Example sentences of "[conj] it would [be] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There has to be an incredible amount of subtlety or it would be nonsense . ’ |
| 2 | Either Doctor Who would be drama , or it would be adventure . |
| 3 | He had a superstitious premonition that it would be Ivor Newley . |
| 4 | Tom Williams , Labour Member for the constituency in which the colliery was situated , announced that it would be folly to continue the debate , and the dispute , perhaps not a very difficult one in any event , got itself settled . |
| 5 | I was wearing my engagement ring again , and I thought , innocently , that it would be protection from unwelcome advances . |
| 6 | He could not have foreseen that it would be Mozart , 24 years his junior , who would be dead before the year 's end . |
| 7 | He thought that it would be Tessa who 'd yell , so he 'd already put a hand across her mouth . |
| 8 | If we are talking about hypocrisy , let me say that it would be hypocrisy to suggest that we have the powers unilaterally to introduce a labelling directive to discriminate against foreign veal . |
| 9 | Stephen considered that it would be rape where a woman 's permission was ‘ extorted by force or fear of immediate bodily harm . ’ |
| 10 | By notice of appeal dated 26 February 1991 Mr. Pegg appealed against that refusal on the grounds that the Divisional Court had erred ( 1 ) in rejecting the proposition that it would be Wednesbury unreasonable for the Secretary of State to fix Mr. Pegg 's tariff ( as a person serving a mandatory term of life imprisonment ) by reference to a period of retribution and deterrence which was higher than that recommended by the judiciary ; ( 2 ) in rejecting submissions that the tariff procedure was in breach of procedural propriety in that the court considered itself bound by the wrong decision of Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 ; and ( 3 ) in rejecting submissions that the decision to refuse his petition should be quashed and viewing that the tariff belonged solely to the Secretary of State to determine . |
| 11 | The government has resisted pressure to introduce a tight licensing system , as operated in Norway and Northern Ireland , arguing that it would be unworkable. * The convention meeting was particularly critical of Greece 's environmental record , citing widespread damage as a result of uncontrolled tourism development . |
| 12 | The mental element with respect to unlawfulness remains to be determined , but it may be assumed after Morgan that it would be intention or recklessness . |
| 13 | Police on the scene predicted that it would be months before the capital 's vital traffic gateway to the north was back to normal . |
| 14 | The next time that she 'd spoken to her father , she 'd suggested a meeting in the certain knowledge that it would be Joe who would turn up ; and he had . |
| 15 | Far from possessing cruise and Pershing II missiles as purely retaliatory weapons after an assault by SS-20s , the strategy is that it would be NATO that would first let loose the dogs of nuclear war . |
| 16 | He remembered that he was being extremely clever and extraordinarily subtle about all of this , and that it would be subtlety that would win this war . |
| 17 | The Army spokesman added : ‘ It was pointed out to the convoy that it would be madness to try to drive through that particular part of the road , but they pushed on . ’ |
| 18 | Manchester City4 Leeds United0 A FAR from vintage championship battle has fluctuated between the Uniteds of Manchester and Leeds for months , so it would be folly to believe this dramatic twist in fortunes will be the last before the coveted honour goes to either Old Trafford or Elland Road . |
| 19 | It was n't Beryl , then , so it would be Peter . |
| 20 | Modulations can therefore follow various routes , and it would be folly to recommend any particular pattern . |
| 21 | The twins were fast asleep , and it would be hours before John and Laura returned . |
| 22 | It was now early autumn and it would be winter soon . |
| 23 | I just got Saturday and Sunday nights off , and it would be chapel on a Sunday of course . |
| 24 | and it would be relatives that would do the bidding in a certain district . |
| 25 | And it would be shame to him to hold back and let a fighter like Douglas be shot to death from a distance , with never an enemy at hand to exchange blows with him . |
| 26 | ‘ They have turned the company around against a tight economic background and it would be shame if it was pounced on . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes and loud and clear on the Saint or they 'll give you a ticket for Cincinnati and it would be months before your next of kin were informed . ’ |
| 28 | I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’ |
| 29 | Therefore , in any dealings , the only movement would come from Labour , and it would be movement in the direction of a no-entry sign . |
| 30 | It never occurred to me that other children were n't spoiled as a matter of course , the way I was , and it would be years — and my father would be dead — before I understood that the expense of sending me to a boarding school was just an excuse , and the simple , sentimental truth was that they knew they would have missed me . |