature would be prevented by expert supervision on every flight . |
| 11 | Attacking North Down and Ards Community Unit , the Alliance member said no-one would be fooled by assurances that a new meals-on-wheels service , which is replacing the meals service currently provided by home helps , would lead to quality enhancement . |
| 12 | The groups would be defined by reference to subject matter ; eg public law , family law , contract and commercial law and so on . |
| 13 | As we saw above , for them one of the commonest mistakes of the crude materialism which they criticize is to think that men deal with the world simply as it is ; as it would be defined by physics or biology . |
| 14 | Those would be defined by ministers and might include welfare and housing advice and representation of students within the university or college . |
| 15 | Those would be defined by ministers and might include welfare and housing advice and representation of students within the university or college . |
| 16 | Anyone who suggested that his rise to fame was undeservedly achieved by nepotism and favouritism , would be referred by Beatty to a piece in Time magazine which read , ‘ With facial and vocal suggestion of Montgomery Clift and the mannerisms of James Dean , he is the latest in the line of hostile , moody , sensitive , self-conscious , bright , defensive , stuttering , self seeking and extremely talented actors who have become myths before they are thirty . ’ |
| 17 | If American think-tankers would find Germany odd , they would be floored by Japan — but would cock an interested eyebrow when they went to the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | Those returning for another year 's work would be admonished by Jonadab : ‘ Do n't be coming back in t'small hours . |
| 19 | By estimating how long after exposure such a surface would be colonised by lichens , scientists can calculate growth rate , and thus age , by measuring the lichens ’ present diameter . |
| 20 | Mike Sadler as navigator would travel in the centre and the whole formation would be led by Stirling himself . |
| 21 | In 1980 the Local Government , Planning and Land Act specified that all planning applications would be received by district councils . |
| 22 | The Brownings , it appeared were going to France , to some seaside place , in Brittany perhaps , where they would be joined by members of both their families , somewhere new , somewhere stimulating away from the tired attractions of Lucca . |
| 23 | ‘ Nothing would be served by divorce . ’ |
| 24 | If successful , 25 per cent of the population would be served by practices controlling their budgets . |
| 25 | Provided that the government acted efficiently , the result would be that the aggregate demand curve would not shift down : the tendency for it to do so would be offset by government action . |
| 26 | The new tax would be offset by tax cuts in other areas . |
| 27 | In the case of triazophos , the pesticide was normally found only in the top centimetre of the carrot and would be destroyed by cooking . |
| 28 | This would be detected by loops buried in the road at what are called key junctions and the data passed on to a computer which would issue the bills later . |
| 29 | Any ringing would be detected by transducers ( e.g. piezoelectric crystals ) which are mechanically connected to the bar . |
| 30 | Ace had warned her they would be leaving by helicopter , but where they would be going she had no idea . |