Example sentences of "would be [adj] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A delighted Kiwomya said : ‘ I told the lads I 'd be pleased to get on the score sheet on my birthday , but to score a couple is unbelievable . |
| 2 | You 'd be stupid to go across the stepping stones if you did n't have the power to jump from one to the other , pretty big , but the , so are the distances between them and at that time of the year the river was pretty high too and r rather boisterous , so it would n't be very pleasant if you had fallen in , but you 've got to have that but you 've also got to have stamina as you said , but it would n't have been any fun if you 'd got halfway across and your stamina had run out , then fire brigade called out , the fire brigade or something . |
| 3 | That 'd be nice to have on the calendar sort of thing . |
| 4 | I 'd always imagined that one day I 'd be able to turn to the guy beside me at the Giants Stadium and say ‘ That 's my kid playing down there ’ . |
| 5 | No you ca n't , because otherwise you 'd be able to call through the operator . |
| 6 | And for e for emplo for employment officers you would have induction , you would have interviewing skills , and you would say you know , we would also we 'd be able to see of the training records , what interviewing courses |
| 7 | I 'd be able to get on the horse but I 'd be ruled out of the Olympics because betablockers are banned . |
| 8 | as Patrick used to say you 'd be able to poo through the eye of a needle |
| 9 | Still , at least this way she 'd be able to escape into the house to find a robe . |
| 10 | In the big ones the money goes to the names as appearance money , and I 'd be unlikely to figure in the serious prize money . |
| 11 | Looking back at this time , Nigel was surprisingly patient , but he was worried that , if he did n't improve , he 'd be unable to help with the move as almost any movement of his right arm increased his suffering . |
| 12 | ‘ Look : I ca n't say this strictly , as a scientist , but it is my feeling that a bonfire , grilling a kipper or lighting a cigarette all release greater concentrations of dioxins than you 'd be likely to find at the end of the pipe of a properly run high-temperature incinerator . ’ |
| 13 | It would be unkind to talk of the pollsters making excuses , but they do have explanations . |
| 14 | For the first time I saw clearly that it would be impossible to go through the rest of my life with a barrier in my mind between the baby and its conception . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm thankful it was n't finished or it would be impossible to maintain with the small congregations we have . ’ |
| 16 | The southern tip of Greenland , known as Prince Christian , was to be used as a decision point where it would be decided whether enough fuel remained to proceed to Goose Bay or whether it would be necessary to proceed to the alternate . |
| 17 | If his remarkable strategic instinct convinced him at an early stage that it would be necessary to negotiate with the FLN , his obvious repugnance at the process caused major problems . |
| 18 | It would be worthless to dwell on the strengths and weaknesses of the regrading exercise here , other than to acknowledge the apparent difficulties associated with it . |
| 19 | One official said last night : ‘ It would be disingenuous to rely on the Vietnamese . |
| 20 | I know I 've got to start scoring and it would be nice to get off the mark at last on Sunday . |
| 21 | Nonetheless , it would be misleading to conclude from the relative momentum of change in the three companies that RX alone represents success , not least because all three did achieve significant business turnaround as a result of organizational realignment . |
| 22 | It would be misleading to imply from the experience of Mazda that all large companies have immunity from bankruptcy . |
| 23 | It was also thought that there was a very static population in the area which would be helpful to research into the efficacy of the new services . |
| 24 | whether , conceptually , it would be helpful to try regarding the house as an extension of the car , rather than the other way about , and experimenting with an internal trim based upon black simulated leather , with built-in ashtrays ; |
| 25 | On the matter of the catalogues , if you need assistance on what is being exhibited in this area , the themes being promoted , or any activities planned , I would be pleased to gather in the information you need if this is the easiest way of doing it . |
| 26 | Following the recent discussions between [ name of MAS partner/manager ] and[name of vendor/vendor 's representative ] we are writing to confirm that we would be pleased to act for the shareholders in the proposed sale of your subsidiary , More Mature Business Limited ( ‘ the company ’ ) , and to set out formally our terms of reference and responsibilities with regard to our involvement in the sale process . |
| 27 | With sufficient manipulation of the rota , it would be possible to arrange for the work-force to have been working for the same number of hours at different times of the day — condition ( 2 ) . |
| 28 | It would be possible to search through the file until the record was located , but this technique , and the more refined methods available for searching sequential files in which there is no direct relationship between the record key and its storage location , are too slow for the needs of most enquiry systems . |
| 29 | At the same time it would be possible to re-locate within the boundaries of the land owned by the Borough Council to improve drainage and avoid the part which would be affected by the proposed cross-town route . |
| 30 | But of course it would be possible to go through the behavioural motions of requesting without having any of the requisite beliefs and intentions . |