Example sentences of "would [be] [prep] the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said almost half of Darlington 's homes would be on the lowest band and 60pc will be on the bottom two bands when the council tax is introduced . |
| 2 | I had a feeling it would be for the best , I said , when I stopped on the hard shoulder that day . |
| 3 | I thought long and hard about it but in the end I decided it would be for the best . |
| 4 | ‘ You think it would be for the best then ? ’ |
| 5 | For a brief moment , she actually thought he would defy the old man , but then her heart sank when he sheepishly replied , ‘ Perhaps it would be for the best , dear . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I truly feel it would be for the best . ’ |
| 7 | So far as I know , she never gave a coherent account to anybody of her recollections , and there is no reason why she should have done ; but just as any scrap of information about Shakespeare — from anybody , a servant , amanuensis , ostler , for instance — would be of the greatest interest , so a testimony from one so close as Miss Hinson would have been worth having . |
| 8 | In any event he came to see me and we discussed the matter , and I said exactly that to him : that if he had appealed to the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary , it seemed to me a very remote prospect that anything I could do would be of the slightest effect . |
| 9 | This really is vintage material and would be worth the strongest recommendation at any price . |
| 10 | ‘ We strongly believe that a North-east merger of Vaux 's and Brent Walker 's northern brewing and pub operations would be in the best interests of all , ’ said Vaux chairman Paul Nicholson . |
| 11 | In his petition , the Reporter claimed the move to the mainland would be in the best interests of the children . |
| 12 | Mr O'Connor 's management decided it would be in the best interest of all concerned for the event to be postponed giving the theatre management seven days ' notice , enabling ticket holders to be contacted . |
| 13 | These positive responses are desirable and would indeed change the nature of the family and would be in the best interests of the black child and his or her parents , but may not be seen in this light by the white family . |
| 14 | Most employers spoken to made clear that , were permanent vacancies to arise , temporary workers would be in the best position to compete for them since they were known to the organisation . |
| 15 | A long meeting between the captains , umpires and officials concluded that it would be in the best interests of all if Greig 's appeal was withdrawn and Kallicharran allowed to continue his innings . |
| 16 | The National Trust and the Trustees of Waddesdon Manor had come to the decision that it would be in the best interest of the house for as much work as possible to be carried out at one time , and the range of the repairs is such that the house can not be reopened until April 1993 . |
| 17 | Nor do I think that a complete free for all would be in the best interests of the trade . |
| 18 | In view of the fact that one of the main issues confronting the Group is the finalising of the Consultant 's Brief and the commissioning of research , perhaps Ralph would be in the best position to assist ? |
| 19 | But the reality was that the referendum showed that there was no majority , and the people of Wales recognised that it would be in the best interests of their country and the United Kingdom to sustain the present arrangements . |
| 20 | That change would be in the best interests of the meat industry , the consumer and animal welfare . |
| 21 | What he could and did do , throughout the Algiers year , was to strengthen the CFLN 's position inside and outside France so that , whenever the operation began , the CFLN would be in the best position to preempt Allied attempts to marginalize it . |
| 22 | Since this area is one in which worker experience is paramount it could be argued that the trade unions would be in the best position to evaluate different options in work organisation , without deferring to " the experts " . |
| 23 | The company behind the plan , Bybrook Waste and Power formerly known as Urban Waste and Power said that the plant , if granted permission , would be among the best in the world . |
| 24 | A century later the French nobility would be among the worst affected victims of the activities of the routiers , often called Companies , whose particular style of war entailed the destruction of a wide variety of noble revenues . |
| 25 | Lanham suggests that if cases such as these were treated as rape , this would devalue the crime , which would be against the best interest of women . |