Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] would [be] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But clergywomen say there would be little value in that . |
| 2 | The train would be too long for the platform ; as it approached there would be frantic snatchings and shrieks … |
| 3 | But Russia 's UN ambassador Yuli Vorontsov said after meeting Yugoslav president Dobrica Cosic that Friday 's UN session of security council foreign ministers could be delayed until May 25 , but he doubted it would be this month . |
| 4 | And , although it must be said that if the needs suggested by the report were met there would be many changes to existing reporting practices , it is also true that many of the needs rationalize the existing complexities of governmental accounting reports . |
| 5 | Colin Strang Steel who is dealing with the sale told Outdoor Action ‘ Some of the potential buyers want to live on the island , but I would n't expect it would be full time . |
| 6 | ‘ Conway House is run by a charity so finance should n't be a problem , ’ said Rachel thoughtfully , then added , ‘ And I would n't have thought there would be any question of Len 's not being a deserving case . |
| 7 | Mr Miller confirmed there would be full inquiry into the mistake . |
| 8 | Whatever we may think of Oliphant 's views , we have to assume there would be little point in attacks on [ h ] -dropping by the educated elite unless it was highly salient and widespread , and it is reasonable to assume for these reasons that it probably has quite a long history in the language . |
| 9 | Well it 's certainly , well so that 's ninety , ninety one , ninety two I would n't have thought it would be four years Adrian , they only ever do it three years or five years d do n't they ? |
| 10 | But if force were used it would be lawful force and that could not itself be a breach of the peace , which implies illegality . |
| 11 | If the fixture list is so crowded it would be one way of freeing some space . |
| 12 | When TI announced its hostile bid , the company claimed it would be good news for Dowty shareholders . |
| 13 | In 1931 Welford Beaton was greatly impressed with Fox-Movietone 's Quick Millions and he guessed it would be big box-office not because it was a gangster picture but because it was ‘ a good motion picture ’ and what was particularly good about it was the acting . |
| 14 | To leave them would be another kind of running away . " |
| 15 | The Clow Committee had recognised there would be practical problems : the quarterly cycle of meter reading would make it difficult to concentrate the higher charge on the crucial months of December , January and February when demand was highest ; in really cold weather or if coal remained in short supply it would have only limited deterrent effect ; and off-peak demand might be adversely affected . |
| 16 | In July 1951 the US Chief of Naval Operations , Admiral Sherman , began what would be protracted negotiations for the concession of air and naval facilities on the Spanish mainland . |
| 17 | Roger White , head of public relations at Coopers , said : ‘ If we did receive a writ we certainly do n't think there would be any grounds and we would contest it vigorously . ’ |
| 18 | He did not think there would be any point in Sara travelling to Wellingham that evening , especially as she had only just got back from abroad . |
| 19 | Do you think there would be important differences between the religions on this ? |
| 20 | He said all the independent surveys agreed there would be some job losses it was simply a question of how many . |
| 21 | Miners ' leaders attending a special conference of the National Union of Mineworkers in Sheffield yesterday backed away from a strike over the imposition of a 7.6 per cent pay rise by British Coal , when they realised there would be little support from members . |
| 22 | ‘ With equipment like this , the legal limit of exhaust emissions could be further reduced which would be good news for the environment , ’ said Dr Coles , of Swansea University . |
| 23 | And I suppose they would be wooden boats would they |
| 24 | The Mozambican President , Mr Joaquim Chissano , has announced general elections for 1991 but hinted they would be single party only , the Portuguese news agency , Lusa , said yesterday . |
| 25 | Closing it would be criminal folly . |
| 26 | Many believe it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit in a time of recession and high unemployment , and income support is already so low that there seems little scope for cuts there . |
| 27 | Back then , I naturally never thought I would be one day joining them as the support act . |
| 28 | I thought we would be lower mid-table in a comparatively comfortable position , but when you get 15 little things and you lump them together you get a better idea why we have n't done so well . |
| 29 | They felt there would be two consequences to this which would disadvantage the arts in relation to other curriculum areas . |
| 30 | ‘ My son-in-law was offered the living of St Ermin 's when it fell vacant recently , ’ she said , ‘ but he felt there would be more scope here . ’ |