Example sentences of "would [verb] [prep] be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The evidence would need to be of positive performance ; that is , pupils taking the tests should have a high chance of success . |
| 2 | Also , he lived in Wales and therefore would need to be in frequent telephone contact with C.N.D. headquarters . |
| 3 | The metabolic expression of the thrifty genotype favouring non-insulin dependent diabetes would appear to be via selective tissue insulin resistance and relatively high basal and stimulated insulin concentrations . |
| 4 | This does not seem to me a very sensible strategy , because on the face of it these ideas would appear to be of potential relevance to pedagogic practice . |
| 5 | Although no country would choose to be without indigenous energy resources , a number of countries lacking access to significant gas , oil , or coal resources have avoided much of the divisive and damaging controversies which have afflicted successive UK governments in their efforts to make the best of being an island built of coal , surrounded by oil and gas and one of the pioneers of nuclear engineering . |
| 6 | In other words it would have to be job beneficial , it would have to be of strategic importance and and all those other things we 've been discussing . |
| 7 | To be worthwhile , any such conference would have to be of sufficient weight so that it could have a decisive effect on the ‘ official ’ international conferences — several of which had already taken place with the express purpose of reviewing the treaty , but which had succeeded in producing only confusion and bitterness . |
| 8 | In the main , larval control would have to be near perfect in its efficiency and to allow very few adults to survive . |
| 9 | Alkaline bile secretion is known to contribute significantly to duodenal protection against acid injury to a similar ( if not greater ) degree than pancreatic secretion and stimulation of biliary bicarbonate secretion during or before feeding would seem to be of physiological benefit . |
| 10 | They would seem to be of integral importance to any manager or coach handling black sportsmen , yet few theorize at any level other than the physiological or , more occasionally , the psychological . |
| 11 | And , since even rétro fashions evolve , the current rage would seem to be in equal measure for the gangrenous glamour of the Thirties gangster movie ( Miller 's Crossing , Dick Tracy , Bugsy ) and the clammy high-mindedness of the Sixties political biopic ( JFK , Ruby , Spike Lee 's Malcolm X , Danny de Vito 's Hoffa ) . |
| 12 | As it turned out , socket-teeth were a highly successful innovation , permitting a great improvement in chewing techniques ; one of many functional physiological adaptations that would prove to be of enormous survival value . |