Example sentences of "[adj] would [be] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apart from the execution of the laws the executive has no authority to decide what shall be the relations between the federal government and South Carolina , any attempt to do this would be on his part a naked act of usurpation . |
| 2 | Ron and I thought that the best way to arrange this would be for me to interview the Prince about his uncle , and to tack the result on to the end of the obituary programme . |
| 3 | Er , I take it , Chairman , that that this would be through our ideas about the |
| 4 | This would be against our own best interests and would be unjust to those looking after us . |
| 5 | This would be against my nature . |
| 6 | The Khedive , the Minister of Justice , the Parquet , the British — the British would be against it , too , particularly if this damned Agreement was still on the cards . |
| 7 | I have n't told you how to d I 've told you how to change one third we 've looked at that have n't we and we and we 've worked out sort of how many twelfths would be in it and things like that . |
| 8 | That will disappoint David Gower fans and baffle those critics who believe any lefthander would be worth his weight in gold against leg-spinner Shane Warne . |
| 9 | But erm , that would be for its , for its er , defence , I suppose . |
| 10 | She would not be known now to many at Queen 's Park but that would be to our impoverishment . |
| 11 | Okay , my mum 'd probably buy me one for my birthday but that would be about it . |
| 12 | Twenty five pound voucher or something Du n no what the vouchers are for but that would be in my hand anyway |
| 13 | Oh , no ! that would be beneath her dignity . |