Sentence:  In any social system in which communications have an importance comparable with that of production and other human factors , a point like f in Figure 2 would ( other things being equal ) <WSD>be</WSD> the dwelling place for the community leader , while e and h would house the next most important citizens . 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun)