Example sentences of "it would be the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's said that if the flame-retardant with which they 're treated could be bottled it 'd be the first guaranteed aphrodisiac . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But if it 's the giants you 're wanting to fool , then it 'd be the grand old Draoicht Suan , ’ said Pumlumon , and the Gnomes nodded sagely and said that would be it , the Draoicht Suan it would be , the spell that had kept the Trees fast asleep for so many years now , and was n't it a powerful strong spell and Pumlumon the fellow to be spinning it for them all ? |
| 3 | When I went out robbing , it 'd be the early hours of the morning , one or two in the morning , so nobody 'd notice me missing here . |
| 4 | Well , th I I must have told you because it 's one of the things that er stand out that on on the day when they dropped the first bomb in I and I I and it was er it 'd be the thirty first of January , but I do n't know whether it was er fifteen or sixteen , nineteen fifteen or nineteen sixteen . |
| 5 | There 's the half it 'd be the same as a half add a quarter . |
| 6 | If it was only one for the Liverpool ex you know , one extra for the Liverpool , you see , it 'd be the same this year . |
| 7 | Yeah so it 'd be the same . |
| 8 | So , it 'd be the exact opposite . |
| 9 | Even if I could make an impression it 'd be the worst thing I could do . |
| 10 | Oh well s sometimes it 'd be the local boys . |
| 11 | It 'd be the hundredth root . |
| 12 | It 'd be the square root of the square root . |
| 13 | " It 'd be the musical equivalent of an earthquake . " |
| 14 | He said it would be the first of a series of ventures which Gooding was discussing with Japanese companies , aimed at bringing research and technology to Britain rather than just final assembly of goods . |
| 15 | If the Californian clubs progress it would be the first World Series — which starts on 14 October — between the two cities facing each other across San Francisco Bay . |
| 16 | It would be the first major peacekeeping force deployed in the Western Hemisphere . |
| 17 | Indeed , if Portsmouth and Sunderland were to defy the odds and emerge victorious from today 's matches against Liverpool and Norwich , it would be the first time in the 120-year history of the tournament that two teams from the Second Division contested the final . |
| 18 | Looking at it and the bleak shore of Flotta beyond , the memories came flooding back : pink gins before Sunday lunch at twopence a throw ; dressing up as Tartars and Eskimos and Bedouins for Tribal parties ; cinema shows where the reels were laced up in the wrong order ; darts competitions in the wardroom flat ; early winter morning torpedo firings in the Flow , very dark and cold ; walks to Longhope for fresh eggs , or fishing for sea-trout in the bay ; piping the admiral as we passed the headquarters ship and eased our way down to Switha Gate bound for distant waters , the captain on the compass platform with cap at an angle , elbows on hips and gloved hands turned upwards , Spider beside him puffing smoke through a black holder and advising courses to steer ; and then , as the ship adjusted herself to the roll and rhythm of the sea , a last flashing message from the signal station at Hoxa Head ( now vandalized and abandoned ) , as it would be the first on our return , days or weeks later . |
| 19 | This was not the first purge it had masterminded ( though it would be the first of this scale ) ; the structure was in place for an invisible but comprehensive cleansing . |
| 20 | The airline had opened the route on the basis that it would be the first of many , but the British Government had failed to grant any more licenses . |
| 21 | In France it would be the first ever 8c+ . |
| 22 | Now in the period that I come into it would be the First World War , when we had er , of course in these days , the thing we always , to look at the motor trade then , it was a follow up from the carriage trade . |
| 23 | I 'll tell you something , if I it would be the first cruise liner I could find and I 'd be away and I |
| 24 | It would be the first time she had ever been with John to a place that was part of her own particular world , unless one counted the Ash Wednesday lunchtime service at her uncle 's church . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's because — it would be the first time ? ’ |
| 26 | It would be the first place his enemies would check . |
| 27 | If the ostriches were indeed infected with BSE by this route , it would be the first recorded case of the disease being transmitted from cattle to birds [ see Eds passim ] . |
| 28 | If both Graf and Agassi were to succumb to their injuries , it would be the first time in the Open era that both reigning singles champions have not returned to defend their titles . |
| 29 | ‘ I should have thought it would be the other way round . ’ |
| 30 | The IMF had to intervene in the past and in the future it would be the European Monetary Institute . |