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

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1 So what I 'm saying is that although there will be an overspend , it should n't be massive cos the overspend would effectively be the hump right at the beginning of the year .
2 If a man would rather be the machine , I can not argue with him .
3 I would rather be the creator of my own success .
4 But we would rather be the long-shots .
5 The second is that if , following the Francovich case , there was held to be a right to damages in such circumstances , the effect of requiring an undertaking from the council would be to impose liability in damages on the council instead of on the United Kingdom which , as I understand the position , would properly be the party so liable .
6 If it 's inherited from an estate that of itself er attracts no tax , so there tax position would only be the income that they received from it would be subject to income tax and it would be added to their own assets so that when they die in due course then they 've inheritance payable there .
7 my Lord that , that must be right because that would only be the way in which they could give negative clearance , because the clause or the membership rules were inappreciable
8 This would only be the case if the latter entitled the individual to look to the government for the provision of certain welfare benefits .
9 Clearly this would only be the case if the company was perceived as an entity distinct from its shareholders so that it followed that the company and not the shareholders would be liable for any debts .
10 The United Nations ' mediator , Diego Cordovez , admitted for the first time that a Geneva agreement on a Soviet troop withdrawal would only be the starting point for a settlement .
11 Maintenance of order would henceforth be the responsibility of the Interior Ministry and the police .
12 The researcher who ‘ attacks ’ a social situation would be the prosecution , the researcher who ‘ defends ’ would obviously be the defence counsel .
13 This would especially be the case , it would seem , if a company were contemplating a move to total quality control for the first time .
14 Erm so erm but of course I mean t to make the point because it does n't really contradict what you 're saying Heather because of course the rather more extreme kinds of Protestant Sects that do emphasise for example erm er narrow dogmatic teaching much more so you could say that erm and I think this would perhaps be the answer to , to Oliver 's point to some extent because it goes back to Dean 's original point that erm here we 're we we 're talking about a general theory of groups , but of course some groups can be more groupie than others .
15 Furthermore , the Charter implied that the two greatest trading nations of the world should take domestic action to expand their demand , for the international expansion of trade which the Americans wanted to see after the war would necessarily be the sum of many domestic expansions .
16 His hope was that he would be able to spend the Easter weekend in peaceful anonymity away from the media , not foreseeing that the press conference would merely be the beginning to a story that grew and grew .
17 No it would just be the person that owned the
18 No no he would just be It would just be the undertaker would usually have somebody that did that .
19 The investigation of anything happening directly on the river would normally be the responsibility of the River Police , at least until such time as it might lead to inquiries inland .
20 This would normally be the position under current standard policies but there is no harm in setting out the principal risks .
21 It requires a firmer discipline than would normally be the case , and this should be consistently maintained by all parties whilst allowing the child to enjoy a happy and satisfying childhood .
22 Due to the timescale involved in ordering the guitar and building it , this competition will close a little earlier than would normally be the case — on 19th February 1993 .
23 At 8.30 , the cyclist was arriving at the finish , the motorbike had arrived 5 mins before ( but note , no time had been taken in finding a parking place , which would normally be the case ) ; the car was at the Morrison St — Lothian Road junction , and the bus had taken ten minutes to reach George IV Bridge , less than a mile .
24 This would normally be the case when a useful module , or modules , needs to be used by more than one project team .
25 That would normally be the leader of the largest party or , if he had resigned , the leader of the next largest party .
26 And that would normally be the end of it .
27 Clearly , criminal proceedings , which are a matter for others , would normally be the consequence of such action .
28 When he dropped the name of Princess Diana into conversations — she would soon be the Foundation 's patron , he claimed — they took this as further evidence that he was committed to his charity work .
29 Though private names could still co-exist in this new world , they would soon be the minority .
30 He felt it would soon be the moment to make a move , and her behaviour left him in little doubt as to what sort of move it should be .
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