Example sentences of "it would [vb infin] be [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | No , they , they only done that because it would 've been hard for us I think , in the |
| 2 | As an alternative , he proposes that the test be ‘ whether it would have been unreasonable for the doctor not to have proceeded ’ . |
| 3 | This was no doubt an acceptable enough decision on the facts had the EAT not propounded the thesis that ‘ if it was reasonable for [ the employee ] to decline these terms , then it would have been unreasonable for the employers to dismiss him for such refusal ’ . |
| 4 | You would have thought it would have been good for them . |
| 5 | It would have been embarrassing for me . |
| 6 | It would have been opportune for the committee to examine the whole purpose and function of A levels , to see whether they were needed at all ; or whether , if retained , they should be radically changed . |
| 7 | For it to have left archaeological evidence it would have been necessary for it to have been manifested by a physical act of some kind , which would necessarily need to result in the production of something capable of preservation in the archaeological context . |
| 8 | It must be noted however that Alliance and UPNI supporters were also responsible for about 1,300 non-transferable votes and it would have been necessary for these either to have remained non-transferable or to have favoured SDLP as much as UUUC for those votes to have had no effect on the relative position of SDLP and VUPP . |
| 9 | In passing I have reflected its natural selection and our God had not created the fruit fly , it would have been necessary for biologists to have invented it . |
| 10 | It is extremely difficult to tame and its shyness , combined with its great ferocity when cornered , suggests that it would have been troublesome for early man to domesticate . |
| 11 | It would have been impossible for the Falklands War to be prosecuted successfully with every decision coming to the full Cabinet of twenty-three members , a state of affairs that would have taken every other item off the agenda . |
| 12 | Even so , it would have been impossible for an insect to grow much larger , say to have a girth more than a quarter of an inch in diameter . |
| 13 | It would have been impossible for Liza not to realise her growing power over the opposite sex , nor fail to notice the kind of dumb adoration in which Corporal Carrow held her . |
| 14 | ‘ Oh , of course — the meeting to discuss the Christmas bazaar , ’ said Ianthe , remembering now that it would have been impossible for her to have had the quiet evening she had planned . |
| 15 | That is the objection er the whole fundamental objection to what is proposed in the Bill as it is a centralising measure was shown quite clearly er er a a by the desire of the Home Secretary to increase his own power as when he intended to appoint the Chairman absolute impudence in my view er to suggest tha that he he should have had the power to appoint a chairman and although congratulations have now been er er poured upon him for withdrawing to wh what 's a position , I would sooner congratulate your er Your Lordships , er all of whom spoke in such a manner that it would have been impossible for the Home Secretary to have carried the measure through . |
| 16 | Her awareness of him was so intense that if his whole body had been dominating hers it would have been impossible for her to have felt more at the mercy of her own emotions . |
| 17 | It would have been easy for you to lose five pounds ’ worth of lead as you saddled up . |
| 18 | It would have been easy for him to take it off . |
| 19 | It would have been easy for her to pass for a white girl . |
| 20 | It would have been easy for me just to put off the difficult decisions we need to take , but I must do what is right for this country . |
| 21 | I suppose it would have been easy for someone to ‘ lift ’ a few odd balls , but my innocent mind had never though of this ! |
| 22 | In this example , it would have been easy for the teacher to have made the child 's decisions for her . |
| 23 | ‘ Without intimate knowledge of the business , it would have been easy for you to make an unintentional slip . |
| 24 | It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’ |
| 25 | It 's easy and it would have been easy for me to get up on a platform or to go into the department and say , look lads , you know , we feel that you 're justified in walking out the door . |
| 26 | Children were fascinated by the ducks and it would have been easy for a toddler to slip through the fence , leaving mum stranded on the other side . |
| 27 | Again , given the story 's setting and plot , it would have been easy for an insular national chauvinism to have been the prevailing tone . |
| 28 | ‘ It would have been easy for me to bring in someone without any experience and ease them into the job , ’ said Stapleton , now 36 . |
| 29 | It would have been easy for any of them to say : ‘ I 'm swimming for shore , it 's every man for himself ’ sort of thing , but they did n't . |
| 30 | It would have been humiliating for her to say to her mother , ‘ I had nothing to do with it ; it was the bright boy who made the suggestion to the grand dame . ’ |