Example sentences of "would be the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Tell him the sun-god promised that you would be the wisest of men , " whispered the third goblin . |
| 2 | Lucy had already decided that this would be the wisest course for her to take . |
| 3 | It 's true what they say , Belfast people would be the nicest in the world if only they 'd stop killing each other . |
| 4 | ‘ That would be the stupidest thing you ever did because he 'll fight you for your child and he 'll win . ’ |
| 5 | It was unlikely that countries like Brazil , China and India , which would be the largest consumers of energy in the future , would succumb to international treaties or conventions limiting energy use at the cost of economic development . |
| 6 | At the other extreme , the NOP poll for the Independent on Sunday — giving Labour a three-point lead and putting the Liberal Democrats on only 17 per cent — would likewise result in a hung parliament , but this time one in which Labour would be the largest party with 317 seats , compared with the Tories ' 296 and the Liberal Democrats ' 14 . |
| 7 | This is especially true in the Republic of Ireland where Roman Catholicism would be the largest religious denomination and where the local chapel would be lovingly maintained by the faithful . |
| 8 | It was an exciting prospect , the new cruisers would be the largest and most sophisticated vessels ever commissioned by the Department with a top speed in excess of 20 knots and such innovations as stabilizers , gyro compass and an automatic pilot . |
| 9 | Two days later Sharon announced that work had begun on what he hoped would be the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank , Avneh Hafetz , near the town of Tulkarm . |
| 10 | At a cost of at least $1,900 million , the implementation of UNTAC would be the largest and most costly operation in the UN 's history . |
| 11 | Such a debt-for-nature exchange would be the largest of its kind to date . |
| 12 | That would be the largest temperature increase since the last ice age , around 10,000 years ago . |
| 13 | But it would be the tritest form of reductionism to assume that Eliot , because he could not adequately deal with female sexuality , was therefore homosexual . |
| 14 | It would be the earliest , thongs milk-white and small as a baby 's fingers , were even now draining on toast . |
| 15 | Holly-jack — because of her evergreen skin — seemed set to be the one who would persist in winter as the human 's friend ; she would be the oddest of primitive heroines . |
| 16 | They had obviously just finished dancing , and just as obviously their next stop would be the nearest double bed . |
| 17 | In fact right now bed would be the warmest place . |
| 18 | The Unwins who received the trophy , the cheque and the speeches from the president of the racecourse and the top brass of the Jockey Club ; whose memories of the day would be the sweetest . |
| 19 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , Scottish home affairs minister , said the penalties for carrying knives would be the toughest in Britain after the changes . |
| 20 | Lord James Douglas-Hamilton , Scottish home affairs minister , said the penalties for carrying knives would be the toughest in Britain after the changes . |
| 21 | I feel sort of fixed that it would be the best thing … you know it would . ’ |
| 22 | Clearly the RAF would be happy to show me their trophy-winners — while my cunning instincts told me that this would be the best place to do food-tasting ! |
| 23 | In 1980 , the owner approached a local architect , John Wharton , to provide him with a design that could be easily executed by direct labour and it was immediately apparent that exploitation of the high volume of the main east-west wing of the building would be the best way of obtaining the maximum accommodation . |
| 24 | It was a wonderful show , ‘ Diamond Dogs ’ , but it was n't practical for a tour so we all thought that if we got the Broadway experts to put it together , it would be the best thing possible — but it was n't . |
| 25 | Ayatollah Taqi al-Mudarrisi , spiritual leader of the radical Islamic Works Movement which claims to have organised three assassination attempts on the Iraqi president , says internal change in Iraq , without war , would be the best outcome for the whole region . |
| 26 | A quick and clean military victory for the American-led alliance ( or , even less plausibly , a sudden withdrawal of Iraq from Kuwait ) would be the best outcome both for the market and for the economy . |
| 27 | What would be the best way to grow it ? |
| 28 | Objectively , that would be the best place to head anyway . |
| 29 | If I am to change it I feel that I might as well put a larger engine in it , could you please advise me what would be the best petrol engine and would I have to convert it to 12 volt ; which I do n't really want to do . |
| 30 | Should you wish to print any of my sons compositions , this intervening period would be the best time to order them . |