Example sentences of "would [adv] be [adj] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It would not be good to be noticed . |
| 2 | ‘ I have to be quick , ’ I told Eric , and explained why he would not be able to be the principessa 's gardener . |
| 3 | It is not enough for the Commission merely to show that the merger will create or strengthen such a market position if the maintenance or development of effective competition would not be likely to be impaired . |
| 4 | Sims said : ‘ It would not be likely to be just in her cases , like clothes . |
| 5 | When he wants to be served at table by a black hand , he would not be satisfied to be served by a black paw … |
| 6 | He wanted to look his best so that Sweetheart would not be ashamed to be seen out with him . |
| 7 | Even if scientists could demonstrate such a correlation , it would still be difficult to be certain whether the effect were the result of social or genetic transmission . |
| 8 | Over the five years of operation of the National Certificate employers and providers have indicated that , whilst the flexibility of the modular system is of great benefit , it would also be useful to be able to provide an additional separate certificate for a student who successfully completes a group of modules designed to meet the needs of a particular occupational area . |
| 9 | But she felt she could n't stay and drink tea and then just go off , it would n't be right to be slaking her thirst and sitting here chatting with her mother lying ill wondering what had happened . |
| 10 | I was scared to death when I married you because I knew I would n't be able to be the kind of wife you needed . |
| 11 | Or I would n't be able to be on the street , |
| 12 | It makes me cough a bit because when I came on the scene he was the one academically everything and she was the one who was academically rather disadvantaged but she , she was , you know , no not having the greatest of , of , of success but erm it was said that she would n't be able to be a student nurse because she was n't bright enough but you know she clocked up the O levels and A levels like guide badges and she went off on this pre-nursing course in South Notts you know and she was in and out of the Queens on a course and people and , you know , and she said I do n't know all the answers but I 've a rough idea about some of the questions , I want to be a nurse and off she went to , to , to Walsall and I 'm not saying she 's a brilliant student nurse but erm absolutely clear that she 's better than some of the others . |
| 13 | A hi-jacking of that magnitude would n't be likely to be quickly forgotten by the police in whose district it had occurred . |