Example sentences of "would be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Most of this has to do with Veronica Lake 's deep , husky voice : a smoky spirit whose name and form collectively conjured up a feminine aura of water , vapour , air , smoke and flesh at the same time ; a floating dreamboat that any boy of six would be proud to be married to . |
| 32 | ‘ It will be a good-looking pig , but it would be terrible to be a child with a face like that . ’ |
| 33 | I certainly recall visiting residential and nursing homes in my constituency of which one could genuinely say that one would be pleased to be a member of that community . |
| 34 | She sounded doubtful , but McLeish decided it would be possible to be frightened of Giles Hawick . |
| 35 | I do n't think it would be possible to be busier than I was when I was permanent under-secretary . |
| 36 | It would be easy to be intimidated here on first acquaintance , for this part of the crag is less friendly than the rest . |
| 37 | It would be easy to be a prophet of doom and gloom in these difficult times but in business and in the Association , I sense a new spirit of optimism that better times are just around the corner and that we are at last seeing the tangible signs of recovery . |
| 38 | It would be embarrassing to be given a gift if one had n't bought one in return . |
| 39 | It would be embarrassing to be shot before we were introduced . ’ |
| 40 | Unless they demonstrated their loyalty , Jordan would be keen to be rid of most of the refugees before they became a source of sedition . |
| 41 | It would be useful to be able to separate patients into good and poor prognostic groups . |
| 42 | It would be good to be greeted as you walked along by smiling creatures lying along the pavements . |
| 43 | In one sense , in a report about ‘ environmental scanning ’ , it would be good to be able to report that those engaged in that activity had solved this problem of making the information that they deliver , directly usable by those to whom it is delivered . |
| 44 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 45 | If site 194 is released for extending the area I would be grateful to be advised as soon as is practical so that I can discuss details with the Forestry Commission . |
| 46 | He decided that it would be best to be plain and friendly . |
| 47 | Obviously , it would be best to be as comprehensive as possible . |
| 48 | ‘ It would be advisable to be armed , ’ D'Arcy decided . |
| 49 | She felt now that her future was settled : her uncle would soon go away to sea ; Tristram would be freer to be seen in her company and perhaps , if her prayers were answered , they would be able to persuade Aunt Ann to let them be married . |
| 50 | It would be convenient to be able to write an instruction to add into the accumulator the contents of store address 99 , and to have some automatic means for modifying the instruction just prior to its execution , so that it refers successively to addresses 100 , 101 , 102 , and so on . |
| 51 | It is — Some of my hon. Friends are not as generous as I would be prepared to be . |
| 52 | Such reasons might include a governing body disregarding LEA advice that dismissal would be likely to be found unfair before an industrial tribunal : or a governing body determining payments to departing members of staff which were in excess of the LEA 's own practice . |
| 53 | Discovery can be ordered before the commencement of such proceedings against a person likely to be a party to the proceedings , and after the commencement of such proceedings against third parties , but not where compliance would be likely to be injurious to the public interest . |
| 54 | In both cases the creditor had left it to the debtor husband to deal with the surety , his wife , and had done nothing to satisfy itself that she understood what she was doing or to protect her from abuse by the debtor of the influence and reliance that would be likely to be present . |
| 55 | There is , however , some American authority which suggests that if this case were being heard in the American courts the answer would be likely to be in favour of granting a declaration in these circumstances : see In re A.C. ( 1990 ) 573 A.2d 1235 , 1240 , 1246–1248 , 1252 . |
| 56 | No , but what I have done is to give you my expert opinion that any developments within the conservation area er within the D thirty nine part of the conservation area would be likely to be destructive of the character of the ancient part of the village . |
| 57 | The difference grows as numbers increase ; with anything over 1000 enquiries all the cylinders would be likely to be referenced , thus giving a time of 20 × 10 ms or 2 seconds for the batched and sorted input , and 2000 × 30 ms or 60 seconds for the unsorted input . |
| 58 | Instead , consider whether there is any evidence for the jury ( sufficient to require the judge to leave the case to the jury ) ; if there is , explain how the judge would direct the jury , and state whether a verdict of guilty would be likely to be upheld or upset on appeal . |
| 59 | There was no evidence that the defendants were aware of the existence of those whom their conduct offended , although the court said that there was evidence from which the magistrates were entitled to infer that the appellants ‘ must have known that other people would be likely to be present . ’ |
| 60 | If , for example , two people watch young tearaways behaving in an abusive manner towards them from a safe distance across the street , a conviction would be proper only if they were really likely to fear that violence would be likely to be used against them ( or another ) . |