Example sentences of "would [be] only " in BNC.
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| 1 | The end of that talk was that Farmer Olinton said he 'd be only too pleased for the Brownies to use his loft for Pack Meetings , and if Miss Truscott would call on him they 'd arrange the whole thing . |
| 2 | If the workhouse was as overcrowded as everyone said , then surely they 'd be only too pleased to get one inmate off their hands ? |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sure he 'd be only too glad to help a fellow author . ’ |
| 4 | I 'd be only too thankful to answer the phone . " |
| 5 | Then , when the owner returned , he would know who was responsible , and as soon as he contacted her she 'd be only too happy to provide him with details of the accident . |
| 6 | I 'd be only too happy to . |
| 7 | She had given herself a fair amount of time to get to Luke 's , and if she left the motorway at the next junction and did n't hang around she 'd be only a little late at the most . |
| 8 | There must be dozens of women who 'd be only too happy to marry him . |
| 9 | It was true , Uncle Max had said many times that if she decided to take up general practice he 'd be only too happy to have her join him , but that was n't quite the same thing as actually being offered a job . |
| 10 | I 'd be only too happy to help . |
| 11 | I assured myself that it would be only temporary and I would soon be in a flat again , but ‘ temporary ’ turned out to be five years . |
| 12 | Gudok reckoned that there would be only two to three days ' reserve for the railways as a whole . |
| 13 | Wearing a different one every time she went out would be only normal , particularly since a sari does not have to be washed as frequently as a dress because it is not worn next to the skin . |
| 14 | The bill for the retired population would be borne by the working population , but the ratio of contributors to pensioners would slowly worsen so that by 2025 there would be only 1.8 contributors for each pensioner . |
| 15 | But post GATT the occupier 's surplus from arable farming falls to £1500 and after allowing for other income total income would be only about £4000 . |
| 16 | Hordes of admirers screech that they would be only too willing to take Kylie home and look after her for a while . |
| 17 | Clearly , groups of two bases would be insufficient , because there would be only 4 2 = 16 ordered pairs ( that is , there are four ways of choosing the first base , and , for each choice , four ways of choosing the second ) , and hence only 16 different amino acids could be specified . |
| 18 | Thus the real cost of £1,000 worth of BES shares to anybody earning more than that during the fiscal year , which starts on Monday , would be only £500 . |
| 19 | By the time they woke up to the fact that many people would be only 2p a week better off , Smith had gained the headlines with the claim that eight out of 10 families gained . |
| 20 | The pilot warned there would be only room for one moose on the small plane . |
| 21 | When the former impresario and agent assumed office as the opera 's secretary general , he considered it would be only proper to relinquish control of his business interests . |
| 22 | Overall , the reduction of cricketing days for each county would be only seven days , from a minimum of 94 to 87 . |
| 23 | Obviously the balance lift will do twice the work , in the same time , and , beyond this , the power required to operate the lift , although of the same intensity , would be only usable during a small portion of the rise instead of during the whole . |
| 24 | The War heralded ‘ the collapse of the national State as an independent economic unit ’ ; henceforth , the nation would be only ‘ a cultural , ideological and psychological fact ’ . |
| 25 | If the law concerned itself instead with the good faith of the doctor , consent would be only one of several relevant criteria . |
| 26 | At the beginning of the year the government forecast that the rate of inflation for 1988 would be only 32 per cent . |
| 27 | The total value of his DOUBLE PAYOUT , in this case , would be only just short of £83,000 ! |
| 28 | But even then the war would be only just beginning . |
| 29 | Nor did I know that our intestinal tracts are those of a herbivore , 32 feet long and that if we were meant in enjoy Contre-filet braisé à l'ancienne they would be only a quarter of that length . |
| 30 | But in 1980 it would be only one person in every … ( how many ) ? |