Example sentences of "[pron] would [adv] be [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I have in mind the fact that it was not seriously disputed , at any stage during the election , that eight out of 10 families would gain as a result of Labour 's tax and spending proposals ; and yet a number of people who would undoubtedly be beneficiaries of what we were proposing appear not to have recognised that . ’ |
| 2 | Along with scores of authors of whom he had never heard he found forgotten friends : Hugh Walpole , John Galsworthy , and the redoubtable Mazo de la Roche , captivator of millions who would now be devotees of TV soap … |
| 3 | In this first part of Language in Popular Fiction Nash introduces an interesting narrative device , that of defeating the reader 's expectancies by presenting excerpts from serious literature in those parts of the analysis where there would normally be examples from popfiction . |
| 4 | Third , there would frequently be discrepancies between the meanings of sentences with a predicate qualifier and " fuller versions " when it is replaced by a clause ; for example , consider : ( 31 ) the jury found Ernest guilty the jury found Ernest ; Ernest was guilty ( 32 ) Alastair likes his beef tea strong Alastair likes his beef tea ; his beef tea is strong In the latter case , for instance , there may not be any strong beef tea at all ; the point of uttering the sentence may be to complain about that very point . |
| 5 | There would also be problems with the EC if more authority was devolved from Westminster to Brussels . |
| 6 | There would also be problems with more than three space dimensions . |
| 7 | There would also be limits on coverage of uninsured deposits of more than $100,000 , as a means of reducing taxpayer exposure to losses from wealthy individuals holding multiple accounts and to deter risk taking ; in future uninsured deposits would only be covered by the FDIC if this was the least costly measure , and in rare cases of high risk by the Treasury and Federal Reserve . |
| 8 | There would also be arguments concerning which ailments should be covered by the terms of private schemes . |
| 9 | Dorothea Wilms , minister for intra-German affairs , and Oscar Lafontaine , Social Democrat prime minister of the Saarland ventured to hope that there would soon be changes in East Germany despite the fact that its leader , had not shown the slightest inclination to budge during the 40th anniversary celebrations and talks with the Soviet president . |
| 10 | Were the cells circular , there would inevitably be gaps between the walls of one cell and the next . |
| 11 | There would always be critics who would see it all as a carrot to attract the donkey . |
| 12 | The duty operated in the real world in which there would always be obstacles to giving every shade of opinion equal air time . |
| 13 | First , that it operates in the real world where there would always be obstacles to giving every shade of opinion equal air time . |
| 14 | While there would always be problems of this nature in town centres , he wrote : ‘ I feel bound to say that , in my view , there is no need for the introduction of such a bylaw in Colchester . ’ |
| 15 | He knew that by-and-by , when they were ripe , they would drop down into the ground ; there they would keep soft and warm for a while , then they would grow into more plants , with seeds , so there would always be plants on the earth … |
| 16 | While the academies monopolized exhibitions , there would always be arguments about selection and the principles of selection . |
| 17 | If this were all that Goody claimed he was saying there would still be problems of definition but it might provide some insight into the specific nature of classical Greece and the specific forms of literacy developed there . |
| 18 | He added : ‘ Even if it rained between now and October more heavily than it has ever done in recorded time there would still be rivers , such as the Ver in Hertfordshire , that would not get enough water to enable them to flow properly . |
| 19 | There would still be traces , Quincx , I 'm convinced of that . |
| 20 | There would still be possibilities . |
| 21 | Now there would only be days to finish things . |
| 22 | Indeed , such an academic structure might provide a good opportunity for the exercise suggested by Graff , in which students ( many of whom would probably be women ) would consider a feminist anthology of women poets of the past , and discuss how far they are admissible into the existing poetic canon , and what theoretical criteria might govern such admission . |
| 23 | She 'd have to show Martin that though they would always be friends , her first loyalty lay with her husband . |
| 24 | ‘ They would always be pick-ups . |
| 25 | They would never be friends , but by keeping a great distance , they might not become enemies . |
| 26 | They would indeed be things . |
| 27 | They would start construction at the rate of one a year from 1982 onwards , and they would ideally be PWRs . |
| 28 | They would certainly be persons aggrieved . |
| 29 | I would think it would just be trimmings . |
| 30 | No , it would just be comments . |