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

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1 In the absence of controversy about the institution of monarchy , one might expect that the consensual British attitude would be one of unthinking acceptance .
2 Violet next door to me , who I help sometimes rake over her allotment , is eighty-five years old , and if one was to draw a graph of her life from 0–85 , it would be one of unremitting poverty .
3 The charge nowadays would be one of attempted theft where the accused intended to steal anything of value or anything in a container such as a pocket , holdall or room .
4 This model would obviously allow for contradiction and divergence but would be one of mobile equilibrium with positive indications .
5 The post would be one of real partnership with Christian Aid .
6 If you are thinking of feeding a composite source into the monitor , from a video recorder say , then the problem would be one of matching scan rates as well and this does get complicated .
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