Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] would be [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My suggestion would be two meals a day , keeping sugar beet to a minimum consisting of |
| 2 | It was not to pass examinations and qualify for better wages , not to raise themselves into a higher social class — though these are respectable ambitions and no doubt many of those early students felt them — but to get at knowledge for its own sake because without it their existence would be less worth to them , that the working classes demanded education and got it . |
| 3 | Its core would be those states which are committed to making European co-operation work across the board from security to social policy : Germany and its immediate neighbours . |
| 4 | By Christmas her child would be several weeks old , but she 'd been forced to survive on her wits since before her ma had died , and she would survive now . |
| 5 | It was agreed , however , to " discuss " the results of the March 17 Russian Federation referendum , in which 70 per cent of all voters had supported the idea of a direct election for Russian President , a post which Yeltsin would be clear favourite to win . |
| 6 | The group , including some of the nation 's largest magazines , agreed that their publications would be ideal tools to show East Europeans how Americans live . |
| 7 | I also think that having to report back would assist with dealing with the many , many people who have complained about the state of our footpaths network but individual complaints and with user groups and we 're off to see representatives out of County Council , they 're not here today but they 're off to hear it at our Committee meetings and I do think that having an officially report back to the Environment Committee would assist in meeting their requirements would be good P R. Thank you . |
| 8 | This year Darlington MP Michael Fallon went further , suggesting all its findings would be Labour propaganda . |
| 9 | Arthritis sufferer Betty , 63 , said the special parking spaces were of no use , while Jim , 63 , said his hip replacement meant the extra 200 yards he would have to push his wife would be hard work . |
| 10 | I thought ( I was sure ) that our transgression would be some kind of departure . |
| 11 | Your wage would be five shillings and all found , one evening and one afternoon off a week — you can arrange all that with Miss Mates . |
| 12 | Er yes Mr Chairman , I mean I assume this thing gives us a fairly embryonic stage , I hope it 's not intended in any way as a finished article , it seems to me in many cases er a state into the obvious er I 'd hope that our employees would be polite people , erm you know this is a great step forward to putting down on a paper , I do n't know , but I mean |