Example sentences of "[pron] would [be] more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It was believed that , if the nation were to become more zealous in its service of God , there would be more hope of deliverance .
2 Then , as the universe expanded and cooled , the antiquarks would annihilate with the quarks , but since there would be more quarks than antiquarks , a small excess of quarks would remain .
3 ‘ My son-in-law was offered the living of St Ermin 's when it fell vacant recently , ’ she said , ‘ but he felt there would be more scope here . ’
4 There would be more questions later .
5 He was far too sharp to miss how evasive she was being , and she knew that once the police had left there would be more questions to answer ; however , that was the least of her concerns .
6 Consequently , some doctors believe that ‘ ignorance is bliss ’ — if medical knowledge were more widespread , there would be more cases of Munchausen 's and Munchausen-by-proxy .
7 It was not seemly for the Second Son to outshine the father in this way and I knew instinctively that before a year had passed there would be more building in the compound .
8 It was hard for an English girl to get a secretarial job in New York these days — she had been lucky in getting her work permit before the restrictions were so stringent — but maybe one day the conditions would change and there would be more work permits available .
9 There would be more chance of winning the £200,000 top prize .
10 Right so after nineteen forty five there cer there certainly would have been a momentum towards this in the areas where there 'd been a strong Japanese presence because there would be more collaborators and there would be some more obvious targets .
11 He had been told a little of his history , and knew that there would be more explanations at the end of this journey .
12 The personnel manager felt that if she was working in a establishment with a lower turn-over she would be more democratic because there would be more time .
13 When Carey 's body was found , there would be more trouble , more disruption .
14 New seminaries would be opened and old ones expanded and there would be more oportunities for the publication of religious books .
15 On the whole it 's a good idea , there would be more control but at least they 'd stop getting at us
16 Others feared there would be more job losses .
17 It occurred to Rostov that there would be more point to the information if he also had some control over the pod 's guidance system , but at least he now knew where he was going .
18 As van Dijk ( 1984 ) has shown , they typically tell stories about immigrants or use abstract reasonings , such as that ‘ ; if there were less blacks , there would be more jobs or housing ’ .
19 She feared there would be more reprisals .
20 And then there would be more trees pl Oh yes , and on either side of this , this pathway , there would also be an avenue of trees .
21 There would be more photos , but they would be taken as the cruiser pulled away , and she need n't concern herself about those .
22 If the sport was pruned , there would be more prize-money to go round .
23 As a result there would be more employment and an improvement in the condition of working-class life .
24 In short , a Labour Government in the 1990s would operate from completely different assumptions to the Conservative Government of the 1980s : there would be more integration , greater emphasis on quality and on democratic accountability .
25 Although he passed his 11-plus he chose to go to a technical school as it would be more art orientated .
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