Example sentences of "it would have [been] a great " in BNC.

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1 It would have been a greater one to have visited you in person .
2 He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends .
3 It 's lucky it should happen today ; it would have been a great nuisance tomorrow , in the train . ’
4 It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult .
5 It would have been a great disappointment if someone had n't taken Don 's place .
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