Example sentences of "would only [be] [verb] in " in BNC.

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1 However , at this time of night most people would be asleep , and a response would only be felt in the cold light of day .
2 Any change would of course be a small one and would only be seen in candidates adopted after the " new regime " of 1911 and fighting for the marginal industrial seats of the North .
3 In the celebrated case of ( Re : M ) quoted in The Times , 9 May 1985 , the Court of Appeal ruled that an adoption order with a condition giving rights of access to the natural mother would only be made in the most unusual and exceptional circumstances .
4 Sawtell stated that the type of socialist government that holds fictional office in the film ‘ would only be elected in an era of raised class consciousness and class struggle ’ .
5 Seldom in history has a work of fiction had such influence in forming public attitudes and the full fruit of this influence would only be recognized in 1861 : it was Lincoln himself who would refer to the little lady who started the war .
6 The Department of Health told health authorities last autumn such mergers would only be allowed in exceptional circumstances .
7 In the past , firms not authorised for investment business could feel fairly secure in the knowledge that if they did stray into it they would only be investigated in the event of a complaint .
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