Example sentences of "this would [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An example of this would be the concerted efforts to clear the cataract backlog ( Thomas et al , 1989 ) . |
| 2 | They can abandon the reading , characterising it as obscure or nonsensical ( this would be the autonomous reader-dominated node of the network ) . |
| 3 | Before the election Mr Smith , then Shadow Chancellor , forecast that this would be the only way to make the Tory sums add up — although John Major denied it . |
| 4 | This would be the only possible course for a strict Benthamite . |
| 5 | This would be the appropriate tense for the writing of that paradoxical genre , ‘ contemporary history ’ . |
| 6 | This would be the appropriate point to call in some modern philosophers who have discussed these issues , and an excursus into the work of Edmund Husserl , Max Scheler , Alfred Schutz , Georg Simmel , and others would be of undoubted value . |
| 7 | If you 'd been working with this angle instead , we did n't know that and we 're trying to work with this one or we say we 're interested in this angle so that will be the opposite and this would be the adjacent . |
| 8 | One might add , however , that if member countries achieved and sustained fixed parities then this would be the virtual equivalent of a single European currency . |
| 9 | If cats had nightmares , this would be the ultimate . |
| 10 | Examples of this would be the Bantu concord system , where , if you change the noun to a noun of another class , all the affixes in the noun phrase must also be changed . |
| 11 | With memory widely advertised at about £30 per Mb I thought this would be the perfect Christmas present to myself . |
| 12 | Women with hardly any make-up and short haircuts are never shown , as this would be the stereotypical lesbian , which advertisers are at pains to avoid ! |
| 13 | Well this would be the other side of the picture . |
| 14 | This would be the essential Irish dimension , to satisfy their nationalist aspiration — and , perhaps , they hope , Sinn Fein 's . |
| 15 | Rhee was concerned with consolidating his own power base , building up the strength of his regime , securing American economic and military assistance , and with achieving the unification of Korea under his leadership : this would be the crowning attainment of his long struggle . |
| 16 | Stirling finished by saying that this would be the maximum expansion he envisaged , as any further growth would lead to a lowering of standards . |
| 17 | If I had n't chucked away the rulebook shortly after Johannes Gutenburg invented printing , this would be the proper time for me to rise and shine . |
| 18 | For many , this would be the natural choice anyway with or without government policy , and it is generally agreed that the ideals behind community care are good ones . |
| 19 | Ruth was not going to admit that she had never actually made a phone-call herself , but there had to be a first time for everything , and since Connor was out , this would be the ideal opportunity . |
| 20 | There 's one person you may not have thought of , and this would be the ideal opportunity to invite her . |
| 21 | This would be the ideal method of long-distance space travel mentioned earlier . |
| 22 | Perhaps this would be the ideal opportunity ; but he did n't feel prepared . |
| 23 | Well this would be the ideal opportunity to look at that because obviously planning now for the future gives you an opportunity just as you 've done with your maxi-endowment |
| 24 | Surely this would be the ideal place to locate these stall holders — still in the town centre but not causing obstructions . |
| 25 | right , this would be the national curriculum record so we 'd have something , but I do n't know that it 's wise |