Example sentences of "would [verb] been for [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It is only necessary to reverse the meaning of the sentence to realize how difficult it would have been for Baldwin to have given a negative answer . |
2 | The friend said : ‘ The ideal solution would have been for Camilla to break off with Andrew , but it never happened . |
3 | Yet this admission was not so grievous for Tate as it would have been for others . |
4 | First , LAWER is viewed as the caring response of doctor and relatives for the patient , whose wishes , they feel ‘ confident ’ , would have been for life to have been ended . |
5 | More than enough work for at least one such practitioner must have existed in most towns , as there would have been for slaters , tilers and masons in those areas where building stone was in regular use . |
6 | Alternatively , if the company fell on hard times , the instrument took on not only a debt , but a highly onerous debt feature when the company 's need would have been for equity . |
7 | In such cases virtually the whole award would have been for pain and suffering . |