Example sentences of "[verb] it would be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Early in my first tour I argued with my colleagues that I doubted it would be possible to ditch a Wimpy or a Whitley on water , particularly if there was a heavy swell . |
| 2 | Secondly , even when such equipment has been installed it would be wrong to conclude that the overall impact on jobs has been negative . |
| 3 | But prison officers say it would be impossible to enforce . |
| 4 | Some common elements , like drag and drop and point and click , have already found their way into most GUIs , and those involved in Galileo say it would be possible to get things up and running within a matter of weeks once agreement has been reached . |
| 5 | But staff say it would be hypocritical to welcome her to a place where foxes injured by hounds are nursed back to health . |
| 6 | But as we have seen , this is at the very heart of the problem of the survival of free institutions , because if this policy is pursued it would be impossible to stop the drift to totalitarianism . |
| 7 | As the law stands it would be illegal to disconnect his life support machine . |
| 8 | Many of the founders of sociology believed it would be possible to create a science of society based upon the same principles and procedures as the natural sciences such as chemistry and biology , even though the natural sciences often deal with inanimate matter and so are not concerned with feeling , emotions and other subjective states . |
| 9 | Mendès lost office early in the year to leaders who were better-disposed to supranationalism , Adenauer was all too ready to rebuild co-operation , and both Spaak and Monnet believed it would be possible to extend the principle of supranational links in ‘ sectors ’ of the European economy . |
| 10 | But Olivia , a model employer , believed it would be churlish to point this out . |
| 11 | Official statistics have often been criticised for counting only the wait between first specialist consultation and treatment , although the department says it would be misleading to include patients before they have been fully assessed . |
| 12 | But the prison Governor says it would be possible to take tests onb a voluntary basis . |
| 13 | But the hospital involved says it would be impossible to screen every woman for a problem that only occurs once in every fifty thousand births . |
| 14 | Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev says he regrets the demise of the Soviet Union but says it would be impossible to bring back . |
| 15 | Despite Labour 's plans to raise taxes by £6.8 billion in a full year , the analysis says it would be unable to fund its election spending promises beyond initial moves to raise pensions and child benefit and a modest recovery programme . |
| 16 | She did not feel it would be right to cut herself off from her family altogether but she now visits them occasionally rather than every week as before . |
| 17 | And then , remembering it would be unwise to cross him , added quickly , " I do n't know where I was born . " |
| 18 | Should I assume it would be unsafe to add the two smaller Gold Severums to the 4ft 6″ tank , or some not-much-bigger Green Severums ? |
| 19 | Once when he was alone with her he 'd said it would be nice to have a brother , but she 'd explained that it was n't possible . |
| 20 | If an attempt is to be made it would be wise to approach those organisations with whom the dead person , or their spouse , had some link , eg. Royal British Legion , 48 Pall Mall , London , SW1Y 5JY , Tel. 071–930 8131 ; or the Soldiers , Sailors and Airmens Families Association , 19 Queen Elizabeth Street , London , SE1 2LP , Tel. 071–403 8783/071–962 9696 if they were in the services . |
| 21 | She had been in a squat in London but had thought it would be pleasant to have some sea air for the baby for the summer . |
| 22 | I 'd always thought it would be embarrassing to have a man undress you , especially the suspenders which are so ugly and comic , but I helped , and except for the girdle which must be the most resistant , unromantic garment since the chastity belt , it was all easy and delightful . |
| 23 | He had thought it would be easy to approach her , but now , watching her remotely like this , he knew otherwise . |
| 24 | She 'd thought it would be easy to find her . |
| 25 | Home Secretary , Kenneth Baker has said he does not now believe it would be right to continue with the proposed closures because of the entirely unacceptable numbers of prisoners held in police cells . |
| 26 | It would be possible to extend our framework to distinguish between these possibilities , but I do not believe it would be profitable to do so . |
| 27 | Miss Pollard — also a TV fashion commentator at events like Royal Ascot — added : ‘ While the Sunday Express has no wish for a dispute with Buckingham Palace we do not believe it would be proper to publish what amounts to a correction . ’ |
| 28 | You know it would be interesting to get Graham , when he does the next T Q M thing , to do it . |
| 29 | If this baseline showed that on average the child was 4 hours later in going to bed , you know it would be unrealistic to start the intervention programme which suddenly requires him or her to go to bed at 7.30 . |
| 30 | Oh , I know it would be lovely to make money out of one 's machine , but surely that is not really what it is all about . |