Example sentences of "would [be] [adv] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The most that Aurangzeb could expect was to make the local rulers obedient to his authority , or else to replace them with deputies of his own who would be reasonably faithful vassals .
2 allocations under I five , I would be wholly happy sir and would be able formally withdraw our objections absolutely .
3 Erm and , and very enjoyable days they were , but erm I think if I were to plan a big party , or an anniversary or something like that , and I 'd hope those would be jolly enjoyable days too .
4 This material would be approximately 10 cm from the probe and 10 cm off its axis , and at this point the detector signal would be reduced to less than 5% of its value on the detector axis .
5 At the middle marker , the displacement of the aircraft off the centre-line would be approximately 10 ft for the circle and each dot .
6 Or it would be approximately ten shillings for a day because we had to work Saturday morning , although it was at Newark and got to travel twenty
7 There would be precious little searoom off the beaches in amphibious landings , and putting a 4,000 ton assault ship ashore was at one time thought so hazardous that none was expected to survive .
8 There would be precious little point in appointing a local government commission if we then took all the decisions .
9 But she knew that any attempt at this sort of seductive sophistication would be laughably incongruous coming from her quiet , ordinary little self , and in any case she had made no serious plans to leave , so she simply said steadily , ‘ That 's very nice of you , Dr Russell , but I have n't fully worked out my plans yet , and if I do leave I 'll probably sign on with a nursing agency .
10 Families where there is both a record of schizophrenia and where the index child was born after a particularly long or difficult labour would be particularly suitable targets .
11 This idea would also be splendid for young and old alike , using a black pattern on a white background with really bright colours added and it would be particularly good fun for children to wear .
12 The majority of suggestions have been on the lines that there should be a one- or two-year period in which it should be possible for the capital of discretionary trusts to be distributed tax free provided the settlement was made before 26th March 1974 and the result of the distribution was that there would be either absolute entitlement to the property or an interest in possessing it .
13 These would be either two women and a man , or two men and a woman , and the Hearings would be conducted as informally as possible , in surroundings that would not be intimidating to children .
14 Of course , what is really needed , and what would be better for the children 's education , would be either more nursery schools , or reception classes that have the right equipment and staff , and the ability to cope with the three and four-year-olds they are being handed so prematurely .
15 Behind that door would be yet another stack of loaded firearms ready to deal with the next assault .
16 Before long all that would remain of The Haven would be yet another pile of rubble .
17 It would be yet another committee , a group of sor whatever they are , that eat up our money , and no use or purpose in my opinion .
18 Perhaps there would be little silvery marks , stretch marks in the skin of her belly , silvery green like the barley field .
19 Fun as it might be to imagine what a ‘ top twenty ’ list might include , there would be little real purpose in discussing the practicalities , or otherwise , of going on a cruise , owning a race horse , buying a caravan , flying Concorde or whatever , since not only — even among married couples — would there be wide variations in choice but more particularly , since normal budget wisdom does not apply , any advice would risk being grossly misleading .
20 ‘ It does n't matter , ’ she intervened , knowing they would be here all night if Peter insisted on extracting apologies from someone like Marc Alexander Vila .
21 Did Toby know that you and Dominic would be here this weekend ? ’
22 And John would be away one night , .
23 He would be away two weeks : when he returned , he told Grégoire , they would go away on holiday , to the sea perhaps , as they had the year before .
24 Cheryl decided that as Angela would be away all afternoon and Mrs. Yatton wanted her shoes for the weekend , she would go into Linby and fetch the shoes and at the same time collect the signalling flags , if Jessica had found them .
25 All in all , they would be away three days and two nights .
26 For the District , perennially in financial difficulties , the £500 annual Carnegie grant over a three-year period was accepted on the understanding that the Bedfordshire Scheme would be financially self-sufficient.The scheme was welcomed by the LEA and the Cambridge Extra-Mural Board and a Cambridge teacher and part-time WEA tutor , Harold Shearman , was appointed .
27 If the hon. Gentleman had showed even a tiny amount of the indignation that he expresses about empty houses in Swindon in relation to all those in areas under Labour control , there would be scarcely any problems of homelessness in Britain .
28 If less reliable prostheses or techniques were used the cost at 10 years would be over three times as much .
29 In this case , were it visible from the Earth and if Jupiter were near opposition , the angular diameter of the magnetosphere would be nearly 3 times that of the full Moon .
30 If more attention was paid to the basics and less to incorporating an impressive number of zips , these trousers would be even better value-for-money .
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