Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know if that would 've been the right thing to do there . |
| 2 | Aching in bones as if they would break is the main feature of this remedy that accompanies all of its complaints . |
| 3 | The last thing they would expect was the obvious , it was a certain way to catch them flat-footed . |
| 4 | I therefore do not regard those authorities as affecting what I would conclude was the clear language of section 2(1) ( a ) of the Act of 1977 , that a statutory tenant remains a statutory tenant so long as he occupies the dwelling house as his residence . |
| 5 | The main points of the explanation that I would suggest are the following . |
| 6 | For such people any contact with the Court would have been the ultimate in defilement — though it should be noted that some of the husbands showed less scruple in accepting governmental places , even to the extent of standing for elections and taking the oath of loyalty to the Emperor and the Constitution . |
| 7 | At the time it would have been the only glittering example of this technique north of the Alps . |
| 8 | The beginning of civilisation was almost certainly a mental development which came long before it affected man 's physical abilities , and it could well have been the moment when for the first time , a primitive creature found that he could override and control the instinctive urge to act , which up to that time would have been the only source of motivation . |
| 9 | Moreover , the merged company would have been the only commuter manufacturer covering the whole range of commuter aircraft . |
| 10 | William and Mary Ann Titford enjoyed no such luxury — but then they were among the youngest people in the street , and their daughter Grace Beatrice , born in 1883 , would have been the only baby crying down Brunswick Place in that year — much to the consternation of the local worthies , no doubt : |
| 11 | They would have been the only outward sign of strain as her voice continued to keep its same even tenor , its same quiet courtesy . |
| 12 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 13 | Woolwich would have expected any refusal of payment to lead to collection proceedings which would have been gravely embarrassing for Woolwich , the more so as it would have been the only building society refusing to pay . |
| 14 | The band could probably have signed to IRS but Hallin does not think it would have been the right move . |
| 15 | Surely somewhere in the world there would have been the right facies preserved to provide the immediate ancestors of Peregrinella or Iguanodon ? |
| 16 | The idea is perhaps implausible because it does not explain why ageing is associated with pathological changes , which would have been the ancestral state under Hamilton 's theory . |
| 17 | She believed it would have been the suitable punishment for killing Mrs MacAllister as the two walked together in a remote forest in March last year . |
| 18 | Yet a further central measure would have been the average numbers of citations in the period since the year of deposit of the thesis . |
| 19 | Mr Clarke said it was a clever evil and devious scheme and it would have been the perfect murder . |
| 20 | And the John Lennon hit single ‘ Imagine ’ has been played simultaneously on more than a thousand radio stations worldwide ; it was one of the tributes on what would have been the ex-Beatle 's fiftieth birthday , and was played as an anthem to world peace . |
| 21 | The case would be more useful as a guide to sentencers in similar cases if the extent of the discount were more precisely stated and a clear indication given of the court 's view of what would have been the correct sentence at first instance . |
| 22 | But it would have been the other school as well ? |
| 23 | A Council of Representatives of People 's Deputies , consisting of 20 representatives from each republic , would have been the interim parliamentary body ; the proposals did envisage , however , a State Council and an Economic Committee as passed in the final resolution . |
| 24 | This was because if the business did perform well the instrument took on equity features , when in these circumstances straight debt would have been the desired financing to maximise shareholder value . |
| 25 | Perhaps if I had n't been a fool I would have been the dead girl in the road . ’ |
| 26 | The Greeks of Massalia , which would have been the obvious centre for the exploration of the Celtic world , never went beyond the coasts . |
| 27 | It would have been the old . |
| 28 | Hall would have been the resident manager . |
| 29 | With the opening of the Channel Tunnel becoming a reality , and hopefully leading to a rise in rail traffic , one can not help thinking that had the magnificiently engineered GCR survived the troubled 1960's this would have been the chosen route for this traffic . |
| 30 | She could n't even ignore him , which would have been the sensible thing to do ; every time he spoke she found herself lashing back . |