Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] it would be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the reason why the school authorities realized it would be useless to open school while the gleaning was still in progress . |
| 2 | This means that for the boom to continue it would be necessary to undertake capacity increasing investment , that is , increase the stock of fixed capital . |
| 3 | Official statistics have often been criticised for counting only the wait between first specialist consultation and treatment , although the department says it would be misleading to include patients before they have been fully assessed . |
| 4 | Fourthly , it was pointed out sensibly in Littlewoods by both Lord Denning MR and Megaw LJ that a clause made " inter rusticos " ( ie without legal help on either side ) can be properly construed in the light of the way in which both parties thought it would be likely to be interpreted . |
| 5 | Hilary Wright feels it would be wrong to call her books ‘ Ruritanian ’ since they were authentically based . |
| 6 | On the one hand it is evident that the old order is collapsing of its own accord , so any attempt to subvert it would be pointless ; and on the other , none of these authors portrays a main character secure enough in his own moral beliefs to propose them as a new global framework . |
| 7 | The industry said it would be preferable to leave it for up to a hundred years to allow its radioactivity to decay to a manageable level . |
| 8 | Mr Gleeson said it would be unfair to suggest the cash injection had something to do with the forthcoming General Election . |
| 9 | Labour believes it would be difficult for Liberal Democrat MPs to vote down a modest package that includes devolution for Scotland and an official commission on electoral reform on which their party is fully represented . |
| 10 | As the law stands it would be illegal to disconnect his life support machine . |
| 11 | The committee believed it would be appropriate for President Truman to speak to Congress in a manner analogous to that adopted for aid to Greece and Turkey . |
| 12 | If a sector collapsed it would be likely to take ‘ its region ’ with it . |
| 13 | ‘ My aunt lives in Hastings , so my bloody overprotective parents thought it would be OK for me to come to Sussex . |
| 14 | ‘ The three-month window means it would be foolish to say we can guarantee supplies can not be infected , ’ the spokesman said . |
| 15 | After a day of legal argument , the judge said it would be necessary to start the case again with another jury . |
| 16 | ‘ Mr. Olinton said it would be sure to set the hayfield alight , Heather , ’ said Shirley , panting up . |
| 17 | Quite apart from their own reservations about the wisdom of the American action in Panama , most EC governments believe it would be impossible to find the form of words which could be agreed by the British Government and by Spain and other critics of the US intervention . |
| 18 | Normally her husband would make himself comfortable beside the fire , sometimes holding their child in his arms , and make small talk as she peeled the potatoes and washed the greens , but tonight Carrie knew it would be different . |
| 19 | Lord Lane said it would be unlawful to detain a child ‘ for such period or periods or in such circumstances as to take it outside the realm of reasonable parental discipline ’ . |
| 20 | But prison officers say it would be impossible to enforce . |
| 21 | She sounded doubtful , but McLeish decided it would be possible to be frightened of Giles Hawick . |
| 22 | This was once fitted to a range of IH tractors from 80–200hp , so Mr Tomlinson knew it would be strong enough to take the power from the engine . |
| 23 | Far below us now is a hurricane lamp that Odd-Knut has hung from a tree knowing it would be visible from the hill . |
| 24 | Emmie thought it would be impolite to Mrs Sargent to let her see the clothes she had bought looking like that . |
| 25 | Hamilton knew it would be foolish to abandon his predecessors ' successful formula but he was keen to tamper and experiment with fresh ideas . |
| 26 | Barak knew it would be futile to argue . |
| 27 | Amid the continuing row over the move , Mr Lamont said it would be expensive , inappropriate and an administrative nightmare to achieve . |
| 28 | A friend said it would be wonderful if she could have a wood with an obelisk where she could go and sit , ’ says Gwyn . |
| 29 | Things came to a head a few weeks before Christmas , when Mazzin decided it would be fun to frogmarch us to and from the bathroom . |
| 30 | But staff say it would be hypocritical to welcome her to a place where foxes injured by hounds are nursed back to health . |