Example sentences of "[noun sg] would [verb] [be] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The buildings on either side would have been for the slaves and workshops , the bath-house and latrines . |
| 2 | I dread to think where the pound would have been in the past few days if I had followed the advice of Opposition Members . |
| 3 | Such a move would have greatly simplified the supplementary benefit system , as fewer people eligible for benefit would have been on the books of local social security offices . |
| 4 | This is not entirely correct , as the only compensation would have been for the damage caused by the armed robbery . |
| 5 | The upper team would have been on the logging track above the natural amphitheatre when he broke for cover . |
| 6 | Before his reign the site would have been on the southernmost borders of the empire ; when he died it was at the empire 's heart . |
| 7 | The approach of the Court was that taking into account the three aggravating circumstances , the responsibility of the offender , the age of the girl and the degree of planning , the proper starting point would have been in the region of eight years : against that were the plea of guilty , the offender 's remorse and the effect on the offender of the double appearance . |
| 8 | ‘ The prime advantage of an exit charge would have been to the investor because he would have got into our funds at a nil cost and out again at a very low cost if he held his investment for , say , three years . ’ |
| 9 | The procedure would have been for the pilot to pull a handle , situated between his legs , which jettisoned the canopy while activating a rocket that fired his seat and that of his navigator clear of the plane . |
| 10 | Labour argues that it will not be significantly affected because most of those who evade the register would have been among the large proportion — between 20.1 per cent and 31.2 per cent in their top 10 target constituencies — who did not vote in 1987 . |
| 11 | Again , a clearer indication of what the right sentence in the Crown Court would have been without the discount for the fact that the case was a reference would make the decision more useful . |
| 12 | If there was any honour in this Government , Mr Heseltine 's resignation would have been on the Prime Minister 's desk at the same time as the High Court judgment . |
| 13 | Indeed , one might even go so far as to say that , were it not for the ‘ discovery ’ of Siberia 's seemingly inexhaustible resources of ‘ soft gold ’ , that is , an abundance of fur-bearing mammals — in particular the highly-prized sable — the Muscovite government would have been without the economic foundation for the growth of its political power . |
| 14 | The better approach would have been for the company to insist that an express term was inserted into the contract to the effect that the computer to be acquired must be compatible with the existing equipment . |
| 15 | The most likely context for discovering the qualities of jade would have been in the course of grinding and polishing axe or adze blades , one of the most widespread components of the Neolithic tool-kit from Europe to China . |
| 16 | And this is where Derek comes in ( think how useful his fax would have been with the more timid cross dresser ) . |
| 17 | It is never possible to be certain what the situation would have been in the absence of any such policy nor is it possible to know what the outcome of a different policy might have been . |
| 18 | ’ Anybody could 've gone outside and pulled a plug out of the wall and the show would 've been off the air A lot of people probably wish they had . ’ |
| 19 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 20 | It can only be surmised that the Marquis was feeling pretty flush after a good win when he made that entry into his accounts , or the caddie was a highly favoured young man indeed , for four shillings at that time would have been over the top on the percentages that a caddie can expect from his round nowadays . |