Example sentences of "would [adv] be [prep] [det] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it could be shown that , as some holists contend , those individual actions , decisions and choices which are appealed to in explanation , are themselves the causal outcomes of various larger states of social affairs , then individuals would not be of any special interest . |
| 2 | Obviously the car must contain some high-ranking officer , probably a general , who would not be at all pleased to find an important branch of M.I.9 in the process of closing itself down for the weekend early on a Saturday morning . |
| 3 | In this situation an international socialist conference demanding peace short of victory would not be at all helpful . |
| 4 | ‘ I am bitterly disappointed , for Aunt Emily says that it would not be at all proper for me to come to Trelorne and that I was very wrong to let you think that I might . |
| 5 | There was a blaze in her eyes that had not been there before and he could see at once that she would not be at all manageable . |
| 6 | It seems to me it would not be at all difficult to cheat . |
| 7 | It would not be at all difficult to imagine this person running from here to the farm and back again without pause for breath . |
| 8 | I would not be at all surprised if the story had been put out by Goreng or his superiors . |
| 9 | In a good year a gathering of twenty pounds would not be at all unusual of the largest and most succulent imaginable . |
| 10 | If the painter were to use the same intensity of blue for the sea both near and far then the effect would not be at all realistic . |
| 11 | If we did that , there would be much less of a problem and we would not be in such deep water with the European Commission . |
| 12 | Perhaps these people feel , as do members of the local communities , that the coastline would not be in such urgent need of ‘ protection ’ were it not for the imminent threat of creation of a housing development , larger than the existing village of Dirleton , adjacent to it . |
| 13 | ( If she were alive now , Lily thought , I would not be in this sorry mess … ) |
| 14 | Bob and I had all sorts of schemes for us all to meet , including asking you to come to Edinburgh as a halfway house , but we realised that actually that is rather more than halfway for you , and would n't be at all easy . |
| 15 | It is n't designed for high volume output , but I would n't be at all upset to have one adorning my desk . |
| 16 | I would n't be at all impressed with it . |
| 17 | You would n't be at all important to us . |
| 18 | " I would n't be at all surprised . |
| 19 | I have some very good leads on where these people might be , and I would n't be at all surprised if some of them were still alive . |
| 20 | I would n't be at all surprised if he insured you on his household policy along with his antiquities , paintings and Persian rugs . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Michael Stein hates James and I would n't be at all surprised if he had n't started a rumour like that himself . |
| 22 | Henry said that he would n't be at all surprised ; but Lettice need not be afraid as long as she stayed close to him . |
| 23 | His last remark to me was that if there was any jiggery-pokery about candles he would n't be at all surprised if Jefferson did n't have a hand in it . |
| 24 | I would n't be at all surprised to find them camping on your doorstep , once they get on to this story . |
| 25 | I would n't be at all surprised if it were too much to get finished in one day — which would mean that she 'd have to stay overnight . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I would n't be at all surprised if the road from here to the slopes is blocked by tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 27 | The speaker driver has now found its way onto many private BBS systems as well , and we would n't be at all surprised to see it popping up in shareware catalogues very soon . |
| 28 | It , it 's possible that the , the , the manning per hectare in this very rural county is lower than in central London , I would n't be at all surprised . |
| 29 | Despite his apparent desire , matching the sudden irrational flaring of her own treacherous libido , he still suspected her of having designs on the family fortune , and she would n't be at all surprised to discover that his attempt to kiss her just now had been a sort of test . |
| 30 | I would n't be at all surprised |