Example sentences of "[noun] would [adv] [be] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Spring would n't be the same without an offensive ’ |
| 2 | A cracker would n't be the same without a paper hat inside so here 's how to make one . |
| 3 | It is worth noting that the beneficiaries would not be the members of the developed world : ‘ If we stopped feeding animals on grains , soybeans and fishmeal the amount of food saved would — if distributed to those who need it — be more than enough to end hunger throughout the world ’ ( 1979 : 160 ) . |
| 4 | The only beneficiaries would probably be the lawyers . |
| 5 | He did this a few times before he realised the result would always be the same . |
| 6 | If the defect had been in a component of the toaster , say the heating element , the result would still be the same unless the heating element had not been supplied as part of the toaster ( e.g. had been bought as a replacement later ) . |
| 7 | The harbour would never be the scene of activity described by JTR . |
| 8 | The classes on Saturday would probably be the open ones , and the Edinburgh sessions the training ones ) . |
| 9 | ‘ Landing face down in the bottom of a boat would hardly be the way to win the heart of the woman you love . |
| 10 | I had already come to the conclusion that regression therapy would probably be the best way to help Maxine , and I put the idea to her . |
| 11 | If it came to straightforward riot control , the most appropriate force would probably be the 12,000-strong People 's Police Alert units , under the control of the ministry of the interior . |
| 12 | Without Wendy Clark and ‘ Mad Mary ’ ( Mary 's own words ) , the East Grinstead Knitting Club would n't be the same . |
| 13 | If FIFA ever had the foresight to forego football and organise the World Cup for Misbehaviour , Scotland would undoubtedly be the bookie 's favourite and Thomas Henderson Docherty would be an inevitable choice as manager . |
| 14 | Moinet would probably be the chauffeur in this grand household . |
| 15 | The United Nations ' mediator , Diego Cordovez , admitted for the first time that a Geneva agreement on a Soviet troop withdrawal would only be the starting point for a settlement . |
| 16 | Without the relational property of being on the mat at a particular time the cat would not be the ontological individual it is . |
| 17 | Where the question before the court relates to the upbringing of the child this principle is given statutory form by section 1(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1989 , but the test would now be the same even without the intervention of statute : see J. v. C. [ 1970 ] A.C. 668 , 697 , 724 ; In re B. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Sterilisation ) [ 1988 ] A.C. 199 , 202 , 212 . |
| 18 | Knowing full well that a half would be the husband 's , which would be taxable , the other half would also be the wife 's , and would therefore be taxable if she 'd already absorbed her three four four five . |
| 19 | Going to church in a tent in the desert would not be the same . |
| 20 | In the presence of perfect capital markets and suitably inclusive definitions , wealth would simply be the discounted present value of all future income streams ( i.e. including those that might not easily be measured in money terms ) . |
| 21 | Wedding receptions and Burns Suppers would not be the same without them . |
| 22 | He had known that the death of William Egan would not be the only death . |
| 23 | By using cords I managed to create a curvilinear band which is unusual in the sense that no two bands would ever be the same . |
| 24 | The place would n't be the same without him . ’ |
| 25 | The profile would usually be the number of qualified and unqualified staff required for each span of duty over a 24-hour period . |
| 26 | His hope was that he would be able to spend the Easter weekend in peaceful anonymity away from the media , not foreseeing that the press conference would merely be the beginning to a story that grew and grew . |
| 27 | A draw would probably be the best result . |
| 28 | A draw would not be the end of the world for Bruges or ourselves , as we both have to play Marseille . |
| 29 | If that position were to occur agents would be aware that the government would be tempted to create higher inflation to achieve iso-vote line V 1 ; they would come to expect that higher inflation and hence the relevant Phillips curve would not be the one labelled . |
| 30 | He was already aware of the possibility of situations in which approval would not be the automatic outcome of such visits , and indeed the CNAA had already , as a result of institutional visits , imposed stern conditions to be met in some instances if approval was to be continued . |