Example sentences of "[noun sg] it would be [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I discovered it 's a very different matter , lying awake thinking it would be nice to have a man beside you , and lying awake longing for one particular man . |
| 2 | Now Clare had abandoned her respectful kindness it would be fun to fight with her . |
| 3 | When , for example , a solicitor is recruited as a specialist to head up a new department it would be appropriate to seek some commitment from him at any rate in the medium term . |
| 4 | However , if Mr Chekhov decided to write anything in the future it would be delighted to have look at it . |
| 5 | In considering priorities for the future it would be sensible to assume a substantial increase in welfare need combined with a decrease in government support . |
| 6 | it was held that the pursuer would almost certainly succeed against his employer but where a substantial question remained about his fault it would be inappropriate to make any award against the master . |
| 7 | Although it was convenient for the government to appear to be quite separate from Haketa , the relationship was so close that in practice it would be accurate to describe the organisation as an officially sanctioned and sponsored ‘ tame ’ pressure group . |
| 8 | The only problem is that to make it a meaningful rule it would be necessary to find a way of drawing a line between humour ( forbidden ) and wit ( encouraged ) . |
| 9 | Whilst the notice itself may be sufficient to sever the beneficial joint tenancy , to prevent a conveyance by the survivor either through ignorance or fraud it would be prudent to endorse a memorandum on the last conveyance to the effect that severance has taken place . |
| 10 | In an important speech on disarmament in February 1987 Gorbachev asserted that while it remained best ‘ to revive the old idea of dismantling foreign bases and bringing the troops home ’ in the short term it would be desirable to have inspection access to American military bases on foreign territories for verification purposes ‘ to be sure that there is no activity going on there which is forbidden under an eventual agreement ’ . |
| 11 | if that happens at the peak of the boom it would be sufficient to precipitate a sudden and spectacular crisis . |
| 12 | For example , if there is a simple contract for the sale of a chattel it would be impractical to say that the restraint of trade doctrine applied . |
| 13 | By addressing this broad issue it would be possible to develop a better understanding of what community economic development was about . |
| 14 | If the tender falls outside the client 's cash profile requirement it would be sensible to ask the contractor to revise the programme or renegotiate change of payment terms . |
| 15 | In a written question it would be possible to ask , ‘ In what year did you commence secondary education ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So many things are changing in South Africa at the moment it would be nice to discuss them , ’ she added . |
| 17 | well I can understand that , yes well I , I , I , just say was n't going to rule on this and I 'm not in , not er convinced at the moment it would be appropriate to rule on it er as part of the er , in any judgment I gave , but it seemed to me quite important on reflection to , to hear the way what you were putting it |
| 18 | Luz is unquestionably a town it would be pleasant to lodge in . |
| 19 | Stuart Hyslop , of DTC , said when a survey shows more people are using public transport to get into town it would be crazy to jeopardise that . |
| 20 | Following this period it would be necessary to accommodate additional staff during 1993/94 , probably to deal with Community Charge residual functions ( particularly collection and recovery ) where there would be insufficient space within Chesser House . |
| 21 | In practice , if there is any doubt whether it is appropriate to charge theft or obtaining property by deception , it will be natural to charge the latter ; and in our opinion it would be wise to do so , because this will be a much easier offence to establish than is the present offence of obtaining by false pretences , as it will be unnecessary to show that the owner was deceived into intentionally passing the ownership but sufficient to show that he was tricked into parting with the possession . |
| 22 | In cases where the route does not follow a geodesic it would be necessary to split the path into infinitesimal steps . |
| 23 | Can the tape be structured so that by reading serially through the file it would be simple to produce a text stream suitable for an automatic typesetting process : |
| 24 | At this point it would be useful to clarify some of the terms being used in this area of adoption practice . |
| 25 | ‘ At this point it would be wise to go , ’ he remarked drily . |
| 26 | At this point it would be fair to ask : what has all the work on the avoidance of shock and poisons got to do with social behaviour ? |
| 27 | If an old project uses any component that is eve slightly out of the ordinary it would be advisable to check that it is still available before starting to buy the components . |
| 28 | For the purposes of sensationalism and drama it would be pleasant to report that he burst in with a look of alarm and a shout of excitement , or some fancy combination of both . |
| 29 | In order to achieve both a suitable dream and an explanation of its meaning it would be necessary to travel to an oracle . |
| 30 | As to Crescent Wharves Ltd. and Ship Link Terminals Ltd. , it was pointed out that most of the heavy goods vehicles are not theirs but belong to their customers or carriers and that in any event it would be wrong to aggregate their respective contributions in the circumstances of this case . |