Example sentences of "[noun pl] would [adv] [be] [det] " in BNC.

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1 FIFTY WORDS WOULD NOT BE ENOUGH to tell you about myself .
2 . The damage done to industry by any of these three methods would probably be more than the good done to it by the direct help and , anyway I am not clear on the sort of direct help that might be intended . ’
3 A menu featuring Canard aux Parasites would n't be much of a crowd-puller for the coming season .
4 MANWEB last night admitted that a 17.4pc jump in profits would not be enough to cushion customers from an increase in bills when VAT is imposed on fuel .
5 MANWEB last night admitted that a 17.4pc jump in profits would not be enough to cushion customers from an increase in bills when VAT is imposed on fuel .
6 Were the internal stat to ham on ( not that I have ever had this problem with the Uno internal , but I was a Girl Guide ! ) then 200 watts would not be enough to cause serious ( if any ) overheating in such a large tank .
7 It had published a document which suggested that existing US energy-saving programmes on lighting , motors and air conditioning would probably ensure that US carbon emissions would not be any higher in 2000 than in 1990 [ see report in Global Warming section ] .
8 On April 9 the Cabinet approved tax-free incentives to encourage civil servants to move from the west to the east , and announced pension increases of 15 per cent from July 1 for eastern pensioners ( whose pensions would still be half those of western pensioners ) .
9 Mr Meacher claimed yesterday that next April the value of those allowances would not be enough to cover even the most conservative forecasts of average poll tax payments .
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