Example sentences of "[conj] it would be [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All of these faults can occur within two years of the kitchen being installed and the cost of mending the damage is often more than it would be to replace all the cabinets — so it 's better to check . |
| 2 | It makes no more sense to say that the perspectival appearance is true ( or false ) of the object than it would be to say that the size of the angle of a triangle is true ( or false ) of the other two angles , which determine its size . |
| 3 | What principally weighs with me in thinking that Lord Coke made a mistake of fact is my conviction that all men of business , whether merchants or tradesmen , do every day recognise and act on the ground that prompt payment of a part of their demand may be more beneficial to them than it would be to insist on their rights and enforce payment of the whole . |
| 4 | It may perhaps be more difficult to alarm him than it would be to alarm the vulnerable persons whom the offence is principally designed to protect . |
| 5 | I might vary this if one was arguing that it was easier for a chap in some circumstances to become a bomber pilot than it would be to become a fighter pilot , and I would concede that argument . |
| 6 | Hay & Maddock note that in the United Kingdom there is no statutory obligation to notify theses to any central body , and Urquhart said in 1971 that it was often more difficult to obtain sight of a British doctoral thesis than it would be to obtain copies of theses emanating from European and North American Universities . |
| 7 | Could it be supposed that it would be more impossible for God to raise up a body at Resurrection , if needs be , out of elementary particles , which had been liberated by burning , than it would be to raise up a body from dust ? ’ |
| 8 | His friend Michael Kelly described how , when he became animated , his whole face lit up in a way ‘ as impossible to describe , as it would be to paint sunbeams ’ . |
| 9 | It would be as foolish to argue about which of these views is correct as it would be to argue about whether algebra or geometry is the correct way to solve problems in science . |
| 10 | Papert said that people at MIT considered it was ‘ as unacceptable for children to enter the computer culture by learning computer languages , such as BASIC as it would be to confine their reading of English poetry to pidgin English translations ’ . |
| 11 | But it is foolish to look for great intellectual nourishment from a parasite , just as it would be to expect the delicacies of romantic love in the company of a hired prostitute . |
| 12 | First , it would be as unrealistic to impose a world-wide ban on ivory as it would be to attempt to outlaw , say , tobacco or alcohol . |
| 13 | It would be as inconceivable to find Richard II speaking prose as it would be to meet Thersites in verse . |