Example sentences of "it would [verb] to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rather more lively than it would appear to be nowadays . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ It would appear to be just part of the cost of doing business . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ It would appear to be so , ’ he growled in an undertone , then changed the subject before it could be discussed further . |
| 4 | At first glance , it would appear to be very much the creature of the Scottish Office , when in fact it should be a buffer acting at arm 's length from the Scottish Office . |
| 5 | Undoubtedly it would appear to be more sensible in the longer term for cattle numbers to be limited to those which can be sustained on the winter fodder production capabilities of the farms so as to eliminate fodder purchases . |
| 6 | Without any data being available on this fish as yet , it is difficult to say what the adult size might be , but it would appear to be about 12cm . |
| 7 | But there might come a time , there was no denying it , when he might have had enough , and then if he wanted to move it would have to be up . |
| 8 | That way , I think that some land might become available , but it would have to be up to the planners to be more flexible . |
| 9 | And it would have to be somewhere far away where her father could n't find them . |
| 10 | If I were to choose any country in the world to live as a family in it would have to be somewhere different , perhaps exotic . |
| 11 | She said there could n't be a later as she was on duty with the Samaritans at nine , so it would have to be now . |
| 12 | It would have to be much stronger than that to see light curve . |
| 13 | If expansion were to occur it would have to be underground , and what better time to accomplish it than during excavation for the connecting tunnel ? |
| 14 | Even if there had been another big story , it would have to be very big indeed to be bigger than this one ! ’ |
| 15 | Well it would have to be very strictly adhered to then next year . |
| 16 | It would have to be really |
| 17 | In that case , it is difficult to predict how long it would take to be finally approved . |
| 18 | Today this detached attitude to learning is being questioned even in subjects like science where it would seem to be most at home . |
| 19 | It would seem to be patently unfair to dismiss a driver with a perfect record prior to a momentary lapse which results in a court imposing a penalty , simply because the works ' rules are so rigidly drawn that the employer is deprived of exercising a discretion . |
| 20 | ‘ if it is thought desirable that debentures in their popular meaning may be made irredeemable , it would seem to be both absurd and inconsistent to forbid a company to make its ordinary mortgages of land also irredeemable . ’ |
| 21 | it would seem to be rather a waste of erm |
| 22 | ‘ It would seem to be just a matter of time before the man 's identified . ’ |
| 23 | If Sir Ian intends a moral to be drawn , it would seem to be that prudent paternalism has much to commend it . |
| 24 | It would seem to be more like a week ! |
| 25 | In this respect , it would seem to be more important that family relationships improve , whether or not husband and wife remain together , rather than urging parents to ‘ stick it out for the sake of the children ’ in unhappy marriages . |
| 26 | If it is dangerous to engage in political protest ( and it is ) and , as one of my informants Biu complained , if it is pointless to reclamar , to argue with God ( and it would seem to be so ) , hungry and frustrated people can transform angry and nervous hunger into ‘ breakdown ’ and ‘ mental ’ problems . |
| 27 | With the uncertainty caused by the break-up of the Soviet empire it would seem to be very unwise to drop our defences . |
| 28 | It would seem to be still more inappropriate for the criminal law to deny its protection to parties ( probably a majority in this country ) who have expressly chosen to be married according to a wholly different ceremony . |
| 29 | It would seem to be all over . |
| 30 | It it would need to be either one or the other I think . |