Example sentences of "would [verb] be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus the finding of a series of coins terminating in about 150 BC could not be used as evidence that the occupation of a site ceased in about that year , for even if occupation had continued for another hundred years , no other coins would have been available to be used and lost . |
| 2 | It would have been nice to be able to keep out of his way . |
| 3 | Juliet had been glad of her lie-in , but it would have been nice to be here with him . |
| 4 | As all 256 colours are displayed at once , the palette takes up quite a large proportion of the screen , and it would have been preferable to be able to select the ones used the most and create your own custom palette . |
| 5 | It was several months before anything significant happened in Edward 's life — by which time he was so sick of the stagnant war that he would have been prepared to be parachuted into the heart of Germany wearing a kilt . |