Example sentences of "would [verb] [be] [adj] for " in BNC.
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| 31 | As an alternative , he proposes that the test be ‘ whether it would have been unreasonable for the doctor not to have proceeded ’ . |
| 32 | 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 ’ . |
| 33 | 15 March 1986 : A Ford takeover of Austin Rover would have been good for Britain , according to a top Ford executive . |
| 34 | Decide now what you really wanted to do , and what , with hindsight , would have been good for you to do or have . |
| 35 | So I doubt if our hero would have been good for many heroics after swigging that . |
| 36 | That would have been good for Britain , for employment , for British Airways , for British Aerospace and for Rolls-Royce . |
| 37 | You would have thought it would have been good for them . |
| 38 | Their mutual nature also explains why , until 1983 , the Building Societies ' Association ( BSA ) was able to operate a system of ‘ recommended ( interest ) rates ’ , a form of cartel which would have been illegal for public companies . |
| 39 | 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 . ’ |
| 40 | Because of that prominence , it proved difficult to develop that element of compromise and bargaining which would have been essential for integrative success . |
| 41 | the cabin is smart and modern , and the panel well-stocked … but we would have been grateful for an autopilot . |
| 42 | The effects of the full implementation of the changes would have been substantial for particular areas and many small businesses would have been badly affected . |
| 43 | It would have been inconceivable for exchange control to be tossed around and knocked around in Cabinet . |
| 44 | ‘ For this same reason once she had caught up with her husband ( and been sent quickly home as being very undutiful and immoral travelling about alone and not remaining in her place at home against his return ) it would have been inconceivable for her to go to the police . |
| 45 | It would have been easy for you to lose five pounds ’ worth of lead as you saddled up . |
| 46 | He had wanted a short Report , with strong emphasis on grammar , spelling and punctuation , which would have been easy for parents to read . |
| 47 | It would have been easy for him to take it off . |
| 48 | It would have been easy for her to pass for a white girl . |
| 49 | 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 . |
| 50 | I suppose it would have been easy for someone to ‘ lift ’ a few odd balls , but my innocent mind had never though of this ! |
| 51 | In this example , it would have been easy for the teacher to have made the child 's decisions for her . |
| 52 | ‘ Without intimate knowledge of the business , it would have been easy for you to make an unintentional slip . |
| 53 | It would have been easy for anyone to reach in and yank a club out of the bag . ’ |
| 54 | 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 . |
| 55 | 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 . |
| 56 | Again , given the story 's setting and plot , it would have been easy for an insular national chauvinism to have been the prevailing tone . |
| 57 | ‘ It would have been easy for me to bring in someone without any experience and ease them into the job , ’ said Stapleton , now 36 . |
| 58 | 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 . |
| 59 | It would have been simple for Rachel . ’ |
| 60 | 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 . |