Example sentences of "would be [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They now recognised that their plan to send some intelligent lads for education in farriery to such continental schools would be at best a rather feeble stopgap measure , while in any case the revolutionary situation in France was not favourable to the original Odiham plan . |
| 2 | All translations , on this approach , would be at best approximations . |
| 3 | Even if all these animals were buried on-farm , the long term environmental consequences would be at best uncertain " . |
| 4 | Compensation both for planning restrictions ( in cases where a claim had been admitted ) and for compulsory purchase by public authorities was to be paid on the basis of existing use plus any admitted 1947 development value , but private sales would be at current market prices . |
| 5 | Then he disappointed her by saying he was checking whether it was possible for someone to go in and out unobserved , and how crowded it would be at that time of day . |
| 6 | Charles hedged by saying that he 'd never imagined the BEF would be at all like this . |
| 7 | Although the Committee hoped that the broadcasters would cover committee work , there was no expectation that this would be at all extensive , and therefore minimum effort and expense appeared reasonable ; in particular , the Committee did not recommend the installation of remote-controlled cameras . |
| 8 | I do n't think your mother and father would be at all keen on the idea . ’ |
| 9 | Not that it would be at all necessary , she reassured herself as she felt a sudden burst of fright . |
| 10 | ‘ However , in deference to public opinion , the developers have decided to see if it would be at all possible to have the building renovated and brought back to its former glory . |
| 11 | 'Really ? ’ observed Ivy ; ‘ one can not imagine anyone doing anything in the afternoon between 2 and 4 , except hoping that tea would be at 4 rather than at 5 . ’ |
| 12 | Breakfast would be at 8.00 am and parents would return to collect their offspring at 9.30 am . |
| 13 | It was made clear that trade would be at international prices , with no subsidies or preferential treatment . |
| 14 | ‘ Yes , I come from Lochaber , and the Lochaber people , if they were here , would be at one with the people of Breadalbane . |
| 15 | Another of her unattached friends who always seemed to find their way on to the invitation list whenever she was certain he would be at one of her soirees . |
| 16 | Okay so that would be at one o'clock and there 's another hundred and sixty . |
| 17 | So , established perspectives were tattered and there was " room " for a new theory of British politics that would be at one with the facts and celebrate the achievements of the post-war consensus . |
| 18 | In fact the ack-ack unit , who thought , or hoped , they might be protecting the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret , in residence at Windsor Castle , almost missed the fun entirely , having been told the raid would be at 2 a.m . |
| 19 | Erm and I I ca n't help wondering , this is perhaps something that Mr Donson may well want to come back to , erm what Mr Donson 's position would be at subsequent local plan inquiries where local plans were to contain such policies and there was was n't to be a strategic basis er for those policies . |
| 20 | And sometimes , towards dawn , the music would be at full blast and there would be hardly any movement at all , nothing left except maybe just one couple kissing — and yet that looked like dancing too . |
| 21 | I warned him that unless he adhered strictly to the regimen I prescribed he would be at considerable risk . ’ |
| 22 | It was a police person telling me that the inquest on Billy Tuckett would be at ten o'clock tomorrow at Queen 's Road mortuary where there was a Coroner 's Court . |
| 23 | Midday meal would be at 1230 hours , and they had been told they were excused duties for the remainder of the day . |
| 24 | Loans would be at subsidised rates of interest ( provided through the taxation system ) . |
| 25 | Erm the long term pension again would be at half your pension at best . |
| 26 | A value of 255 would result in the corresponding phosphor dot on the screen receiving maximum illumination while it would be at half brightness if the value were 127 . |
| 27 | His mother would be at Thursday-evening Bingo , Rose-Ann out in Len 's car . |
| 28 | She was calm , authoritative , in the way she would be with injured animals . |
| 29 | I do n't suffer from ex-hatred myself , assuming that my partner must prefer me to any of her previous lovers or else she would be with one of them . |
| 30 | There was no way I wanted to be robbed again and I determined if I had to stand in a queue it would be with this chain in my hand . |