Example sentences of "would [be] [adj] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Senior Tories forecast there would be radical ministerial changes , with a ‘ 50–50 ’ chance that Mr Lamont , the Chancellor , could be switched to another senior post , possibly Defence or the Home Office . |
| 2 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 3 | We would certainly be pleased to see them making a greater contribution , but only if it can be shown that there would be genuine environmental benefits in so doing . |
| 4 | Someone once said , ‘ If fish could scream , there would be far fewer anglers . ’ |
| 5 | If that were done , there would be far fewer appeals . |
| 6 | Authors are not supposed to avenge themselves in their writings , but they do , and if they were to be prevented , there would be far fewer books . |
| 7 | Among the alternatives to inter-governmental co-operation some talked of creating a ‘ confederation ’ in which there would be certain central institutions whilst most authority rested with member states . |
| 8 | ‘ If we floated shares in de Chavigny on the open market tomorrow , ’ he told Edouard , ‘ you would be over-subscribed four times over . |
| 9 | By contrast , if the economy were highly internationalized there would be strong two-way flows in all categories . |
| 10 | She thought he looked at her rather searchingly , and she held her breath , for surely there would be strange untold stories about this place and surely he would know of them ? |
| 11 | How many more of us would be fluent French speakers if our first French teachers had done a better job ? |
| 12 | But there would be new regulatory commissions and consumer councils for every utility , along with ombudsmen , and public interest commissioners appointed by the Secretary of State . |
| 13 | There would be other practical problems for them to discuss later , she knew , but she was confident that she and Luke would solve them all . |
| 14 | There would be other eminent actors in the play , people like Michael Bryant and Timothy West . |
| 15 | In addition to such economic considerations , there would be other physical factors : people have usually avoided living on slopes that are very steep , difficult to build on and traverse ; they have also avoided marshy or floodable areas ( Fig. 52 ) . |
| 16 | However , if you want to replace one large electricity power station , you would require approximately one thousand windmills , each the size of the largest electricity pylons at the moment , and the best situations for the location of these is where the wind is blowing strongest — that is on hill tops or around the coastline , and there would be obvious social objections to putting large pylons , or windmills , on all the best scenic locations in the country . |
| 17 | Governments were now ‘ heartily and honestly engaged in repairing the deficiencies of centuries ’ , while institutions were reforming themselves , so that soon without the excessive Continental systematization , there would be excellent practical arrangements for scientific education . |
| 18 | Lee Hsien Loong , as Trade and Industry Minister , insisted that the best situation would be continuing strong economies in both centres . |
| 19 | Principal Peter Shuker revealed last month he hoped the college would be open seven days a week on demand by 1994 . |
| 20 | China has recognised that to rule out direct elections would be bad public relations , but has yet to settle on how to describe its proposed dictatorship . |