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 | A 20th century solution would be cheaper than a replication of what was there before . |
| 3 | The condition of the original internal structures and existing buildings was so bad that cost studies showed that , as well as offering higher standards of fire and sound insulation , the provision of an entirely new structure within the retained shell of the building would be cheaper than a process of repairing and upgrading the surviving framing . |
| 4 | He had been so sure before — and anything would be better than a decision that he might later come to regret . |
| 5 | There is a famous passage in which he invites us to acknowledge that it would be better that a world of which no one would ever be conscious should contain beautiful objects than that it should contain ugly objects . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | It would be helpful if a selection of the published close-dated groups was to be made available in microfilm or microfiche . |
| 8 | It would be great if a match could be found . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
| 12 | It would be different if a school was making parents feel morally obliged to find these extras for their children , but we do not . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | It would be easier than a password if you need to check out changing the |
| 16 | I had never seen a police launch , but this one had an unmistakably official look about it , and in size and speed would be more than a match for either Stormy Petrel or Sea Otter . |
| 17 | You could see that he would be more than a match for some small female saint with no name . |
| 18 | It would be more than a week since he had thought of Millet . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 21 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 22 | 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 . |