Example sentences of "would [vb infin] [be] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The simplest method would have been for a French submarine to wait for the Rainbow Warrior somewhere on the high seas and sink it with a torpedo but that posed the problem of what to do with any survivors . |
| 2 | First , it was easier for a disembodied voice like de Gaulle to " assume " France than it would have been for a more recognizable figure , about whom people had already formed settled views . |
| 3 | The procedure would have been for the pilot to pull a handle , situated between his legs , which jettisoned the canopy while activating a rocket that fired his seat and that of his navigator clear of the plane . |
| 4 | It is interesting to speculate what the consequences would have been for the curriculum if his view had prevailed . |
| 5 | The buildings on either side would have been for the slaves and workshops , the bath-house and latrines . |
| 6 | The only cost would have been for the satellite transmission , which would have been shared . ’ |
| 7 | The better approach would have been for the company to insist that an express term was inserted into the contract to the effect that the computer to be acquired must be compatible with the existing equipment . |
| 8 | Worse still would have been for the republic to wriggle out of its predicament , most likely by appointing de Gaulle as an emergency premier so as to appease the army . |
| 9 | This is not entirely correct , as the only compensation would have been for the damage caused by the armed robbery . |