Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] would [adv] be [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The future of our Northwich and St Helens breweries would inevitably be at risk .
2 With such dramatic ( for them ) technological advances , it was inevitable that furnishing fabrics would soon be on sale in the shops alongside the dress weights .
3 Democratic committee assignments would now be in the hands of an executive committee of the caucus , a re-styled Steering and Policy Committee chaired by the Speaker .
4 I have the feeling that if oil supplies were somehow caught up in the Yugoslavian position , an armed intervention force would already be in that country .
5 A town bobby would probably be on the radio straightaway .
6 Labour led by Mr Smith would apparently be on course for victory .
7 The rotor tips would then be on the point of breaking up and the mounting on the verge of shattering under the centrifugal force .
8 One of the ferry 's departure points would virtually be on her doorstep .
9 A few weeks later , FoE obtained a government document showing that some water supplies would now be in breach of the Drinking Water Directive until 31 December 2000 , and in some cases perhaps even longer .
10 Informally , the bank admits that if sterling was still in the ERM , the underlying rate of inflation could be down almost to zero now , but base rates would still be at 10 per cent , and the prospects for the economic growth and unemployment scarcely bear thinking about .
11 INSET staff would presumably be in a good position to carry out this role .
12 Where a child has been seriously and deliberately injured by his parents the court may consider that a care order would still be in his best interests although a suitable placement can not be found immediately .
13 He was n't sure the police chief would still be in his office but the gravelly voice answered immediately .
14 Today , however , she was n't taking the familiar route up to the endocrine ward , with the familiar reluctant realisation that Deana Davenport would probably be on her shift .
15 If it were a perfect world the cable links into subscribers homes would also be of optical fibre , and upwards compatible in the future .
16 In any case , the Shetland spring would soon be upon us — and I would n't want to miss it .
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