Example sentences of "there would [verb] be a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suppose that the mating preference was asymmetrically arranged around the familiar so that first cousins with conspicuous plumage were preferred over those with dowdier plumage , then there would have been a relentless pressure for plumage to become more conspicuous . |
| 2 | I 'd never been there but there would have been a terrible fuss if I 'd taken off to Roundhay Park or Woodhouse Moor or somewhere . |
| 3 | There would have been a terrific scandal if there 'd been anyone present to have a scandal around . |
| 4 | We noted that controlling for sex would have reduced the size of the original effect , because there would have been a spurious component stemming purely from the fact that more women are in low status jobs and more women go absent . |
| 5 | There was a finding that the contractors were at fault with regard to the old shafts , but it is not clear that they should have realised that their conduct would affect the plaintiff 's land and even if this had been the case there would have been a serious issue at that times whether the defendant was liable for the negligence of his contractor . |
| 6 | It is easy to see that there would have been a continuous trajectory of step-by-step improvement , all the way . |
| 7 | There would have been a grateful kiss , kisses , perhaps . |
| 8 | Had his sons ruled , they say there would have been a golden age . ’ |
| 9 | He could n't have come in earlier through the front door because there would have been a substantial risk of either Dr Darnell or Wetherby himself seeing him . |
| 10 | Even if it is likely that a Labour administration would have failed in the round to solve Britain 's fundamental problems , there is little doubt that at a minimum there would have been a substantial redistribution of income and some attempt to reform the City , regulate public utilities more strongly and determinedly tackle the homelessness problem . |
| 11 | Had the crowd not been prepared to accept the directions of the stewards at Carlisle Square and had they made an attempt to follow the original route , there would have been a major clash with the RUC and the loyalists and large-scale violence . |
| 12 | By then there would have been a major waste of resources . |
| 13 | In the past there would have been a major famine ; now they have simply called on their own 30-million-ton reserve of wheat . |
| 14 | But , had the changes introduced by the Courts Act 1971 not been in place , there would have been a real possibility that the old system would have collapsed under the strain . |
| 15 | We are as strong as they and a great deal wiser , ’ which , as Boswell points out , ‘ was an assault upon one of Lord Monboddo 's capital dogmas , and I was afraid there would have been a violent altercation in the very close , before we got into the house ’ . |
| 16 | I can say , however , that there would have been a considerable loss of blood , judging by the position of the wound . ’ |
| 17 | If I thought it was a serious attempt at robbery there would have been a severe sentence indeed . ’ |
| 18 | If enthusiasts had not travelled from the Private Greens , the Provincial Bowling Association and especially , the Northern Ireland Bowling Association there would have been a sepulchral atmosphere about the whole thing . |
| 19 | If one had to examine Susan de Stempel 's life with the precision of an analyst , there would have been a psychological point where everything seemed to turn sour . |
| 20 | Behind the hound there would have been a rectangular plate containing an iron rivet . |
| 21 | It is easy to picture how it looked , for the steps and ball-topped garden gate piers to the left of it would have led up to the front door , and there would have been an exact replica of this wing to the far left . |
| 22 | There would have been an enormous panic when they realised that the Irish girl had been picked up by the Bonnards . |