Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] would be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The court will read the words of a contract by understanding the words used in their ordinary meaning , except where that would be absurd in the context . |
| 2 | it was just more or less They they certainly would n't have food or anything like that I think it was just more or less the supplier or That would be |
| 3 | It is reasonable to assume , therefore , that there would be a residue of canine stock , who for one reason or another would be deemed unsuitable to die for the perverted pleasure of the gloating Roman nobility . |
| 4 | If the single market is to be effective , companies must be able to provide goods or services across state lines without setting up agencies , branches or subsidiaries where this would be superfluous , and without being subjected to more burdensome rules in the host state than are absolutely necessary . |
| 5 | If an order is made , a person is not to be compelled to give evidence where this would be prejudicial to the security of the United Kingdom ; here again , a certificate of the Secretary of State is conclusive |
| 6 | Unlike a share sale , where this would be financial assistance ( CA 1985 , s151 ) there are no company law objections to such security . |
| 7 | A witness summons should not be issued to compel the attendance of a child witness where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party to the proceedings ( R v Birmingham CC , ex pP [ 1991 ] 1 WLR 221 ) . |
| 8 | The court will not however compel his attendance by issue of a witness summons where this would be oppressive or damaging to the child 's welfare to an extent which would outweigh the legitimate interest of any other party ( Butler-Sloss LJ in R v Birmingham CC , ex pP , cited above ) . |
| 9 | Having external angles equal to internal opposites follows from being a figure of three lines , but is no more a part of that idea than being yellow or malleable would be part of a detailed idea of the corpuscular constitution of gold . |
| 10 | Each week , a comedian from the '50s or '60s would be wheeled in for cameo relief ( eg Jimmy Jewel , Peggy Mount , Arthur English ) as a cantankerous alcoholic old patient , and you were guaranteed one horrifying accident per 60 minutes . |
| 11 | Any fewer would be ‘ disappointing ’ , said Colin , while four or more would be a bonus . |
| 12 | Erm probably about sort of four or five would be ideal but we can see what we can do with about maybe three or something like that . |
| 13 | Two , three , four or five would be simple times . |
| 14 | Possibly 30 or 40 would be more reasonable on a routine experience ’ . |
| 15 | That Beveridge viewed the elderly with a notable lack of sympathy is evident in the few telling phrases which appeared in the final draft of August 1942 but were left out of the published Report : to give full subsistence pensions ‘ as a birthday present ’ to an individual attaining the age of 60 or 65 would be ‘ reprehensible extravagance ’ which was ‘ wholly unjustifiable ’ . |
| 16 | 1 ) The 4 023 can be direct or indirect injection depending on the original engine application 2 ) You connect the brake servo to the exhauster pump fitted to the front of the engine 3 ) Your radiator , if in good condition , is perfect for the diesel 4 ) The brakes and suspension as fitted to the 2.6 are fine 5 ) One fuel filter and water trap are sufficient on the fuel system unless operating the vehicle in a very dirty environment where two would be required |
| 17 | The only times you were allowed to double up — that 's two beats together — down Scotland Road , say , where two would be allowed together , until they 'd cleared the street after the pubs had been let out . |
| 18 | The cuisine of France has contributed so much to the culinary traditions of the world that to attempt to summarise all that is good about French cooking in the space of a page or two would be impossible . |
| 19 | It 's alright at Although I 'd two brothers , on or two would be away from home from home at the s the same time . |
| 20 | Craddock in a year or two would be retiring and he would need a replacement . |
| 21 | To know with certainty whether one 's life had been considered good or bad would be a comfort , but even more satisfying would be to find there in the book the answers to the little unsolved mysteries of everyday life ; to read what really happened clearly and truly , like a watchmaker who opens the little door in the front of a grandfather clock and looks inside . |
| 22 | That was a general possibility and there was no reason to suppose that that would be the conclusion . |
| 23 | But , somehow , he sensed that that would be an uphill battle . |
| 24 | ‘ I suppose , ’ Hawkins said , ‘ that that would be what one might call the grand-daddy of them all ? ’ |
| 25 | The head said that that would be the case and that Balbinder would stay for as long as he needed their help . |
| 26 | TI blames itself for telling the newsletter that that would be the ‘ average price for 1993 ’ because it forgot to factor in the industry practice of constantly repricing in the face of better yields . |
| 27 | And everybody knew that that would be a great journey . |
| 28 | I respectfully agree with the judge that that would be an inappropriate way of achieving the result which clearly ought to be achieved , which is that a child abducted in the way this little boy was should be able to return home pending a decision as to whether he lives with his father or with his mother . |
| 29 | It seems to me that that would be a very anomalous and inconvenient result . |
| 30 | It seems to me that that would be wholly inappropriate — it would involve further analysis of the history relating to the local authority 's care of these children and that , I think , can be in the interests of no one , certainly not of the children . |