Example sentences of "[det] would have been a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Roger Kelly is convinced that there are enough people to invest in the centre : ‘ Five years ago this would have been a pipe-dream , but with the rise of the ethical investment movement it 's become a real possibility . |
| 2 | This would have been a correlate of the impact value of the thesis , since it would have indicated the level of acknowledgement of the content of the thesis by the same or other authors . |
| 3 | I now realise this would have been a mistake . |
| 4 | This would have been a tragedy to many club professionals but to Waites , who had lived and breathed the game ever since he was a youngster , it was quite unthinkable . |
| 5 | Not so many years ago , this would have been a non-question : Christians believed that the Star was one of God 's miracles , while scientists , by and large , believed that the whole story was a myth . |
| 6 | This would have been a stage towards the best-remembered dance sequence in the film , prominently featured in That 's Entertainment ! ( 1974 ) , when they go ‘ Dancing In The Dark ’ in a fantasy Central Park , she in a pleated white skirt and flat shoes , he in a light sport jacket and slacks , just as they 've come from rehearsal . |
| 7 | That would have been a day tomorrow . |
| 8 | That would have been a mistake . |
| 9 | ‘ That would have been a mistake . |
| 10 | That would have been a laugh , would n't it ? ’ |
| 11 | that would have been a decision of Mr |
| 12 | Cos that would have been a bit quick really would n't it ? |
| 13 | Holyfield says that he regrets the fight with Tyson never took place because ‘ that would have been a dream fight . |
| 14 | And a legitimate hook because people are concerned about food and eating and so forth , and that , that would have been a hook you could grab people with , and most people would have thought ‘ That would be something I want to read about . ’ |
| 15 | The refusal to raise National Insurance rates is very good because that would have been a tax increase . |
| 16 | That would have been a boost to everybody . |
| 17 | again that would have been a matter raised at our board and passed on |
| 18 | Now , that would have been a W I committee day so we 've had to alter the committee to the Tuesday , so I 'm afraid they 'll be no handy craft on Tuesday the first of December . |
| 19 | For years she had turned a calm , expressionless face on the world — quiet , distant , not even blatantly cold , because that would have been a challenge to some men . |
| 20 | I mean that would have been a disaster I mean it 's only because I was upstairs and I thought oh I can smell boiling . |
| 21 | He went on , ‘ If it had n't been for Bertha sticking to her guns over the question of the house , I 'd have been married to Doreen by now — and that would have been a disaster . ’ |
| 22 | The Friends ' new Patron says that for a modern town like Swindon , that would have been a disaster . |
| 23 | And that would have been a lot better than and then after that rabbit , I went and did the car . |