Example sentences of "would [be] [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yesterday 's statement said the funeral would be private and a memorial service would be held later . |
| 2 | It would be odd if a transaction were outside the section in all circumstances solely because it was governed by a foreign law even though , for instance , all the parties were in this country at all times . |
| 3 | It would be helpful if a selection of the published close-dated groups was to be made available in microfilm or microfiche . |
| 4 | It would be great if a match could be found . |
| 5 | Mrs Stobbs , who lives in Killerby , near Darlington , said : ‘ It would be terrible if a wedding is ruined just because the chauffeur does n't turn up . |
| 6 | The family benefits that would be payable when a pensioner dies , very much mirrors erm those that would be payable if you were to die whilst employed in pensionable service . |
| 7 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
| 8 | It would be different if a school was making parents feel morally obliged to find these extras for their children , but we do not . |
| 9 | We would be amazed if a child decided that , since crawling was a perfectly good way of getting around , it would n't risk falling over by trying to walk . |
| 10 | It then becomes a matter of supreme importance that teachers should be fair and exact in deeming their pupils ‘ ready ’ for a test ; for it would be disastrous if a sense of failure were introduced again , by pupils being entered for tests they had no hope of passing . |
| 11 | And although he signed a lucrative four-year contract with Wednesday last season , he would be aware that a move to United now would make him one of the game 's highest earners . |
| 12 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 13 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 14 | In this context of the numbers of men , the use of weapons and the multiple attacks , it would be unlikely that a conviction would not have occurred , even without the racial theme . |