Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Paddy Ashdown had ordered his troops to oppose Mr Major the result would have been 300 votes to 335 against the Government — the most crushing defeat for a Prime Minister in modern times . |
| 2 | The only place for his desk would have been opposite mine , with the light over his left shoulder . |
| 3 | It is a so it 's a complex set of interrelationships we 're looking at er on a sub-regional basis , I do believe that there is capacity , some capacity around the inner area of York , and to what extent the greenbelt enquiry er inspector will retain what I and others and certainly York City Council would believe is sufficient capacity remains to be seen , and though similar pleas were made at that enquiry I think they have to be restated here . |
| 4 | A booking would have been sufficient punishment . |
| 5 | Besides , filling hot water bottles was not man 's work — fetching coal , sawing wood , even opening a bottle of wine would have been suitable occupations for Rupert to be discovered in , but not this . |
| 6 | Clearly there 's sexual interaction or social interaction between men and women that one person would decide is sexual harassment and another would n't . |
| 7 | A purist could argue that it was class and function that set these store owners up for assault , but on the streets , in the full fury of those 48 hours , stretching from the mid-afternoon Wednesday verdict in Simi Valley , any Korean would have been fair game . |
| 8 | However , despite this evidence , prosecution would have been political suicide since the defendants might have argued that civil servants and certain government ministers knew of the oil sanctions-busting arrangements and therefore the company considered their actions , although technically illegal , were informally condoned by governmental officials . |
| 9 | A short-term contract would have been ideal experience . ’ |
| 10 | This route would have been wishful thinking to the classical organic chemist hut the reaction proceeds readily in the presence of rhodium , one of the rarest metals , and of iodine , which act together as a catalyst system . |
| 11 | Bearing in mind the provocation , and the fact that the offender had to face the prospect of being sentenced a second time , the sentence was far too lenient , and a proper sentence would have been two years ' immediate imprisonment : that sentence would be substituted . |
| 12 | The consequence was that , deducting three years from eight , the proper sentence would have been five years : that sentence would be imposed . |
| 13 | The correct sentence would have been nine months ' detention in a young offender institution , and that sentence would be substituted . |
| 14 | For my experience would have been this way no matter how other experiences might or might not have been . |
| 15 | The standard security measure would have been second nature to me , on leaving any planet , if I had n't been burdened with so may excitements and anxieties . |
| 16 | To have taken on the world in that state would have been political suicide . |
| 17 | For them , the primary concern would have been dynastic legitimacy — the installation on the throne of Israel of her rightful king and , when that failed , perpetuation of the royal bloodline intact . |
| 18 | ‘ Our daughter would have been 29 years old when this person will be walking the streets again , ’ said 51-year-old Norman Squire at his home in Arundel , West Sussex . |
| 19 | Thin layer chromatography ( TLC ) is considered in some detail ; although paper chromatography and electrophoresis would have been useful additions . |
| 20 | ‘ The court sees no ground for saying that , for present purposes , it makes the slightest difference whether under the old law the offence would have been false pretences or larceny by a trick . |
| 21 | It is true that it would make no difference whether under the old law the offence would have been false pretences or larceny by a trick , provided the charge was laid under section 15(1) . |
| 22 | In 1980 , with interest rates as high as 20% and an 8% required reserve , the implicit cost of issuing a domestic CD would have been 174 basis points ( 20%/0.92=21.74% ) . |
| 23 | A penalty would have been sufficient punishment . |
| 24 | Moreover , Mary had a matter of her own to digest which at any other time would have been sufficient preoccupation . |