Example sentences of "would be [adj] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Legal Affairs Minister , Roger Chonwe , declared that to detain people without charge would be illegal and an abuse of human rights . |
| 2 | It was Stella 's suggestion ; she thought the lady behind the tea-urn would be impressed when the reporter took out his pencil . |
| 3 | Similarly you may have combined with your application for judgment one for an interim award and it would be absurd that the benefit of that award should be lost in providing the costs of the action thus far . |
| 4 | It would be absurd if the law did not recognise the causal connection between these events despite its refusal to imply a non-competition restriction post employment . |
| 5 | ‘ If we could run a commuter service we would be delighted but the number of people using the boat — we need 130 morning and night — has been insufficient , ’ he said . |
| 6 | It would be cruel if the daughter could be evicted and left to find another home for herself and for her belongings simply because of the accident of the untimely death of the parent within one year . |
| 7 | In many cases this would be impossible as the count may hold titles in two or more places ! |
| 8 | ‘ It would be marvellous if The Committee were to win the National , ’ Scott said , ‘ for the two owners have been immensely patient and have let me get on with bringing the horse back to his best after he had been off the course for two and a half years . ’ |
| 9 | But overall , NACAB did not believe that the initial resources proposed for the task were sufficient and considerable negotiations would be necessary before the CAB would accept the task . |
| 10 | A development plan had been accepted by the governing body and HMI as realistic , but clearly reorganization would be necessary when the Polytechnic came into existence . |
| 11 | We were told that capping would be necessary until the poll tax was introduced as that would bring accountability . |
| 12 | Yesterday 's statement said the funeral would be private and a memorial service would be held later . |
| 13 | Such a hypothetical difference would be tiny because the electron mass is only th of the nucleon mass . |
| 14 | The slogans and symbolism ( sometimes reminiscent of early Clash ) would be meaningless if the music itself was n't ever-progressing , innovative and darkly atmospheric in that classic Detroit kind of way . |
| 15 | It would be odd if a transaction were outside the section in all circumstances solely because it was governed by a foreign law even though , for instance , all the parties were in this country at all times . |
| 16 | It may be that other disaffected Anglian elements also gave assistance and it would be surprising if no help had been forthcoming from the men of Powys , who can not have been unaffected by Aethelfrith 's victory at Chester and the recent warfare between the northern Angles and the king of Gwynedd . |
| 17 | The qualitative approach may be acceptable for small systems , but for more substantial enterprises it would be surprising if the development of more disciplined and rigorous approaches , say through the wider use of mathematics , would not be more successful and lead to new types of opportunity . |
| 18 | It would be surprising if the right of appeal depended on whether the local authority chose to serve a demand before taking proceedings . |
| 19 | Actually erm although councillor is quite correct that we 're providing a service , erm in some ways it would be nice if the government did give us the freedom to operate our business as we choose to do so . |
| 20 | It would be nice if the conference were preceded by an agreement on Cyprus — about which the Turks could usefully be more accommodating than they have been so far — but the conference should not depend on that , any more than the Helsinki one needed a prior agreement on the unification of Germany . |
| 21 | Erm I think it would be nice if the grammar were checked from , we promised to give high priority in responding , surely we can give priority to responding , and as a small point , I was gon na go on about the most important road which of course is Breadfield Street |
| 22 | Well , it would be encouraging if the government changed transport strategy , but the sad tragedy is that Chris Patten 's lost the Department of Transport battle as well . |
| 23 | It would be helpful if a selection of the published close-dated groups was to be made available in microfilm or microfiche . |
| 24 | It would be helpful if the Minister could indicate when the whole review process is likely to be completed . |
| 25 | Er as you 've already heard , the Greater York authority have cooperated for a number of years in bringing forward new settlement proposals but erm I have to say that I I do agree it would be helpful if the panel were able to make a strategic recommendation in favour of one particular local authority . |
| 26 | ‘ … is would be helpful if the Listing Division of the Department of the Environment could revise their own guidelines in order that certain pubs could receive more protection as an integral whole . |
| 27 | It would be helpful if the guidance also mentioned the economic and environmental advantages of ‘ soft ’ sea defences over ‘ hard ’ ones , in many situations . |
| 28 | Now I think it would be helpful if the borough council could clarify whether that is in fact what they 're looking for an additional land allocation . |
| 29 | It would be helpful if the House could study positive Government proposals . |
| 30 | It would be astonishing if the Director 's powers to require relevant information about suspected offences from third parties were brought to an end by the bringing of a charge against the person under investigation . |