Example sentences of "that would [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The review seemed to think that the swinging Sixties contained a readership , among others , that would be shocked by the novel 's candour and scabrousness about sex — ‘ no doubt he has touched himself on the raw . |
| 2 | She begins by recalling a remark made to her a long time ago by Larkin , about difficulties encountered in his private life — a remark which consisted of a joke to do with ‘ the impossibility of relations between men and women ’ , followed by the notion that ‘ women ought really to marry each other ’ , followed by ‘ but that would be wrong , would n't it ? ’ |
| 3 | I did n't think even that would be very interesting , but I liked the idea of old Peter having to bend himself for once . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Choose to think that would be a reason for sending old Jack into the next world if you like , ’ she said . |
| 5 | ‘ That would be nice , thank you , ’ I said . |
| 6 | ‘ Ooh , that would be lovely . |
| 7 | That would be nice . ’ |
| 8 | That would be ideal , would n't it ? |
| 9 | ‘ No , thank you — that would be very nice . |
| 10 | ‘ That would be very nice . |
| 11 | That would be really useful , I think . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That would be lovely , thank you . |
| 13 | ‘ Yes , ’ said Lucy , ‘ That would be nice . |
| 14 | ‘ That would be nice . ’ |
| 15 | And she sort of sniffed and said , really shaky , fun ? that would be nice . |
| 16 | Now that would be an adventure . |
| 17 | But that would be a strictly literary question ; and it 's for raising quite other questions that this book is momentous and irreplaceable . |
| 18 | ‘ That would be a decision Mr Kinnock would take at the time , ’ Mr Mandelson declared loftily . |
| 19 | One might , as I usually do with one of his novels , quarrel mildly about his formal devices ; but that would be an irrelevant vanity . |
| 20 | One variation on that would be to increase the constituency share according to the national increase in membership — so constituencies would have 30 per cent of the vote on a membership of 300,000 ( as now ) but would get an extra 1 per cent of the vote for every 30,000 increase in national membership . |
| 21 | As for fears of a recession , he said that would be avoided if business and industry kept a firm grip on their costs , particularly wages . |
| 22 | Big crime ‘ puts wee jobs ’ like suspected prostitution ‘ in the shade here , its not like they 're killing anybody , unless they 've got AIDS , and then I suppose that would be suicide ’ ( FN 30/7/87 , pp. 17–18 ) . |
| 23 | With that final remark he would go into a huff and that would be the end of the conversation . |
| 24 | No longer therefore , apparently , can we have one minister for health services and one minister for social payments ; but that would be more sensible , all the same . |
| 25 | If a band 's young manager could come to me with an independently produced EP , with live circuit work pulling good crowds , success in merchandising T-shirts , and evidence of media interest , that would be a fantastic beginning . |
| 26 | We 'd stock up the shelves and by the middle of the afternoon all that would be left would be size 14s in puce and some size fives that maybe a girl would pop in and buy for a party just before we shut . |
| 27 | Maggie would not close her eyes , because that would be cheating , but she shortened her focus so that it rested precisely on the window-panes , and although they were not dirty and the moonbeams seemed to shine straight through them , they were there . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , that would be very nice . |
| 29 | ‘ That would be too much , ’ he said . |
| 30 | And you had the impression he knew that would be the case as he raced down Jefferson Avenue for the first time . |