Example sentences of "would [be] [adj] [prep] other " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'm terribly fond of the book and it was very personal ; I just hoped that it would be personal to other people , particularly people at that same period in their lives . |
| 2 | The current system has been developed for English , but the methods would be applicable to other languages which use the same or similar alphabets . |
| 3 | I find it odd when it is suggested that it would be better for other people to grow the tobacco and for us to import it — as though that would help the health of the Community . |
| 4 | The expression in his yellow eyes was unreadable and , since his oddly lengthened features were incapable of displaying an emotion which would be understandable to other humans , it was impossible to know what he was thinking . |
| 5 | It is therefore safe for a fire-engine driver to proceed at a higher speed than would be possible for other drivers . |
| 6 | It seems clear , however , that it would be possible in other similar circumstances for a police officer to detain such a person for what he or she did after the offence rather than for the crime itself . |
| 7 | In 1983 , the governing Conservative Party in Britain was keen to point out that the rate of increase in unemployment from 1982 to 1983 was higher in the United States , Germany , the Netherlands , and Canada than it was in the United Kingdom ( a 23.1% increase in the United States compared with 11.8% in the United Kingdom ) and that unemployment would be higher in other countries were it not in some cases for conscription and a retirement age for men of 60 . |
| 8 | This would be unacceptable to other political parties , notably the Congress Party , which props up India 's very minority government . |
| 9 | I thought this tip would be useful for other intarsia knitters too . |
| 10 | After all , a plant that was doing badly in the Amazon may well do well elsewhere , or at least contain genes that would be useful in other environments . |
| 11 | The microfilm equipment would be available for other uses within RBGE , e.g. microfilm copies of Herbarium type specimens could be produced , for sale or loan to other institutions . |
| 12 | This week the Department of Energy said it believed that sufficient data would be available from other sources to make Super-SARA unnecessary . |
| 13 | In many far off lands the Commission 's gardeners have no knowledge of the English language , while their supervisors are not fluent in the native tongue ; the result has been , so the Commission reports , that a form of hybrid speech has developed in certain countries that would be incomprehensible to other natives of the country and to ordinary English-speakers , but which is ‘ very eloquent ’ on matters relating to cemetery maintenance ! |
| 14 | Therefore I would not necessarily be looking for a secretarial position , and would be open to other suggestions . |
| 15 | The force , to be known as the European Corps , was intended to operate under the umbrella of the Western European Union ( WEU ) and would be open to other WEU members . |
| 16 | Since it was impossible to guarantee that any section of normal roads would be free from other traffic , speeds were calculated from the video on four separate sections of road . |