Example sentences of "it would [verb] be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would 've been a bad time for t'road between t'two farms ti be blocked wi' snow . ’ |
| 2 | Er it , it does seem to me it would 've been an enormous problem for the Chinese Communist Party had absolute egalitarianism worked . |
| 3 | It would have been a sad disappointment to anyone ferreting in the top drawer of his desk . |
| 4 | It would have been a sad day for British satire had Jameson won this presumptious action . |
| 5 | For a murderer in a hurry , and this murderer had been in a hurry , it would have been a tedious and uncertain way to get a light . |
| 6 | If my right hand had n't felt as if somebody had grafted a bunch of bananas on to it and then dipped it in acid , it would have been a pleasant experience . |
| 7 | ‘ It would have been a fascinating exercise to auction it on the free market and see how much it got , though ’ , said Maître Binoche . |
| 8 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 9 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that , although I welcome the economic measures to assist the Soviet Union — granted , as he rightly says , because of the courage of President Yeltsin in implementing his reforms — the other side of the coin is that it would have been a terrible mistake if we had jumped the gun and granted the assistance before the reforms were implemented ? |
| 10 | ‘ It would have been a greater one to have visited you in person . |
| 11 | We have recent evidence that the Conservative Party at least is willing to forgive , and once it had been accepted there was no question of the betrayal of any secrets , it would have been a simple matter of marital infidelity . |
| 12 | Each of the Six Clerks in Chancery was reputedly worth £3,000 annually ; while this sum was certainly exaggerated , even half of it would have been a substantial amount . |
| 13 | Certainly one is not under an obligation to look after the child if one did not promise to do so just because it would have been a good thing to promise . |
| 14 | This was just the sort of attitude the paper wanted — in another context it would have been a good news story . |
| 15 | It would have been a good place to hold a torchlight rally . |
| 16 | It would have been a good party anyway , even if he had n't met Sara , he thought . |
| 17 | It would have been a good excuse to use to get Mr Parnham off his back . |
| 18 | Clearly the Heart of England deal has not been completed and there are difficulties with it , which is a pity as it would have been a good start to the venture . |
| 19 | For a drainage level to come in at this depth would have required some 600 ft. of tunnelling and of course , since the art of blasting was not yet introduced , it would have been a protracted and costly operation . |
| 20 | If she and Lowell had had a child it would have been a strange hybrid , perhaps difficult to love . |
| 21 | Even if Robbie had been in the mood for laughter , it would have been a cynical mirth . |
| 22 | When warning coloration first appeared in evolution , it would have been a rare , minority characteristic . |
| 23 | Now if it had been the north side it would have been a straight line . |
| 24 | It would have been a richer joy — but , indeed , as I so often tell you , I delight to picture you in a childlike serenity . |
| 25 | It would have been a devastating blow to morale in that summer , when everyone was on hair-trigger invasion alert . ’ |
| 26 | He left a plate of chocolate biscuits as a peace offering — at any other time it would have been a great treat — and went off with his friends . |
| 27 | It 's lucky it should happen today ; it would have been a great nuisance tomorrow , in the train . ’ |
| 28 | It would have been a great deal more difficult because military aircraft use more volatile fuel , and they tend to be armed , they tend to be carrying things that civil aircraft do n't normally carry , so yes , it would 've been much more difficult . |
| 29 | It would have been a great disappointment if someone had n't taken Don 's place . |
| 30 | If the combination had worked it would have been a stimulating text . |