Example sentences of "would [adv] be [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Launching a business with redundancy pay carried considerable financial risks , while training would only be of lasting value if there was a real job at the end of it . |
| 2 | ‘ The overall view is that much improvement can be made in these guides , which at present would only be of marginal use to a student . |
| 3 | I remind my hon. Friend the Minister , who has Scottish ancestry , that to upset large numbers of railway enthusiasts in Scotland would not be of additional help to the Conservative party north of the border . |
| 4 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |
| 5 | In the case of Scottish and Northern Irish solicitors , application would not be for overseas lawyer status but for full membership of the Society . |
| 6 | Henceforth ‘ industry ’ and ‘ art ’ would always be in symbiotic struggle , within popular as well as elite genres . |
| 7 | The Producer would still be in overall charge , but his or her role was now far more strategic than tactical . |
| 8 | Reminding her that she would still be in full control at all times , I asked her whether it was not worth trying the technique to see what happened . |
| 9 | This did not take place , however , because schools would be required to go through the process at different times and such training would probably be of limited value for schools which were not to undertake an appraisal for some time . |
| 10 | It would also be of great interest to learn about the distinctive experiences and initiatives taking place across the rest of the UK . |
| 11 | If it were a perfect world the cable links into subscribers homes would also be of optical fibre , and upwards compatible in the future . |
| 12 | This would be the first stage of an overland communication with India ; and it would also be of immense advantage for Britain 's trade with Europe , valuable to all parties . |
| 13 | Integrating some of the Public Schools in the way proposed would eventually cost about £12m. each year , and £6.1m. in the short term : these plans would now be in open competition with the proposals of the Newsom and Plowden Reports , at a time when severe economies were being applied to public expenditure . |
| 14 | Certainly there seemed little point in giving either side the initial advantage ; invasion by one might be precipitated by an agreement with the other , and if Germany and the USSR came to blows , it would inevitably be on Polish soil . |
| 15 | It would undoubtedly be of great benefit to future scholars working in this field if the College were to create a central repository of classified material on a sector of education of which it is , after all , a not insignificant part . |
| 16 | Thus , an agreement to get drunk would doubtless be against public policy , but an agreement to refrain from doing so would be sufficient consideration for a return promise . |