Example sentences of "would be [adj] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ There are so many products that can be used for intoxicating purposes it would be impossible to lock them all away . |
| 2 | There are so many different types of tills and cash registers in use today that it would be impossible to describe them all ; they range from the old ‘ press button ’ type to modern , computerised systems . |
| 3 | In fact there are so many that without the use of sophisticated computers it would be impossible to monitor them all . |
| 4 | You could do that and it would be easy to do it that way then to do it with time sheets . |
| 5 | Having worked so hard to start a business , it would be heartbreaking to see it all collapse due to some unexpected misfortune such as an accident , fire or theft . |
| 6 | He would be obliged to offer me some aid , knowing I had information to help him in his pursuit of the monster . |
| 7 | Dent is so refreshingly different from the city environments of most of the visitors that it would be churlish to deny them this glimpse of a way of life that belongs to history . |
| 8 | The necessary contact could partly be maintained by means of meetings and round-table discussions of the kind so successfully organised at Uig for the Arkleton Trust , but it would be desirable to give it some more concrete , institutional form as well . |
| 9 | ‘ Back home , I hoped the midwife would be able to give me some advice . |
| 10 | Anna : Anna telephoned early one morning in a distressed state , hoping I would be able to see her that day . |
| 11 | Hopefully he would be able to tell her all she needed to know about his air-conditioning unit in a couple of hours . |
| 12 | There would be a finite number — you would be able to count them all . |
| 13 | I would be happy to send you some copies of American diplomas if that would help . |
| 14 | There may be a circuit/county-court judge you know who would be willing to give you this experience . |