Example sentences of "would be [adj] [conj] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Legal Affairs Minister , Roger Chonwe , declared that to detain people without charge would be illegal and an abuse of human rights . |
| 2 | Yesterday 's statement said the funeral would be private and a memorial service would be held later . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It would be helpful if a selection of the published close-dated groups was to be made available in microfilm or microfiche . |
| 5 | It would be great if a match could be found . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Up on the downs it would be dark as a velvet bag . |
| 9 | I have to say that I can not at present conceive of any circumstances in which this would be other than an abuse of power as directly or indirectly requiring the practitioner to act contrary to the fundamental duty which he owes to his patient . |
| 10 | It would be different if a school was making parents feel morally obliged to find these extras for their children , but we do not . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 15 | It would be monstrous if a corporation could maintain no action for slander of title through which they lost a great deal of money . |
| 16 | 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 . |