Example sentences of "good [noun] would be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court would however respectfully disagree with the observation made in Emerson that no purpose would be served by bringing the jury back into open court to hear the tape ; this was a matter for the judge 's discretion but the better practice would be for him to order the reassembling of the court so that the jury could hear the tape in open court . |
| 2 | Even more streamlined for marine life were the ichthyosaurs ( 'fish lizards ' ) , which , as their name implies , include species that look remarkably fish-like , although perhaps the better analogy would be with the porpoises , a group of mammals that ‘ returned to the sea ’ , and may fill a similar role in modern seas to that of the ichthyosaurs in the Jurassic . |
| 3 | But a better answer would be for them to be prohibited from driving cars above 1.3 litres — a common engine capacity — until they are 25 . |
| 4 | A good starting-point would be for you to get in touch with The National Council for the Single Woman and her Dependants , 29 , Chilworth Mews , London W2 3RG , by writing ( with a stamped addressed envelope enclosed ) for one of their information leaflets . |
| 5 | I suppose that a better expression would be to frankly admit I was getting stale . |
| 6 | He told the King that he would prefer MacDonald to remain in office in order to carry out the necessary programme of economies ; but that if he failed to carry enough of his colleagues with him , then the best alternative would be for MacDonald to head a National Government containing members of all three parties . |
| 7 | The best place would be at the moment she 's got two jobs . |
| 8 | ‘ I reckon his best chance would be as a goal-kicking winger but I do n't want him in this role for Widnes . |
| 9 | The best thing would be to s sort of say I do n't know but the sort of thing which came into my mind were questions like you know , Which accents do you think |
| 10 | The best thing would be for M Mitterrand to introduce constitutional reform reducing the presidential term from seven to five years and step down in 1993 . |
| 11 | The best thing would be for you to write out all the harmonies , in every key , making sure that you put in all the correct sharps and flats . |
| 12 | " Listen , Martha , the best thing would be for you to tell me about your worries . |
| 13 | he said to me one day , and I do n't remember the day he said the best thing would be for her to go on casual , then she can keep her thingy thingy . |
| 14 | Mind you the best ones would be by er those ones they 've been selling off to the highest offer . |