Example sentences of "it would be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It will be a good-looking pig , but it would be terrible to be a child with a face like that . ’ |
| 2 | It would be useful to be able to separate patients into good and poor prognostic groups . |
| 3 | Benjamin said : ‘ It would be tremendous to be Yorkshire 's overseas player . ’ |
| 4 | It would be easy to be intimidated here on first acquaintance , for this part of the crag is less friendly than the rest . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It would be embarrassing to be given a gift if one had n't bought one in return . |
| 7 | It would be embarrassing to be shot before we were introduced . ’ |
| 8 | It would be great to be the very Unwise Woman on occasions . |
| 9 | Later in the 1960s it would be great to be a student , but not then , not for Robins . |
| 10 | It would be satisfying to be able to list examples of phonological differences between accents in the area of stress and intonation , but unfortunately , straightforward examples are not available ; we do not yet know enough about the phonological functions of stress and intonation , and too little work has been done on comparing accents in terms of these factors . |
| 11 | It would be good to be greeted as you walked along by smiling creatures lying along the pavements . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ I thought it would be good to be free to get on with my own affairs , ’ she said , ‘ but I suffered quite severe depression . |
| 14 | It would be pleasant to be able to say that , as a result , the existence of all automated personal data handling systems is known , even if not much has been vouchsafed of what they do . |
| 15 | She sounded doubtful , but McLeish decided it would be possible to be frightened of Giles Hawick . |
| 16 | I do n't think it would be possible to be busier than I was when I was permanent under-secretary . |
| 17 | When a pet cat has started scratching the fabric of a valuable chair , for example , or has begun to make messes on an expensive carpet , it would be helpful to be able to sprinkle or smear some hated odour there to keep the animal away . |
| 18 | Though this may be the case , it would be helpful to be given some idea of the potential cost-benefits and disadvantages . |
| 19 | It would be nice to be totally irresponsible , he felt , and get so stinking drunk that he could say what he liked to them . |
| 20 | Ideally it would be nice to be the perfect shape tomorrow or next week , but this just is not going to happen . |
| 21 | But there are just as many times when it would be nice to be anonymous . |
| 22 | But it would be nice to be told that he was all the same , even if it did make me feel a bit sad . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ All the same , ’ he said , when the spring buds burst on the seven trees that grew in Mafeking Street , along which Wendy had once half-run , half-walked , on her way to give birth to Apricot , ‘ it would be nice to be somewhere different , just for a time , just for a couple of weeks . ’ |
| 24 | It would be nice to be able to ride . |
| 25 | She was fast coming to the conclusion that it would be impossible to be neutral about Matthew Preston . |
| 26 | It would be dreadful to be caught out in a lie ; dreadful at any time , but worse now , when he was being so friendly . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It would be wrong to be too sentimental about what ‘ freedom ’ meant to Greeks ; Thucydides ( iii.45.6 ) makes a speaker use the phrase ‘ freedom , or rule over others ’ , and similar uses can be found in Greek authors from Herodotus ( i.210 ) to Polybius ( v.106 ) . |
| 29 | ‘ It would be childish to be jealous just because Morrissey holds the focal point , ’ he said . |
| 30 | Of course it would be unusual to be permanently in an optimistic state of mind , but who do you think gets more pleasure out of life ? |