Example sentences of "[coord] it would be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 One thing that he did make very clear at the end was that if we thought of other things that he should know about , or it would be helpful for him to know about , we should contact him , so he 's left it very open for us to have an ongoing contact which I thought .
2 The position is : B , if he knows , or it would be obvious to a reasonable man , that the process was patented , has infringed the patent for the process .
3 C has infringed the patent for the process if he knows , or it would be obvious to a reasonable man , that the equipment he supplied was suitable for putting the process into effect and the equipment was intended to do so .
4 Mr Hermens added : ‘ Anyone can order the seals in the same number range and it would be easy for anyone who has the seals to open them .
5 Particularly Old Speckled Hen could survive ; they 've only been brewing it there in its present form for 2 years and it would be easy for us to transfer that production to their specifications using Morland 's yeast .
6 There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft .
7 I hope she wo n't relent , for there can be life after divorce and it would be great for her to find a man who would value her and be faithful .
8 Whatever B replies to this last utterance of A , it would be most unlikely to be yes again , since A has clearly finished her instructions and it would be pointless to ‘ prompt ’ her to continue .
9 And it would be helpful for councillor I would say that I know that there are a third of our members and from the program committees for capital expenditure which I suspect is going to be to excess of the five hundred thousand pounds per year which we actually have .
10 If the little creatures were really blank paper at birth , nobody would ever have the slightest difficulty in writing on them whatever their particular culture required , and it would be impossible for them ever to surprise their elders by unexpected conduct .
11 It would be problematic stopping drivers in the course of ordinary driving for research purposes , and it would be impossible in such circumstances to record variables such as subjective risk while they were actually driving .
12 Certainly the United States should be kept out of the Asian continent and it would be beneficial for the Korean peninsula to be ruled by a communist government .
13 Where a local authority proposes to take action under s.92(1) ( d ) or ( c ) and it would be possible for action to be taken under the above 1906 Act , consent must first be obtained from the Secretary of State for the Environment .
14 You do have people from both sexes , of equal abilities and potential strengths , and it would be possible at that stage to have a training pool of people , which perhaps , er redress the balance , and perhaps er gradually have available many people , but you can only do that , if people come forward without skills that you need in order to train them into the jobs .
15 The advent of the district plan as a firm guideline for planning decisions had caused developers to step up their efforts to ‘ open up land , for example along Brislands Lane and Blackberry Lane ’ , and it would be halfway through the year before the outcome would be known .
16 In the leader column last week , on the same day Young Group 's shares were suspended , the newspaper felt sufficiently confident of Mr Young 's expertise to write : ‘ He is a man who has until recently made a great success of his business and it would be sad for the North-East if he did not continue to have a part to play . ’
17 And it would be well into the second half of 1991 before the effects of those tax changes would start to have an impact on economic behaviour .
18 But Coppell does not want a public slanging match , saying : ‘ People do n't know what the relationship is like , and it would be incorrect of me to say anything else .
19 It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants .
20 Er sometimes that has been known and it would be right to , for a youngster to sort of through their mother and father to take it back and say well look er can we have another one , but that would only be on a rare occasion , but if we 're given an assignment in the congregation then , especially in a
21 Your new commitments will be relevant in working out how much you can afford to pay out , but the law will favour the children of your first family — after all , no one forced you to take on another relationship , and it would be unfair to the children of your first marriage if they suffered because you chose to do so .
22 And it would be unfair at this stage to concentrate it exclusively on the airline . ’
23 Defences are provided by s.3(4) and it would be open to a defendant to plead s.3(4) ( c ) , i.e. that they , ‘ took all such steps as were reasonably open to them to ensure that the conditions were complied with ’ .
24 They have the final authority , through the Chamber of Republics and provinces , over all economic and financial policies , and it would be difficult in normal circumstances to get their agreement to substantial federal surpluses or deficits .
25 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 .
26 Esler Dening commented that he had always suspected that the Americans had not appreciated the full significance of what they had taken on in Korea ; it appeared that they were unwilling to accept the consequences of being located in an area of Soviet predominance and it would be regrettable in its implications elsewhere if the United States retreated .
27 the task requires great sensitivity and understanding and it would be inappropriate for others to substitute for you
28 The ITC made the determination and it would be inappropriate for me to comment upon the matter , especially as I believe that it is now sub judice , because the company has applied for judicial review .
29 ‘ It is too early to comment on these developments and it would be inappropriate at this stage to entre the public debate , ’ he said .
30 However , so far as the present case is concerned , this little girl … was only 6 and it would be idle for anyone to suggest that a girl of that age had sufficient understanding and knowledge to decide whether to consent or resist . ’
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