Example sentences of "would [adv] be [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He could think of nowhere he would rather be than at home , with people he knew and trusted , in a place without secrets . |
| 2 | Nor did she think he could ever feel anything but shame for the way he treated them ; if he was now ready to pretend otherwise , it would only be that he saw some advantage in it . |
| 3 | Perhaps , in the years to come , she would get Mrs Aggie to move , but that would only be when she was too old to take the cart out . |
| 4 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 5 | Erm I did say at the time if the Council agreed it was we would approve the new application it would only be if the original was rescinded and I did speak to the Town Clerk so there 's no need , I 'm not making a big issue , but I think the Council should be aware and the Town Clerk I believe has notified because again this is one of those things that could happen at a later date and as we all know if we have n't made these things perfectly clear . |
| 6 | It would only be if they suspected that something odd was going on . |
| 7 | It would only be if somebody was off on long term sickness or |
| 8 | ‘ If [ the argument ] were right , then the result would merely be that the making of the contract constituted the appropriation . |
| 9 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 10 | He said it would just be until I got myself sorted out , and then I would get him back straight away . |
| 11 | But the ground of the complaint would not be that the giraffe 's right to self determination was being thwarted , as we would say of a human being in a cage , but the general distaste at the conviction that the animal must be suffering severe discomfort . |
| 12 | Whenever I drove to a hospital my question would not be whether there was a demonstration but how big . |
| 13 | If I decided to play in it , it would not be because of $50,000 but because I felt better . |
| 14 | Of course , a rule permitting the directors to defend the company from a poorly-managed predator would be perfectly coherent ( and might be desirable ) , but this would not be because the entity has an intrinsic significance that merits protection , but rather because the rule would serve the rational purpose of protecting the interests of groups other than the shareholders who would be adversely affected by a change in control . |
| 15 | She had been right to say it was people like that who do terrible things , and if Timothy Gedge did do terrible things it would not be because he was different and exotic but because he was possessed of an urge to become so . |
| 16 | The question would normally be whether their decision was unreasonable in the sense that no tribunal acquainted with the ordinary use of language could reasonably reach that decision . |
| 17 | If you are dealing with a matter which upsets you , you may not be as objective in your judgement as you would normally be and you may be oversensitive . |
| 18 | They were , however , encouraged to delay their accident estimate until they had thought specifically about how busy the junction would normally be and how it might appear in other conditions . |
| 19 | Soon she would lie down in the arms of a stronger lover than Tom would ever be and fall asleep . |
| 20 | She would likely never see her sister again , so that in her mind she would always be as she had been on that last walk over the moor to Barnswick . |
| 21 | And no doubts , never any doubts at all , that men thought as he would have them think , and would always be as he had always known them . |
| 22 | In this case it would possibly be that they had the name of the subscriber but … |
| 23 | Now this time we 're here for four weeks so it would probably be that they want to get everybody through this time without anybody escaping the net . |
| 24 | As a result , although the coverage is not as lively or interesting as it would probably be if the editors had more freedom , it is not nearly as stilted as many people feared ; it is certainly much better than the terribly restricted and monotonous presentation of the Canadian House of Commons . |
| 25 | so it would n't be that they interruptions listening necessarily it would just be that would n't expect to have to . |
| 26 | Certainly it would n't be because staff sit around the lounge at night and make guests the butt of practical jokes . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ It would n't be because guests are being gossiped about , and even spied on through binoculars , would it ? ’ |
| 28 | Sir , — Election time does not have to be like this , and it would n't be if politicians did n't behave like cocks , strutting their stuff ! |
| 29 | ‘ Because you 're alive , ’ Michael snarled , ‘ which you certainly would n't be if there had been more than one of them here . ’ |
| 30 | Notice how this is beautifully covered with my fingerprints now which it would n't be if I was handling it properly . |