Example sentences of "would be [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He immediately told me that to do a smoothly coned skirt would be vastly expensive in terms of bending and shaping wood , and equally expensive to do as the multi-part mould which he reckoned was necessary because of the protruding hemispheres . |
| 2 | She was going to edge him into a situation where it would be openly discourteous to refuse her , and nothing in his education or his upbringing had prepared him to be discourteous to anyone , least of all a woman . |
| 3 | Indeed , it would be theoretically possible for one genet of Trifolium repens or Ranunculus repens to have occupied the whole of the Henfaes field . |
| 4 | In the case of the spontaneous goals from which the ends are chosen , the same neutrality would be theoretically conceivable ; it is possible to imagine a being immune from pleasure and pain , who is moved towards or away without either welcoming or shrinking from awareness . |
| 5 | It would be professionally improper for them to interest themselves in the social or leisure activities of their pupils ; and it would be unsuitable to their professionalism if they were involved in purely supervisory or ancillary duties , which are carried out , where necessary , by unqualified assistants . |
| 6 | would be majorly responsible for getting long term results , as they would have to ensure that the area can survive independently again by building up their own food supplies through improving farming eg. better irrigation etc . |
| 7 | Why ca n't we could , as I suggest it would be slightly vague and , and the fact that the , the report shows the collection date , we could say the date it 's going to be collected cos you 'd get them to go through all |
| 8 | Banks , and eventually borrowers , had the advantage that the rate of interest they paid for the deposit would be slightly less than that on a conventional time deposit . |
| 9 | If they were the sort of people that were frightened to go out , up to the newspaper shop or something like that , our penalties and our , our priorities would be slightly different . |
| 10 | ‘ If the inquiry had finished , it would be slightly different . |
| 11 | would be slightly different because they , we 'd only be collecting a part of the premium we would n't be collecting their investment part if that 's in arrears . |
| 12 | I 'm sure that if they saw you cry , I swear to God if they saw you crying things would be slightly different . |
| 13 | In Nicholson 's case , the description came with the ever-present prefix that on the occasions he has tried acid , it was used properly to avoid bad trips ; thus , he had ‘ come to terms with things that you perceive would be otherwise impossible — things that help you understand yourself … plus , if used properly , it can means quite a lot of kicks . ’ |
| 14 | The argument was that some candidates , particularly from the emergent Labour Party , were not of independent means and would be otherwise unable to serve if they were elected ( the first Labour MPs had appeared in 1906 ) . |
| 15 | The idea of tiny changes cumulated over many steps is an immensely powerful idea , capable of explaining an enormous range of things that would be otherwise inexplicable . |
| 16 | It seems that she had fallen in love with him but she " did n't know where I was at all " with him ; he would be most affectionate towards her and then , for no apparent reason , seemed to avoid her for protracted periods . |
| 17 | ‘ That would be most pleasant , ’ Ruth said . |
| 18 | ‘ That would be most pleasant . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ That would be most pleasant , ’ he said , gratified . |
| 20 | ‘ I think a small guerrilla unit of not more than twelve men would be most effective . |
| 21 | She felt he would be most useful on what she described as the ‘ solid ’ material , balancing her more ‘ fanciful ’ approach . |
| 22 | It is for those involved in enhancing the security of the infrastructure to identify where cameras would be most useful in the battle against terrorism and vandalism . |
| 23 | In the discussion which followed , it was agreed that while the statistics formed a useful starting point , insufficient use was being made of them for publicity purposes , and the Secretary was instructed to ascertain the form in which figures would be most useful to property correspondents . |
| 24 | The balance sheet that would be most useful to an investment analyst would be the market value balance sheet . |
| 25 | It would be most useful to get numbers in multiples of 4 's — for full car loads therefore cheaper petrol costs for everyone . |
| 26 | The the documents that my learned friend and I think would be most useful to your Lordship to read at this stage would be pages one seven eight four two five . |
| 27 | ‘ That would be most awkward , sir . ’ |
| 28 | I am leading a pilgrimage to the monasteries and would be most pleased if you joined us . " |
| 29 | I would be most grateful for any assistance offered . |
| 30 | I would be most grateful if you could cast your eye over the script ; the one area that seems to have gone a little awry is the Language Review but I 'm sure we can sort this out during the shoot . |