Example sentences of "the [noun sg] would be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If turf which has long been mown , and the case would be the same with turf closely browsed by quadrupeds , be let to grow , the more vigorous plants gradually kill the less vigorous , though fully grown plants ; thus out of 20 species growing on a little plot of mown turf ( 3 feet by 4 feet ) 9 species perished , from the other species being allowed to grow up freely ’ ( The Origin of Species ) . |
| 2 | Treurnicht rejected de Klerk 's view that the referendum would be the final test of white attitudes to the reform process . |
| 3 | Thus the decision would be the same today , if the facts of Helby v. Matthews ( a piano ) were again to come before the courts . |
| 4 | But the family solicitor said if the whole the happened again , as Jehovah 's Witnesses the decision would be the same , blood would be refused . |
| 5 | In 1980 , the owner approached a local architect , John Wharton , to provide him with a design that could be easily executed by direct labour and it was immediately apparent that exploitation of the high volume of the main east-west wing of the building would be the best way of obtaining the maximum accommodation . |
| 6 | We might say that we were going out ‘ into the light ’ , but here again the light would be the general environment within which we did everything else . |
| 7 | Were Britain to join the narrow rate band , the effect would be the same , and the economic dividend is there to see . |
| 8 | The wood would be the first to burn but you would n't feel much . |
| 9 | Side bets were made that the Lady would be the next to leave the board . |
| 10 | If he really wanted to keep this room a secret , having no window onto the outside would be the best way , surely ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But , inasmuch as before the search began the defendant told the plaintiff 's clerk that the charge would be the same whether he made extracts or had certified copies , and under that pressure the extracts were obtained , and it would have been most dishonourable for the party , after having got the extracts , to refuse to pay , the money so obtained may be recovered back . |
| 12 | Local authorities would decide the amount of this charge ; the charge would be the same for everyone and all adults would pay it . |
| 13 | So that erm I mean if I recommended a Norwich Union income plan , and you nipped into Nottingham to buy , the charge would be the same , whether you bought it from me or from Norwich . |
| 14 | So they they do they test for the for the hill would be the first thing . |
| 15 | The Bolivians had planned that the king would be the first to be given a coca leaf as he toured Expo , which has pavilions from 112 nations . |
| 16 | The consultant whom the client first met to discuss the assignment would be the same consultant who would undertake the work . |
| 17 | She said the price 'd be the same . |
| 18 | The Unwins who received the trophy , the cheque and the speeches from the president of the racecourse and the top brass of the Jockey Club ; whose memories of the day would be the sweetest . |
| 19 | The probe would be the first US craft to visit Mars since 1976 . |
| 20 | Its main principles would be : ( i ) Czechoslovakia would be a federative state consisting of the two sovereign and equal republics of the Czech Lands and Slovakia ; ( ii ) the two republics would be linked voluntarily by the free will of their citizens , as expressed in a joint declaration of coexistence ; ( iii ) the fundamental document of the state would be the federal constitution ; and ( iv ) all powers not explicitly given to the federation in the constitution would belong to the republics . |
| 21 | The cost to the state would be the same . |
| 22 | The Reporter would be the first person to whom any child referrals would be made . |
| 23 | I think there , again , the message would be the same . |
| 24 | And they used to come and give us the pattern , what the butler got to lay on the table ; the tea-service would be the same pattern as the tablecloth was . |
| 25 | and the format would be the same and you just have different names on the top here |
| 26 | If I went to South Africa with a British licence the situation would be the same for me , ’ said Derby-winning jockey John Reid . |
| 27 | She returned to the formal garden and paced its perimeter several times , counting her steps to see if the number would be the same on each circuit ; but it was n't . |
| 28 | If that is so , the end would be the same as I have reached by a more laborious , and perhaps more questionable route . ’ |
| 29 | She later found out that the bosses of the two companies had got together to work out which one of the couple would be the cheapest to sack . |
| 30 | Perhaps if we can parody the eight gramophone records , and ask the question , ‘ If you were cast away on a desert island , which eight plants would you wish to have with you ? ’ there is no doubt that the rose would be the first choice for most people . |