Example sentences of "would [be] [det] " in BNC.

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1 As for Oreste , he talks fluently now and it is of course English and there would be much confusion for him .
2 A newspaper campaign to prevent breeding by some of the substandard individuals with whom society is saddled would be much more to the point than vapid maunderings about the welfare of a child who has been endowed with an almost perfect inheritance , and is being given the best possible care ! ’
3 There would be much more point in spending the rest of the week working in the library , planning a project of her own .
4 Without glancing at her , but filling his mouth with rice and peas until his cheeks bulged — he really was a greedy gobbler — he said , ‘ That would be much fun . ’
5 The effect of the crisis and its resolution through the Luxembourg Compromise was that the future development of the EEC would be much more as an intergovernmental union of independent states .
6 Port Glasgow and Leith , the main centres of trade , were the ports with the best-paid officers , but equally , they would also require the greatest amount of work from the incumbents , who would be much more under the eye of the supervisory staff based at Edinburgh , which might well make a less well-paid , but remote , port more attractive to the more independent officers .
7 The paradox is , of course , that were this groundwork to be done there would be much less need for additional classroom support in the first place !
8 I do n't know if it would be much consolation to someone being made into spaghetti in a black hole to know that his particles might survive .
9 I should think people other people would be much more feel much more competent as well .
10 First , there would be much to be gained in promoting a more coherent debate about community environmental action in Wales .
11 If the operative part could properly be controlled by the recitals , I think there would be much reason to say that the only thing contemplated by the recitals was giving time for payment , without any relinquishment , on the part of the judgment creditor , of any portion of the amount recoverable ( whether for principal or for interest ) under the judgment .
12 If we did that , there would be much less of a problem and we would not be in such deep water with the European Commission .
13 I agree with him , and there would be much to be gained at the appropriate time .
14 Preoccupied with thoughts of her school and its organisation — she must get brochures printed and order equipment-there would be much redecoration and rearrangement of the rooms at Moorlake she would have a million and one things to do before she got this project airborne — Sara looked at him blankly .
15 But those big percentage reductions are taking place at a point on the network where the southern bypass has already reduced the flows , so th those parts of the network would be much less in need of relief .
16 And I for what I 'm trying to do I did n't think we 'd be able to afford a stone I thought I thought it would be much more than what Mr 's quoted .
17 The advantage to Britain of ERM membership would be that , in addition to the Bank of England 's $42bn of foreign currency reserves , the pound could be supported by other European central banks , such as the wealthy West German Bundesbank , making speculation against sterling a much riskier business .
18 The general consensus now would be that , even if systems of kinship terms are closely linked to social systems , the link is not as simple as Morgan Made out .
19 The only real difficulty if all of the savings are your wife 's would be that , if she dies before you , the money will be frozen until probate of her will , which could cause temporary problems .
20 If I could have any day of my life over again , at the price of my right arm , it would be that day !
21 If , however , he did consider the year it would be that of the place where he usually lived .
22 If so , the beautiful small church of St. Sampson at Golant would be that at which King Mark worshipped and to which Iseult presented her best dress , to be exhibited on feast days long after her death .
23 However , in practice , if a Type I1 system were operating , the effect would be that Health Authorities would find very large parts of their budgets being compulsorily removed to pay for a much higher consumption of acute ( mainly elective surgery ) health care , with a consequential diminution of money available for other services .
24 One view of the provision of facilities to meet the needs of walkers would be that , despite some inadequacies in design and maintenance , there is much for the pedestrian to be thankful for .
25 One of the things the expert would note would be that , however big the meal — and let us assume that over-large portions were served — some people would consume every morsel and leave an entirely clean plate .
26 Gandhi 's reply to this would be that coercion implies violence , and no coercion in that sense at least is being exercised against the government .
27 I thought that would be that , but they said he could have a vote , and he loves to go .
28 The registrar was waiting down the corridor with the tools of his trade , an exercise book and a fountain pen , and that would be that .
29 A complex negotiation was made between the Davids Price and Tallichet for aircraft and services , the result in Spitfire terms would be that Tallichet would receive TP298 in flying trim and SM845 was free to float away if appropriate .
30 The difference of level now would be that of a hierarchy of functions and sub-functions within a single language , though one might still plausibly maintain that the above sequence beginning LIFT-RIGHT-LEG was the translation of WALK in that system .
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