Example sentences of "would [adv] be [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a lack of concern for place which was worthy of his father , he said he would rather be Minister of Health . |
| 2 | They would , in effect , become banks and would presumably be members of the monetary sector . |
| 3 | Without a knowledge of good and evil , for example , there would only be ignorance and destruction . |
| 4 | At this point a wag from the back of the large audience called out " the only trouble is that it would only be 2½″ long ! " |
| 5 | George noted that Sprague — it would only be Sprague had been leaking a version of Maxim 's performance at the Committee . |
| 6 | If two people are merely sharing a house or flat , e.g. two friends , unless the underwriters have been asked specifically to cover both persons ' property , there would only be cover for the property of the Policyholder . |
| 7 | The modern or contemporary quarter of Intolerance would make an excellent film in its own right but even then the industrial scene would only be part of the scene setting and would fade in the memory as the hero passes from scene to scene in the ‘ picaresque ’ fashion of so many movies . |
| 8 | ‘ Afterwards , there would only be dislike and resentment , because you do n't care for my feelings at all . |
| 9 | There would only be reason for despair if more general affluence had been accompanied by a withdrawal from the regard for precious substances , since this would imply rejection of the notion of excellence , the basis not merely of cultural advance but of the very attainment of humanity . |
| 10 | Now there would only be days to finish things . |
| 11 | ‘ Neither of you will face criminal charges , though it would only be justice after what you 're doing to my sister . |
| 12 | Her heart was pounding and , realising there was no point in pretending any longer , she opted for frankness , saying , ‘ It would only be lust . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ The most glaring one was last night when you tried to appeal to my pragmatic nature by admitting that ‘ it would only be lust ’ — no doubt you imagined we could establish some sort of ‘ adult ’ agreement on the basis of that . ’ |
| 14 | Three of them would obviously be Scotland , Wales and Northern Ireland . |
| 15 | Most notable of the more recent examples would perhaps be Rawls ( 1972 ) with his assumption of ‘ primary goods ’ such as liberty , opportunity , wealth and self-respect , and Finnis ( 1980 , p. 59 ) with his ‘ forms of good … that are irreducibly basic ’ of life , knowledge , play and aesthetic experience . |
| 16 | As Street on Torts puts it , the basis of this authority and the defence it affords to torts such as false imprisonment ‘ is the need to maintain order in the particular organisation responsible for the training of the child ’ ; parental wishes would merely be factors to be taken into account in deciding whether a punishment was reasonable . |
| 17 | Just the the metal and the chlorine so sodium chloride would just be N A and then C L. |
| 18 | If I were saying here that I do n't approve , then obviously it would be of no value , it would just be generation gap inanity , but it 's not that , and approval does n't come into the equation . |
| 19 | Student : ‘ I thought it would just be kid 's stuff … |
| 20 | Without you plastic flowers in shop windows would just be plastic flowers in shop windows . |
| 21 | No , it would just be comments . |
| 22 | There would just be time for a quick shower if she hurried . |
| 23 | ‘ Outsourcing would just be data processing . |
| 24 | I would think it would just be trimmings . |
| 25 | ‘ I 'm not going to go down on my knees and thank you , Daddy , because that would just be words . |
| 26 | Furthermore , while the effects of events in producing depression were often so rapid that there would scarcely be time to intervene after the event and before depression , major difficulties , by definition , had existed for at least two years , giving ample time for preventive intervention . |
| 27 | This item of equipment enabled the rapid assembly features of the whole range of equipment to be fully exploited , and reduced the erection times for some major bridging operations , from what would normally be months to merely a matter of days . |
| 28 | Refusal by the client to furnish a written representation that the firm believes is essential would normally be grounds for reappraising our relationship with the client and considering withdrawing from the engagement . |
| 29 | In this first part of Language in Popular Fiction Nash introduces an interesting narrative device , that of defeating the reader 's expectancies by presenting excerpts from serious literature in those parts of the analysis where there would normally be examples from popfiction . |
| 30 | Two or three of them who were on the main board solicited support from other board members ; they worked even harder to obtain commitment from the heads of the businesses , who would soon be board members . |