Example sentences of "[noun] would be [adj] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For , according to Moore , to say that an action would be right is to say that the total results of doing it would be at least as good as would be those of doing any alternative . |
| 2 | That he has been able to combine both ministries would be surprising were it not for the fact that he has worked as an active Socialist besides having a good track record in cultural affairs . |
| 3 | Specific areas of controversy where an SRO for pension funds would be useful are in disputes over investment strategies of funds , in fund surpluses , and in pension fund ‘ holidays ’ . |
| 4 | The idea that competition for audience share would be virtuous was thus an innovation . |
| 5 | Whether such a policy would be desirable is debatable , but certainly no society has been willing to divert the necessary resources to the police in order to come anywhere near such a policy . |
| 6 | Another romantic winner would be Numerate 's jockey , Tania Davis , the only lady riding in the National . |
| 7 | The incident would be funny were it not that a similar stunt had been pulled in Kismayu , southern Somalia 's largest port , at the end of March . |
| 8 | THE stubborn candidature of Mr John Browne for Winchester would be comic were it not also deceitful — he proclaims himself the Conservative in all his literature — and dangerous to the Tory interest in a desperately close election . |
| 9 | The reason why acquittal would be wrong is explained by my noble and learned friend , post , pp. 1110H — 1111A : |
| 10 | Despite the relief provided by a wide , bashful grin , Singleton 's arrogance would be unbearable were it not fuelled by righteous indignation and an urgent need to communicate . |
| 11 | To say that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is to say this : among possible worlds where it is raining , the one which overall is most like our actual world is also one in which the balcony is wet . |
| 12 | What we have as premiss for the dependent conditional that if it were raining the balcony would be wet is roughly this : in that possible world most like our own in which it is raining , the balcony is wet . |
| 13 | Phil 's discovery of Laura 's need to believe she had decided whether or not a new idea would be successful was an essential prerequisite for anyone who wanted a good working relationship with her . |
| 14 | To human beings the existence of exploitative relations of production would be agonizing were they perceived simply as exploitative . |