Example sentences of "it would [be] [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many believe it would be political suicide to restrict criteria for unemployment benefit in a time of recession and high unemployment , and income support is already so low that there seems little scope for cuts there . |
| 2 | It would be mental laziness to assume that each national minority was more of a unity than the ex-empire as a whole . |
| 3 | It would be arrogant foolishness to ignore that experience and to start from scratch designing a stringing by ear . |
| 4 | It would be great crack to teach her , on the Zetor . |
| 5 | I happen to believe in miracles , but it would be sheer folly to depend on them . |
| 6 | It had n't taken Benedicta long to realize that it would be sheer cruelty to keep the marquis 's protégée penned within the confines of the convent . |
| 7 | It would be usual practice to ensure that the payment is costed to the month in which the work is carried out . |
| 8 | Plainly , there is therefore an absolute necessity of early identification of all witnesses upon whom one might rely , even if at that stage statements are not taken from them , thus for example , it would be good practice to identify all those persons who witnessed the accident , who were working in the vicinity of the pursuer at the time of the accident , together with those who have a supervisory function , such as Foreman , Supervisors and Shift Managers . |
| 9 | Accordingly , it would be good practice to ensure that the customer 's attention is drawn to the salient points of any agreement or written document given to him . |
| 10 | But it would be wishful thinking to explain away all , or even most , of the increase as an artefact of recording changes . |
| 11 | ‘ There are 1,001 possibilities as to why this accident happened and it would be pure speculation to say at this stage what could have caused it . |
| 12 | It would be mere superstition to attribute the increase in murders to the change of penalty and the increase in the rest of crime to some other cause or causes . |
| 13 | Unger , for instance , suggests that ‘ it would be trivial psychology to politicise all interpersonal transactions ’ ( 1979 : 477 ) . |
| 14 | It would be bad psychology to tell Lou that she had been shown them by the police . |
| 15 | Either the lady who had been his companion the night before was leaving , in which case it would be bad manners to notice , or she intended to remain , and would return to the chamber when she was ready . |
| 16 | It would be common sense to send the children to a school for the blind . |
| 17 | So he argues that ‘ it would be wild madness to continue calmly writing pieces of paper and making directives . |
| 18 | He had felt sorry for him when his own bull died and he was afraid it would be tempting fate to throw up this opportunity to redress the balance in their fortunes . |