Example sentences of "it would be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | I wanted to change my name , because I thought it would be glamorous to be called Rudi Kesselreicher or Auberon de Hautevilliers . |
| 32 | As mentioned before , Mains seemed pleased with the final choice and there have been only muted complaints from about the country — although it would be hard to be too critical 24 hours after a test was won 59–6 . |
| 33 | It would be important to be on the right side of the nuns too . |
| 34 | The average rejection rate per journal could be used as a weighting factor in assessing the impact of a particular thesis , or indeed paper , but it would be difficult to be totally certain that the comparison criteria had objective validity . |
| 35 | The average rejection rate per journal could be used as a weighting factor in assessing the impact of a particular thesis , or indeed paper , but it would be difficult to be totally certain that the comparison criteria had objective validity . |
| 36 | It would be difficult to be friends with someone who had made Jenny so unhappy and who was clearly going to make her unhappy again , stringing her along . |
| 37 | This study has yet far to go and it would be unwise to be too dogmatic about sources and influences at this stage . |
| 38 | ‘ It would be advisable to be armed , ’ D'Arcy decided . |
| 39 | ‘ It would be wonderful to be able to do pictures . ’ |
| 40 | It would be inconvenient to be spotted by Lee , and he was in no mood for smalltalk with anyone else . |
| 41 | Of course , if two members of staff happen to fall in love and decide to marry , it would be churlish to be apportioning blame ; but what I find a major irritation are those persons — and housekeepers are particularly guilty here — who have no genuine commitment to their profession and who are essentially going from post to post looking for romance . |
| 42 | This is a serious problem , for defects like these have a dramatic effect on the functioning of an electronic device , and it would be desirable to be able to predict their properties . |
| 43 | It would be desirable to be able to discard those candidates which are too short or too long to be the correct word — this would reduce the number of candidate words to be considered for further processing . |
| 44 | No final decision has been made on whether there will be legislation , but it would be unlikely to be tabled before next autumn , according to Department of Employment sources . |
| 45 | ( iv ) If the creditor is aware , or ought to have been aware , that the surety has been subjected to undue influence by the debtor , it would be unlikely to be sufficient if the creditor merely took steps to ensure that the surety understood the nature of the liability he or she was accepting . |
| 46 | It would be interesting to be able to weigh these against the costs of over 34000 blood tests , pretest information , and more sophisticated analysis and counselling in those in whom the result of the test was positive . |
| 47 | It would be interesting to be able to monitor educative efforts by Alcor etc. to see if moderation of attitudes ensues . |
| 48 | But it would be gratifying to be quoted accurately , and most importantly , in context . |
| 49 | It is equally clear — the right hon. Gentleman has not refuted this — that , in fact , the £35 billion spending commitment of the Labour party would mean either a very big increase in income tax and/or a very big increase in VAT , and it would be likely to be both . |
| 50 | Fourthly , it was pointed out sensibly in Littlewoods by both Lord Denning MR and Megaw LJ that a clause made " inter rusticos " ( ie without legal help on either side ) can be properly construed in the light of the way in which both parties thought it would be likely to be interpreted . |
| 51 | In my innocence and with musical aspirations , I thought it would be lovely to be married to a professional pianist ; after all , my good friend Fraser Muirhead was paying a great deal of attention to Margaret Geddes , another of the city 's first class piano teachers . |
| 52 | This time he did not mention giving lessons but said it would be lovely to be able to play to me . |