Example sentences of "it would have be [adj] to " in BNC.

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1 None of the overtones of subordination and all the rest of it would have been present to the Hebrew .
2 The income arising overseas with respect to the transfer of the asset would not be chargeable until the individual becomes ordinarily resident ( and resident ) in the United Kingdom and until such time as the Revenue can say that had the income been received by the individual in the United Kingdom it would have been chargeable to income tax .
3 Very fortunately , for goldfinches and linnets , I soon discovered , happened to be two of the reserve 's commonest species and it would have been akin to rushing out to tell my neighbours back home that I had just seen a sparrow in the yard .
4 As all 256 colours are displayed at once , the palette takes up quite a large proportion of the screen , and it would have been preferable to be able to select the ones used the most and create your own custom palette .
5 By that time it would have been halfway to low water and too late to dispose of the body in the old sewage outfall that night .
6 The section makes it dangerous for a director to be unaware of the company 's financial position , since liability may ensue where a director fails to take appropriate action to ‘ minimise the potential loss to the company 's creditors ’ once it would have been apparent to a properly informed director that the company was heading for liquidation .
7 Although All Saints is not a listed building , it lies within a conservation area so that any proposal to demolish it would have been subject to same scrutiny as plans for the demolition of a listed building .
8 It would have been nice to be able to keep out of his way .
9 Juliet had been glad of her lie-in , but it would have been nice to be here with him .
10 Mind you I suppose it would have been close to the house .
11 ‘ We decided that in the interests of safety it would have been unwise to stage Flat racing on the track . ’
12 It may mislead people into obeying the law where , but for their consent , it would have been clear to them that it is better to disobey .
13 If the bias we have detected in broadcasting was not obvious to media specialists we can hardly expect that it would have been obvious to the general public .
14 I agree , she would not normally have expected the remainder to fall in and be useful to her , but of course if she had had children , it would have been valuable to them . ’
15 Moreover , not only is the dormant company then entitled to the exemption from auditing but , if it would have been entitled to the exemptions of a small company under section 246 but for the fact that it is a member of an ineligible group , it will also be entitled to those exemptions ; until it ceases to be dormant or no longer qualifies to make itself exempt under section 250 .
16 After the statement was read , Mr Justice Davies — also the trial judge in the pamphlet action — said it would have been unfair to Count Tolstoy and Mr Watts if the jury in the action against them had been told that ‘ responsible publishers ’ had already paid money into court and agreed to apologise and withdraw a book containing similar charges as those made in the pamphlet .
17 The school 's head teacher , Diane Wilson says although they could have parked on the double yellow lines outside the ice rink , it would have been unfair to other vehicles as well as dangerous for the children .
18 When Betjeman failed his Divinity exams at the end of his first year , it would have been open to his tutor to plead for him with the College so that he could resit these comparatively unimportant exams and stay on at the University .
19 Decision : it would have been open to the sentencer to impose a term of detention under Children and Young Persons Act 1933 , S.53(2) , but he had made no reference to the section and it was clear that the sentence was unlawful .
20 An attempt had been made to have the case relisted before the sentencer within the 28 day period during which variations in sentence are permitted by Supreme Court Act 1981 , S.4 ; , and if the matter had come back before the sentencer within that period it would have been open to him to review the sentence and impose a lawful sentence .
21 So if the revenue had refused in the exercise of their discretion to make the repayment they did in the present case I am of opinion that in the absence of any other remedy it would have been open to Woolwich to claim repayment in proceedings for judicial review , and there would appear to be no reason why such proceedings would not have been successful .
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