Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] would [be] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps unnerved by the suddenness of his summons to the Prime Minister and the vigour of Palmerston 's attack , Scott felt that his case had to be presented in a ‘ more consecutive manner ’ , and on 23rd July , 1859 , he wrote a long letter to Palmerston explaining how much effort he had put into the design and what a loss it would be to the country if it was not adopted . |
| 2 | What a deprivation it would be to be blind ! |
| 3 | No I , I just wondered what use it would be to me . |
| 4 | If this were carried out by candidates in examinations , what a boon it would be to those who have to mark the scripts ! |
| 5 | And the fact that he 's a left-hand drive he 's erm perhaps not got quite the view out of his offside mirror , or our offside mirror it would be to us , that perhaps somebody like yourselves have with er a right-hand drive vehicle . |
| 6 | If a distribution to shareholders was classed as a form of spending by a company , such payments would be taxed as now , leaving the undistributed profits to accumulate free of tax ; what an encouragement it would be to foreign manufacturers to start business here , with all the advantages to us of new jobs created and a resulting trade improvement . |