Example sentences of "but [det] would be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that would be dishonest , and Robbie had never done a deliberately dishonest thing in her life . |
| 2 | But that would be tantamount to admitting that somehow , by some outrageous quirk of emotion , she cared whether Roman had a relationship with Stephanie … which was unthinkable … |
| 3 | But that would be boring . |
| 4 | ‘ It is always tempting to bowl your genuine quicks as often and as long as possible , but that would be counter-productive . |
| 5 | ‘ I suppose so , but that would be dangerous . |
| 6 | But that would be rash . |
| 7 | Yes , you could make music on one but that would be sacrilegious considering all the other exciting possibilities that it has to offer : eg. killing fascists ( Woody Guthrie ) , saying sorry ( Billy Bragg ) , as a firelighter ( Jimi Hendrix ) , for clubbing amplifiers senseless ( Pete Townshend ) , for levelling stage floorboards ( Ritchie Blackmore ) , as a mini-TV stand ( Billy Gibbons ) , to stimulate groupies ( Steve Vai ) , to cream yourself ( Hendrix again , that infamous Tokai advert or even that sad figure in the current Trantec Systems advert ) , as a shop sign ( Original Flying Vee ) , as a cricket bat ( Ian Botham with the Staccato magnesium bass ) , as a baseball bat ( Steinberger XL ) , you could use one to kill her mama ( like Frank and Dweezil ) and , if you are still bored after all that , you could electrocute yourself with it through your dangerously hot-rodded stack . |
| 8 | A central European bank could regulate the money supply of all EC countries , but that would be unacceptable to many members . |
| 9 | She wished she could talk about it to her mother , but that would be fatal . |
| 10 | It is tempting to call all this hype — but that would be extreme ! |
| 11 | Looking back at the bell-box Sorvino was tempted to find a half-brick and try to put it out , but that would be fun and not duty . |
| 12 | But that would be inconsistent with his other errors , and it seems likelier to be a slip . |
| 13 | She begins by recalling a remark made to her a long time ago by Larkin , about difficulties encountered in his private life — a remark which consisted of a joke to do with ‘ the impossibility of relations between men and women ’ , followed by the notion that ‘ women ought really to marry each other ’ , followed by ‘ but that would be wrong , would n't it ? ’ |
| 14 | It is easy to let this feeling of tragedy overshadow his story , but that would be wrong . |
| 15 | But that 'd be pink ? |
| 16 | But this would be wrong because , as Kant has demonstrated , ‘ existence is not an attribute ’ , an additional property which a thing has on top of its other properties like greenness , tallness , or roundness . |
| 17 | But this would be wrong . |
| 18 | One possibility would be a statutory reformulation of Rylands v. Fletcher shorn of the qualifications and defences which so emasculate it now , perhaps on the lines of the Restatement , which imposes strict liability on one who carries on an ‘ abnormally dangerous activity , ’ but this would be open to varying judicial inclinations and would give rise to considerable uncertainty for a very long period of time . |
| 19 | With respect to those casuals who worked for only one organisation , it might be argued that the actual employment relationship lasted longer than the individual assignment and that interruptions were the consequence of " a shortage of work " , but this would be difficult to sustain . |
| 20 | A pericentric inversion between 10p11.2 and 10q11.2 has not been described during human chromosome 10 evolution , but this would be difficult to detect cytogenetically . |
| 21 | Such records justified being at the top of the class structure , with heaven knows what colour of label ; but this would be undemocratic . |
| 22 | It had been a strain , a terrible strain marrying Ace , but all would be well if she could escape before he found out her secret . |