Example sentences of "would [adv] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The overall view is that much improvement can be made in these guides , which at present would only be of marginal use to a student . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | Launching a business with redundancy pay carried considerable financial risks , while training would only be of lasting value if there was a real job at the end of it . |
| 4 | And even if the signature is original it would only be of value to an autograph hunter not an art collector . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The fact that he forbade an official biography — as early as 1925 , he had decided that he did not want one — has suggested to many people that such a biography would necessarily be of a scandalous nature . |
| 7 | The party would leave for France at the beginning of July and Ferdinando would not be of it . |
| 8 | If it could be shown that , as some holists contend , those individual actions , decisions and choices which are appealed to in explanation , are themselves the causal outcomes of various larger states of social affairs , then individuals would not be of any special interest . |
| 9 | The possession of South Korea is not essential for Allied strategic plans , and though it would obviously be desirable to deny it to the enemy , it would not be of sufficient importance to make it the cause of World War III . |
| 10 | It would not be of much help to him , and it would alert any intruder that he was on his way . |
| 11 | In either case , it would not be of much use as a source of heat and light for life on Earth . |
| 12 | Neither she nor Aunt Tossie , sitting there in dignified order , could foresee that the memory to be implanted would not be of the rare perfection of each course , but of a social mishap , a horror that would engross unbelieving attention and sear its recollection , like a scar , into Nicandra 's loving . |
| 13 | He did not know where they were heading , but already it was clear the destination would not be of his choosing . |
| 14 | I remind my hon. Friend the Minister , who has Scottish ancestry , that to upset large numbers of railway enthusiasts in Scotland would not be of additional help to the Conservative party north of the border . |
| 15 | The length of service is on record at Walworth Road and it would not be of a great cost if you look at retaining membership who are real stalwarts of the Party . |
| 16 | The only greenbelt erm er in North Yorkshire er is the is is the West Yorkshire statutory greenbelt in the Western part er of Selby District Council , but the area of land the area of search that we have defined as about er ten miles would not take in any er would not be of relevance to the West Yorkshire greenbelt . |
| 17 | C1 was to be a two-year course for 16-plus school-leavers with suitable qualifications , leading to a certificate or diploma comparable in status to an OND , while C2 would normally be of two years ' duration and would be for students not so highly qualified or well-motivated as those taking C1 courses . |
| 18 | Edgar 's male chauvinism ( though this was a phrase not yet current ) and his expectation that his work was always , would always be of greater importance , than her own — these were aspects of their mutual dissatisfaction , no doubt , although both were , decades later , to concede that Edgar at this time was paying a high psychological price for having renounced his theatrical ambitions ( old Cambridge friends of his already had their names in lights in the West End , while he was a mere house officer ) and that Liz was still suffering from the trauma of confronting her mother with her total , final defection . |
| 19 | First , it was estimated that the annual cost of the scheme to the Council would possibly be of the order of £1.25 million . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | Were it not for the material in the reports of Hansard to which your Lordships have been referred , I , too , would still be of that view , for although I recognise that in popular parlance with provision to one individual of a service which is , in any event , being provided for reward to many others may be said to cost the provider little or nothing , ‘ cost ’ in accountancy terms is merely a computation of outgoing expenditure without reference to receipts . |
| 22 | Eliot was perceptive enough about his own work to share this attitude in part ; he realized , for example , that his essays on individual poets would probably be of more lasting worth than his more generalized pieces . |
| 23 | This did not take place , however , because schools would be required to go through the process at different times and such training would probably be of limited value for schools which were not to undertake an appraisal for some time . |
| 24 | This year we 've restricted it to primary , partly because we felt that 's where the enthusiasm was , and partly , if people wo n't mind me saying so , to keep out the computer science specialists — we felt that , you know , we did n't want a club for boffins or for the experts , we wanted a club and we felt that if we started at the primary end , where there was n't a lot of expertise , we would probably be of more use . |
| 25 | Social conventions would clearly be of little use if only a small proportion of members was aware of them , and the same holds for the interpretative rules which guide the manner in which meanings are attached to objects and situations . |
| 26 | this solution would clearly be of no use to him . |
| 27 | If it were a perfect world the cable links into subscribers homes would also be of optical fibre , and upwards compatible in the future . |
| 28 | Although aimed at student nurses , it would also be of interest to graduate nurses both for revision purposes and for the wide range of topics covered . |
| 29 | This would be the first stage of an overland communication with India ; and it would also be of immense advantage for Britain 's trade with Europe , valuable to all parties . |
| 30 | It would also be of great interest to learn about the distinctive experiences and initiatives taking place across the rest of the UK . |