Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] would [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Without people like him we would n't have a PFK magazine and that would be about as bad as never having heard of fish at all ! |
| 2 | And that would be about the m m the m m m nineteen twenties . |
| 3 | Coun Roberts said : ‘ We could provide statutory duties and that would be about all . |
| 4 | If it were abandoned , the burden on local authorities of trying to collect what the Prime Minister described as a virtually uncollectable tax would be substantially lightened , and that would be of great benefit . |
| 5 | ‘ And that would be in very poor taste . |
| 6 | Or sixty two rather but his father lived until he was eighty six and his father was the District Goods and Passenger Manager at Cambridge and er later on , of course , er when he was old enough , he , he was in the same office as his father was but not the same position , you see , but he was a clerk , a railway clerk , and his brother was Stationmaster of Colchester and his grandfather was also a Stationmaster and that would be in Queen Victoria 's reign when , when railways first began and then again , you see , in those first days , you see , when there were highwaymen and that sort of thing erm signalmen , signalmen were issued with a truncheon for their own safety , you see , and I 've got one . |
| 7 | ‘ The district council , however , is of the view that taking this case to court could lead to more damage to the area through adverse publicity and this would be against the interests of local people . |
| 8 | ‘ If anyone had told me when we were getting ready to meet Dublin — more in hope than confidence , it must be admitted — that in the early Nineties two Ulster teams would win the All Ireland and another would be in the final I would have laughed at them , ’ says Jimmy . |
| 9 | As to strand 2 — the north-south strand — of the talks to which the Secretary of State referred , the new Taoiseach announced that articles 2 and 3 would be on the table , and we all understand that . |
| 10 | In terms of articles 2 and 3 of the Irish constitution , I said when I addressed the Dublin chamber of commerce on Friday in conjunction with Co-operation North that the Irish Government had made it clear that articles 2 and 3 would be on the table with regard to any talks , and that is , of itself , a reason to seek to proceed with the talks . |
| 11 | Eight such units were envisaged , and it was anticipated that between three and five would be on the streets at any given time ( The Guardian , 10 May 1991 ) . |
| 12 | Okay , my mum 'd probably buy me one for my birthday but that would be about it . |
| 13 | She would not be known now to many at Queen 's Park but that would be to our impoverishment . |
| 14 | But that would be for the sake of Matthew 's brown eyes . |
| 15 | It all sounded so polite and formal , when what she really wanted was to put her arms around him and have him hold her , kiss her , tell her that he had forgiven her , but that would be like trying to turn the clock back , and there was no way they could do that . |
| 16 | Twenty five pound voucher or something Du n no what the vouchers are for but that would be in my hand anyway |
| 17 | But this would be beyond all bounds . |
| 18 | But this would be of limited value to the defendant , since any costs recovered by the defendant would be subject to a charge in favour of the board under section 16 of the Act and the operation of regulation 103 of the Civil Legal Aid ( General ) Regulations 1989 , the detail of which I need not examine , and would have the effect in this case that the defendant would in fact recover only a very small proportion of the costs he actually incurred . |
| 19 | But this would be to little avail if the ground were waterlogged or so acid as to prevent the normal action of soil life . |
| 20 | But this would be at a great price for the many to deal with the problems of the few . |
| 21 | Later , when they came to know each other better , the pupil might graduate to calling him ‘ Lewis ’ , but this would be in the case of intimates . |
| 22 | But these would be for the general benefit , not for the worse . |