Example sentences of "would [verb] be [art] great " in BNC.

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1 There would have been no great age of dinosaurs , but there would have been a flowering of mammals 130 million years earlier .
2 A hairless chest would have been a great advantage for a bisexual like myself .
3 He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends .
4 It 's lucky it should happen today ; it would have been a great nuisance tomorrow , in the train . ’
5 Terence Rigby and his pals were eyeing him and Mallachy with clear intent , and Rosie 's presence would have been a great embarrassment .
6 It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult .
7 It would have been a great disappointment if someone had n't taken Don 's place .
8 And finally , a lot of games coming up , a lot of midweek games , so plenty of chance for United to erm continue to climb the table , although three points against the side on equal points really would have been a great bonus would n't it ?
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