Example sentences of "would not have [be] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Nothing in Swannell 's direction of his play persuades you that this would not have been a better home for Marrakech .
2 Both Fanny and Henry enjoy literature so therefore we can predict that a marriage between them would not have been a total disaster .
3 Although obvious , this would not have been a fruitful question to ask , because there was no way in which it could be answered .
4 Certainly it would not have been a respectable person , such as Hilbert 's gardener or cleaner , but most likely some unemployed derelict Adam had met in a pub .
5 ‘ From a planning point of view it would not have been a major worry , although only the force staging the original tie could police the second replay because all the liaison work for the first match would have been done .
6 ON THE eve of polling day the Prime Minister was asked whether , on reflection , it would not have been a good idea for him to have debated with Mr Kinnock on television .
7 ‘ But it would not have been a good cosmetic result .
8 ‘ But it would not have been a good cosmetic result .
9 By this time Long would not have been a possible leader , and so the third contender of 1911 alone remained : Austen Chamberlain .
10 Certainly it would not have been a viable proposition if it had run into serious trouble within a year or so of its launch .
11 The main room or ‘ house ’ , where the family gathered and worked and where the fire never went out , would not have been a suitable place for storage .
12 With a more interfering Prime Minister and a more suspicious Foreign Secretary it would not have been a happy arrangement .
13 Some might think a little delayed public spending on roads would not have been a bad idea at that time .
14 On the other hand , if ATP wanted to demonstrate that they really are interested in the welfare of more than just the top 75 , as some of their lower-ranked members have recently suggested , then helping Birmingham through its current difficulties , which one hopes are only temporary , would not have been a bad thing .
15 I would n't say there was much between the two teams apart from the first half here this afternoon when United , I have n't seen United dominate a side so much for a very long time , and really , I mean you were here Peter , three or four nil at half time would not have been a bad reflection on United 's performance in any way at all .
16 Thus , it conflates the Nemean Lion with the capture of the Keryneian Hind , on which this stance is used , and would not have been a reliable guide for any copyist .
17 The ‘ impressive and general ’ wording of Article 23 was seen as demonstrating that the Convention would not have been a proper vehicle for a treaty which would have done the barely conceivable by giving other countries control over American litigation .
18 The court assumes that , if the ground-rent was ‘ a burden incident to the taking of the lease ’ or ( Lord Denman C.J. ) ‘ a necessary burden on the premises , ’ the plaintiff 's promise to pay it would not have been a sufficient consideration : a promise to make a gift of onerous property is still a mere promise to make a gift , though the promisee agrees to assume the burden .
19 Had he known that four Pakis were resting their dark arses on his deep leather seats , ready to be driven by his daughter , who had only recently been fucked by one of them , he would n't have been a contented man .
20 I 'd already decided I wanted to go into the Army and it would n't have been a good idea to have anything on my record about supporting some left-wing group .
21 Which , to Charles ' mind , would n't have been a bad thing .
22 David says that the festival would n't have been a big event and any money raised would go to local schools .
23 It was absurd ; if Parkes had had a gun it would n't have been a .22 .
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