Example sentences of "[pron] would [verb] been of " in BNC.
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| 1 | In our consideration of technology and the production of particular artefacts we have been considering portable items which would have been of assistance to everyday life , some more so than others . |
| 2 | With hindsight , it is not difficult to imagine alternative uses for this fine estate which would have been of lasting benefit to the Association . |
| 3 | The specimens you were so good as to send to me by Captain Lyon would have been a treasure had they arrived safe ; but his ship was taken by the French , so those were all lost , which is a great misfortune at this time , when they would have been of great service to me , in ascertaining the names of some plants which remain doubtful . |
| 4 | Everything was very hush-hush , and it was not until it was over that the name of the target was made common knowledge — not that it would have been of any interest to us if we had known beforehand , because none of us had ever heard of it . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , it seems highly improbable that had it been pursued the ‘ revolutionary ’ alternative , deprived as it would have been of any significant outside help , would have proved any more successful . |
| 6 | It would have been of little comfort to investors to learn that Chairman John Wheeler had , according to former business colleagues , been living a luxury lifestyle , spending almost £70,000 on refitting his yacht , and thousands of pounds renovating his six-bedroom house . |