Example sentences of "would be [subord] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Madame wondered how long it would be before Boy got his hair cropped short so that he looked just like the others . |
| 2 | Melanie tried to grasp how dreadful it would be if Finn were dead but she could not think coherently because of the terrible sound of Aunt Margaret 's silence . |
| 3 | It was not possible to indicate what the premium would be if cover were to be provided automatically , because the BMIF was a separate body and was not prepared to consider this . |
| 4 | I would like to go further , however , and suggest that the best outcome would be if discretion over monetary policy were removed altogether from the hands of the Treasury and the Bank of England and legislated by Parliament in terms of a monetary rule . |
| 5 | If indeed , therefore , this land performs a significant function with regard to the character of Skelton , one should have regard to what the effect on that character would be if development were , development of any kind . |
| 6 | ‘ What would cause horror would be if chloroform or dichloromethane were added to the protocol . |
| 7 | What a peaceful world it would be if religion could be banished completely . |
| 8 | In the absence of keen pricing from the Japanese , the competitive element in the UK market is reduced and therefore car prices are generally higher than they would be if market forces were allowed to operate freely . |
| 9 | The ideal time to make that kind of break would be as Sun shifts over to an object-oriented operating system , its next operating systems move , McNealy said . |
| 10 | Until then her sole performance would be as guest of honour that evening at the Eastbourne Conservative Club , where she had been asked to unveil a bust in commemoration of Dr Bodkin Adams . |
| 11 | Shock , do you understand the difference between the loss of pressure and loss of volume , volume would be when liquid was leaking out , coming out of the blood vessels , okay , pressure would be when the heart itself , the pump itself had failed or was not working properly , failed completely or was not working properly , do you understand the difference ? |
| 12 | I would get a stocking with a few bits of things in when I was young and Grandma used to make a big cake with white icing , but that would be when Daddy was alive . |