Example sentences of "would [adv] [be] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But yes , I would rather be at home if I had the choice . |
| 2 | ‘ It would only be for investigation , ’ he said . |
| 3 | Obviously this would only be of benefit if there were capital gains against which the loss can be set off in the current or future years . |
| 4 | And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector . |
| 5 | Both Canada and Argentina admit that it would only be by default that they would take on the task of staging the tournament . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm going to bed , Emily , ’ he said , his voice slurred , ‘ I do n't think I 'll bother to go to my office tomorrow , it would only be in order to wind matters up in any case . ’ |
| 7 | On top of this it is known that any one mould would only be in use between seven and fifteen years . |
| 8 | A spokeswoman for the Department of Transport said that diversions would only be in use at the weekend . |
| 9 | As Director of the newly established Household the Emperor appointed Achille Fould , of the banking dynasty , whose financial expertise would obviously be of use in the organization of what could well be a costly affair . |
| 10 | Erm my only comment really would obviously be in relation to the Greater York situation . |
| 11 | Many children grow up to enjoy satisfactory lives who are clinically termed severely handicapped , yet they would apparently be at risk of being allowed to die due to the severity of their handicap . |
| 12 | Labour led by Mr Smith would apparently be on course for victory . |
| 13 | This does not mean , however , that a taxpayer would necessarily be without remedy in such a situation . |
| 14 | They shook hands and Rufus wished her a pleasant journey home to Sevenoaks , she would just be in time to avoid the rush . |
| 15 | I fancy that across the channel where Napoleon 's wars were ravaging all Europe , our two innkeepers fell flat as pancakes , and were it not for the felicities of their translator they would scarcely be worth comment . |
| 16 | Computers for business use , on the other hand , were oriented towards operations on strings of characters and would require much more extensive transput facilities ; arithmetic would normally be in decimal rather than binary , to avoid the time taken in conversion . |
| 17 | The festival would soon be under way . |
| 18 | With such dramatic ( for them ) technological advances , it was inevitable that furnishing fabrics would soon be on sale in the shops alongside the dress weights . |
| 19 | The Western hemisphere would soon be in range of and vulnerable to Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles , carrying megaton warheads . |
| 20 | She did not doubt that Travis would soon be in touch . |
| 21 | We would soon be in input overload and go nuts ! |
| 22 | A mission mounted jointly by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds and the International Council of Bird Preservation warned on March 14 that hundreds of thousands of migratory birds , which used the beaches , salt marshes and mudflats of the Gulf as resting places , would shortly be at risk as they arrived en route from East Africa to northern Asia and Europe . |
| 23 | On a particularly difficult issue she had a habit of canvassing everyone privately , except the person directly involved , so that when the matter was finally aired she would already be in command of all views . |
| 24 | They would usually be in action on the Croft hill just above Holywood , but this year the event could be termed ‘ old-timers only . ’ |
| 25 | She doubted she would ever be in danger of taking anyone at face value again , not after meeting Feargal and his sister . |
| 26 | Er when you did get a suit it had to be kept for Sunday , for going to chapel you see , and if you were going to have a new suit it would always be at anniversary time , you did n't get one every anniversary . |
| 27 | Satellite monitoring of the ozone layer is likely to be disrupted during 1995-98 , as a result of international failure to ensure that a suitable satellite would always be in orbit . |
| 28 | Assured by the Home Secretary that a report would still be of value , the Royal Commission pressed on with its work , abandoning the young offender study and turning its attention to other things . |
| 29 | Early in 1987 , a memo was circulated to all Harvard staff assuring them that Harvard would still be in business that time the following year and that appeal options would be taken up , should the Stock Exchange turn down their application for membership . |
| 30 | Mrs Humphreys said : ‘ Had we received the £68,000 the company would still be in business . ’ |