The phrase "a consensus would be" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the general agreement or collective opinion of a group regarding a particular issue or topic.
Example: "After much discussion, a consensus would be that we should move forward with the proposed plan."
Alternatives: "an agreement would be" or "a collective decision would be".
And advocates on both sides of the issue predicted that a consensus would be reached during the 2001 legislative session.
Some American officials played down the dispute, saying that while they were seeking to combine the operations of American and NATO forces, they were not committed to any particular approach, and that a consensus would be worked out.
Such a consensus would be all the more valuable because worrying rumours and suspicions are being fed by other matters, including the Ebola epidemic and a handful of assassinations and attempted assassinations of politicians and administrators.
With so many parties in the talks — and with many unwilling to yield much ground to the car companies — executives and advisers in the negotiations have said that reaching a consensus would be hard without an overseer with the power of a car czar.
Discussion was conducted in cases of disagreement, and a consensus would be reached on whether the studies in question would be included in the present review.
One would hope that in a country boasting its democracy, freedom of speech and the right to an opinion not in a consensus would be allowed.
It's an unpersuasive point considering the non-taxation multinationals have enjoyed over the years, though an international consensus would be better.
Transport Committee chairwoman Louise Ellman said a "cross-party consensus" would be required to find ways to fund the investment.
And, as he himself admits, a greater degree of consensus would be needed for a regulation.
"If I were confident that we were going to get a smooth recovery that is faster than it has been in the past few years, Janet, with her ability to manage consensus, would be a better choice," said J. Bradford DeLong, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, who worked with Mr. Summers in the Treasury Department in the 1990s and has written academic papers with him.
If you ask the Western intelligentsia hive mind whether that's a good or bad development, the consensus would be that the coup is alarming and bad.
