Example sentences of "[noun sg] would be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The frustration of life without a torch , illustrated by either a feature or a demonstration , could interest the men 's press , and special car fitments for fixing a torch inside the car would be of great interest to the motoring media . |
| 2 | In dealing with the techniques of studying , memory has been treated first , for without memory all study would be in vain . |
| 3 | While this survey has been concerned with public libraries , co-operation potentially encompasses a wide range of institutions , and an INSET network that concerned itself with training across the whole spectrum of librarianship would be of maximum value . |
| 4 | Eck 's defence was that of ‘ operational necessity ’ , i.e. that if he did not destroy all traces of the sinking , his boat would be in grave danger of itself being sunk by Allied aircraft in the morning , as had happened to his four predecessors . |
| 5 | The lane down to the harbour was steep ; the oncoming wind would be of positive benefit . |
| 6 | The jobs would largely be unskilled and semi-skilled and a high proportion would be in inner city areas , where high unemployment bites particularly badly . |
| 7 | Such an alternator would be of great use in a motorcaravan conversion I intend doing on a V8 Land Rover . |
| 8 | Another potential future LAN would be for Public Services and Publications , in view of the close functional links which have developed between some of their activities , and the need to minimise cost increases by sharing expensive hardware . |
| 9 | In 1982 the Soviet Third World specialist Primakov asserted that ‘ an understanding on the military neutralisation of a number of regions where an accumulation of armed forces and armaments is taking place would be of great significance ’ . |
| 10 | The ‘ general interest ’ post would be in environmental sectors or helping the poor , old and disabled . |
| 11 | The unending toil , which ground on at the pace of the changing seasons and the constant struggle against relentless Nature would be in vain , as far as Jonadab Oaks was concerned , unless there were others of his name to follow in his footsteps and work this land to which he had devoted his life . |
| 12 | Multi-millionaire Richard Branson agreed with the move to curb pay but he reckons that this is a negative avenue and a more positive move would be for big UK companies with cash ( the likes of Hanson , GEC , etc ) to start splashing it about . |
| 13 | Clearly , their thermal maturity would be of great interest , as Silurian shales are also known to subcrop south of the Thames Estuary ( Wills 1973 ) . |
| 14 | If it were proved that insider dealing was a desirable activity , then the issue of the Chinese Wall would be of marginal significance , since adopting the mechanism would hinder what would otherwise be a worthy activity . |
| 15 | To maintain this sort of supply in the home aquarium would be near impossible , let alone impractical , so it is fortunate that the Arrowana adapts well to more readily available foods . |
| 16 | Publicity would be of paramount importance in his quest for popularity . |
| 17 | But he notes that three-quarters of the dose would be from heavy ions , whose biological effects are ‘ poorly understood ’ . |
| 18 | Listing would be by statutory instrument made on the advice of an advisory committee . |
| 19 | A more valid comparison would be between Black and White arrest rates of those living in the same small areas , because their living circumstances are more likely to be similar , as is their policing . |
| 20 | Standard definitions of use would be of significant value when considering consents . |
| 21 | Any progress to be made in this almost uncharted area would be of great significance to communication and those who apply it . |
| 22 | It was made clear that trade would be at international prices , with no subsidies or preferential treatment . |
| 23 | After several years he displayed the results in London in 1804 but said himself that the calves at one month old were ‘ as fat as quails ’ , though he declared that in due course the hide , flesh , milk and tallow would be of superior quality and value . |
| 24 | Such a policy would be of especial benefit to bilingual or multilingual children . |
| 25 | I think that without any doubt a national lottery would be of considerable assistance both to the causes of art and heritage , and to sport as well . |
| 26 | Furthermore , thought and deed are not distinguished as sharply by primitives or children as they are by modern adults , and therefore the impact on primitives of the wish to kill and devour father(s) was as great , psychically , as the deed would be to modern people . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , all struggles should have their recompense , and the effort laid out to achieve a satisfactory musical culmination would be in vain if the climax were to disappear before anyone really noticed it . |
| 28 | The remainder would be in psychogeriatric assessment wards and in the long-stay wards of psychiatric hospitals . |
| 29 | A short time ago , it would have been difficult to imagine that the Conservative Party in Parliament would be in open revolt against bishops of the Church of England . |
| 30 | Elections to a lower house of parliament would be by proportional representation and an upper house would be appointed by provincial governments . |