Example sentences of "it would be [adj -er] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I says erm yo it 'd be cheaper to go bed and breakfast ! |
| 2 | It 'd be cheaper to buy it , actually . |
| 3 | But it 'd be simpler to keep taking it round clockwise . |
| 4 | He 's engaged and they 're saving up to get married , but Helen and him thought it 'd be better to buy one now because they 'll have a lot of expenses after they 're married and wo n't have Helen 's wages . ’ |
| 5 | But do n't you think it 'd be better to avoid a fight ? |
| 6 | But it 'd be easier to give him a work-card . |
| 7 | But say the figure had been erm fo he 's travelling at forty eight point three miles an hour , and you want to know how far he 's gone after twenty seven minutes or something , it 's a bit more awkward then so it 'd be easier to look it up on a graph . |
| 8 | There were still some lingering doubts in my mind , not because I question the rational logic of this experiment , but because it would be nicer to have an experiment which did not require even the distress of a mild shock to the chicks . |
| 9 | A fourth bedroom would be rather nice , and it would be cheaper to move than extend the kitchen and add a bedroom . |
| 10 | The move to Midshire even made economic sense ; she had several modest school recitals in Birmingham and the Black Country during the next month , and it would be cheaper to move up there and find a furnished room somewhere , rather than spend the intervening time here in town . |
| 11 | I suspect that it would be cheaper to collect a tonne of rubbish in Lambeth on the basis of an annual sweep of the streets because , to pick up a tonne of rubbish there , one would hardly have to stir from the spot . |
| 12 | In 1980 , mining operations threatened the fabric of the house and British Coal , calculating it would be cheaper to cope with subsidence problems if it owned the house itself , acquired the property . |
| 13 | And in many abolitionist minds this would ultimately lead to emancipation ; slaves would not only gradually become more able to live in freedom but better conditions would so enhance the population of labourers in the West Indies that it would be cheaper to employ workers on a waged basis than as slaves . |
| 14 | But if you got it you might find it would be cheaper to do your house up using these clients rather than sell . |
| 15 | Planning permission will only be given if planners can show it would be cheaper to supply the demand rather than reduce it with energy conservation measures . |
| 16 | A detailed look at the books and some simple arithmetic proved that it would be cheaper to launch a new , specialist title than to revive an old one ! |
| 17 | It would be cheaper to get David . |
| 18 | The Secretary of State was being totally disingenuous because , if the cancellation cost of the fourth boat is the same as the cost of cancelling the first boat would have been , it would be cheaper to build the thing — so saving on the unemployment benefit that would otherwise be payable to the constituents of the hon. Member for Barrow and Furness ( Mr. Franks ) — and not deploy it . |
| 19 | Fruit cages are relatively expensive and you have to consider whether it would be cheaper to buy from a pick-your-own farm than to pay for a fruit cage . |
| 20 | He remembered the dagger thrown during the banquet and decided it would be safer to return through the crowded town than venture into the marshy wooded countryside . |
| 21 | And before Robbie could decide whether to deny the source of the gift or whether perhaps it would be safer to agree , Fen continued his speculative monologue . |
| 22 | I was in two minds about closing the door , but decided that it would be safer to do so ; if anyone came through it unexpectedly I would have a split second to look lost and nonchalant . |
| 23 | " Observation " here misleadingly refers to something it would be safer to call an intuition or a hunch ( even if it may be a sensitive reader 's well-informed hunch ) that such-and-such is the case . |
| 24 | The cynic may perhaps be forgiven for commenting that the freedom given by the Use Classes Order and the GDO is so hedged by restrictions , and frequently so difficult to comprehend ( though he may note with relief that painting is not subject to control , unless it is ‘ for purpose of advertisement , announcement or direction ’ ) that it would be safer to assume that any operation constitutes development and requires planning permission . |
| 25 | ‘ Well , then , I think it would be safer to assume a neurological cause such as CVA , do n't you , Sister ? ’ he said loftily . |
| 26 | With the IRA 's latest bombing campaign it would be safer to stick to local shops . |
| 27 | The adventurers could fight , but it would be safer to try and talk their way past . |
| 28 | It would be safer to try over a weekend . |
| 29 | Dot held her arms stiff as bayonets , for she knew it would be safer to keep her coat on , then they might not have to stay so long . |
| 30 | Otherwise , it would be safer to keep it hidden . ’ |