Example sentences of "and it would be [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 I had got away by a lucky stroke and there would be no problem getting back into the Grand because one of my pals would be on sentry duty and it would be a case of " pass friend " .
2 And it would be a case of him taking her sightseeing if he went with her would n't it ?
3 But it seems unlikely that it is often so , and it would be a mistake to extrapolate to other cases of mental illness which have been given the same diagnostic labels .
4 But the modern world is not neatly distinct from traditional society , even in its most Westernized corners , and it would be a mistake for International Relations to suppose otherwise .
5 The disclosure letter is just as important a part of the negotiations as the sale and purchase agreement , and it would be a mistake for extensive work to go into the due diligence exercise and subsequent negotiations of the sale and purchase agreement , only to be undone by an inadequate disclosure letter .
6 Since many parents were miserable at being separated from their offspring and it would be a struggle for some to pay money for their misery , they finally decided to have them home again .
7 Brilliant , spontaneous teaching is a rare event , and it would be a disservice to students to abandon planning in the hope that such teaching might happen .
8 But when Charles expressed that as his intention this very day , she softened at once , reminding him that today was his birthday and it would be a pity to spoil it .
9 A woman present asked if Elizabeth were my sister , and at one time I wished she had been — but better not , for she would have lost an adored and incalculable mother and gained a dreadfully unhappy home ; and it would be a pity if we had shared the same literary material .
10 We went to see a dead man laid out , and it would be a pity not to give you an account of his state .
11 Anglican chant is a distinctive way of singing the Psalms and it would be a pity if it were lost altogether in the parishes .
12 It simply shows that he wo n't adapt — and this again is very unusual — to the demands of different people or circumstances , that he wo n't say what some journalist thinks he should say , that Roger and Kris are wonderful and lovely and it would be a privilege to run with them .
13 And it would be a picture of his true warm humanity that would bring the money in for the project .
14 ‘ I have n't a clue about it and it would be a matter for management anyway , ’ she said .
15 ‘ I have n't a clue about it and it would be a matter for management anyway , ’ she said .
16 We have to find a way of working together , and it would be a lot less wearing , do n't you think , if we could do so amicably ? ’
17 ‘ This little oasis is a great pleasure to everyone in the area and it would be a travesty if it were ever to go the same way as everywhere else in the Newbury district — for commercial gain . ’
18 It is vital that the system is regularly maintained to ensure safe operation — and it would be a disaster if someone were to ‘ bodge ’ a repair if , for example , one of the two relief valves had discharged water .
19 Thrills with thought : this astonishing piece is necessarily a rare event , and it would be a shame if so astute a performance went unrevived .
20 So they are just as long-lived as many other small community fish and it would be a shame to deprive yourself of the pleasure of their company on this account .
21 ‘ You have a nice fresh one here , ’ I told them , ‘ and it would be a shame to waste it . ’
22 A team-spokesman said : ‘ Zanardi has made a fantastic recovery , far better than was expected of him , and it would be a shame if he was to miss his home Grand Prix .
23 He passed on his concern in a letter to Prince , who , as the ever-nervous and expectant recipient , was clearly in a state of anguish about it : ‘ I regret you should have determined upon embarking any portion of your Property in V.D.L. because from the ignorance of the parties whose names you mention , I fear least they should turn out Sharks and it would be a source of deep mortification to me were you by these means to lose any portion of the advantages you have obtained by years of anxiety and deep mental study . ’
24 And it would be a waste of your time , for I 'm going to make him murder me , are n't I ? ’
25 Er , yes , well , I 'd , I 'd , er , I 'd like to make two proposals , first of all that we formally congratulate our officers for leading the team that er , put together this successful bid , erm , but I 'd also like to say something about these concerns about the boundaries because it 's Oswestry again , amongst mainly the sort of north of the county around Oswestry , which like with the rural development area , could be left out , and , of course , economic development does n't stop at a parish boundary people cross it , it 's part of their economic activity and erm , I know that some of the sort of proposed projects put together for the use of this five B money , er , around the Oswestry area , are extremely desirable projects , er , and are achievable projects , and it would be a tragedy if er , if they were , if , if we failed to achieve them because of er , a kind of a bureaucratic dotted line which say you ca n't have the money because you 're the wrong side of the line .
26 Either way , the ACT changes will add some uncertainty to an already complicated situation and it would be no surprise to see the Footsie fall back in the short-term .
27 He upset Mary further by saying he thought Adam 's sister Bridget very attractive and it would be an inducement to him if she became one of the members .
28 Brazil is also a country of frontiersmen , pioneers — bandeirantes , they are called — and it would be an understatement to say that ethics and morals play a relatively small part in the art of being Brazilian .
29 It would be less easy to avoid and it would be an incentive to save .
30 A survey was to be carried out by the North Sea Conference to gain a clear picture of where dumping occurred , and it would be the responsibility of signatory countries to prosecute those of their own ships which transgressed the convention .
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