Example sentences of "[adj] [conj] he would be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Home Office officials indicated that , in the absence of new evidence , Mr Waddington would make it clear that he would be unable to take any initiative . |
| 2 | They were afraid that he would be unhappy about their success , because he had wanted to be a writer himself . |
| 3 | She was , however , very much afraid that he would be angry with her . |
| 4 | Middlesbrough-born strike bowler Paul Jarvis was last night doubtful whether he would be fit to play on his home ground at Acklam Park . |
| 5 | ‘ You did n't think it strange that he would be prepared to go to Marseilles to deliver these engine parts ? |
| 6 | A sensitive pilot could then be so confused that he would be unable to respond logically to the situation , particularly if it happened at night or in cloud . |
| 7 | Since this is contrary to his teaching concerning the convertibility of means and ends , it is hardly likely that he would be unconcerned with the kind of religion a person might profess to follow . |
| 8 | Where D was intoxicated when committing the ‘ unlawful act ’ , it is likely that he would be liable to conviction for that offence despite his intoxicated state . |
| 9 | He was relieved to feel that he would not be alone with Eleanor and was sure that he would be able , casually and quietly , to say something about Liza in the course of the evening — that is , if Eleanor did not say something first . |
| 10 | I just was n't sure whether he would be proud . |
| 11 | Although in September 1939 he did not seem sure whether he would be able to compose any more poetry — it was a time when any kind of " plan " seemed futile — within three or four months he did start work upon another poem . |
| 12 | I 'm so angry that he would be proud of me ! |
| 13 | The sixth annual summit of the South Asian Association for Regional Co-operation ( SAARC ) , due to have been opened in Colombo , Sri Lanka , on Nov. 7 , was postponed indefinitely after King Jigme Singye Wangchuk of Bhutan , who faced unrest among ethnic Nepalis in southern Bhutan [ see p. 38534 ] , said on Nov. 1 that he would be unable to attend ; the Indian government insisted that SAARC 's constitution stipulated that summits required the attendance of heads of state or government from each member country . |
| 14 | Paisley was optimistic that he would be able to have the Black issue raised in an adjournment debate in the House of Commons . |
| 15 | He had made sure that Oliver was so lonely and miserable that he would be desperate for any friends , however criminal . |
| 16 | After the elections , Mazowiecki was authorized by the Democratic Union to start talks on forming a majority coalition , but his past disagreements with Walesa made it uncertain that he would be able to do so ( the President having the power to nominate the Prime Minister ) . |
| 17 | Pérez de Cuellar informed the Security Council on Oct. 19 that he would be unable to send a commission to Jerusalem without the co-operation of the Israeli government . |