Example sentences of "it would [be] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | How much simpler it would be to parasitise a member of your own species . |
| 2 | In fact , the beauty all around was so breathtaking that , for the first time in his life , he actually caught himself thinking what a shame it would be to put a railway line here , to bring dirt and clamour to this Eden . |
| 3 | I say without qualification that home rule without proportional representation would not be home rule at all , and I would not support any measure to bring devolved government to Scotland which did not have PR as its centrepiece , for , however desirable it would be to create a Parliament in Edinburgh , to create one as unfair and undemocratic as that which we have here would be a betrayal of the people of Scotland . |
| 4 | Langlois-Château said that it would be developing a range of single domaine wines in the future . |
| 5 | If the provisions of s213 can be satisfied , management would incur no income tax charge or capital gains tax charge ; Target should have no liability to capital gains tax under s178 or 179 , even though it would be leaving a capital gains tax group as a result of the de-merger and may have had assets transferred to it on a no gain/no loss basis within the preceding six years . |
| 6 | Somehow they must be made to realize that it would be meeting a demand , a creditably innovative idea and not immoral , illegal or fattening , which really would make life , and death , a lot easier and cheaper for many . |
| 7 | would n't it anyway , so it would be taking a bite out of that reduced cherry . |
| 8 | One simple way to prevent it would be to fit a broad-band electrical filter next to every electricity meter . |
| 9 | I might vary this if one was arguing that it was easier for a chap in some circumstances to become a bomber pilot than it would be to become a fighter pilot , and I would concede that argument . |
| 10 | I was informed that British Steel would be making a decision on the day that it made the decision — I was informed in confidence some days before that it would be making a decision on that day . |
| 11 | The DoE said it would be making a " robust reply " to the European Commission 's request for evidence that the directive was being applied . |
| 12 | And imagine how difficult it would be to find a replacement with the same level of knowledge , experience , ability , authority or reputation . |
| 13 | The ghost of the Duke of Windsor haunted the minds of the family , patently aware that the older he became the more difficult it would be to find a virginal , Protestant aristocrat to be his bride . |
| 14 | What we need to do is steal his thunder in some way so that he realises how pointless it would be to write a story or even make any of those veiled suggestions that reporters of his ilk seem to be so good at . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ It would be doing a very good turn for Miss Miggs if we could climb up and pick those apples that are left , ’ she suggested to Anne and Mary . |
| 16 | Old Granny Fordham , who lived in a lonely cottage on the Enderley estate , could n't afford luxuries like butter and eggs , and could n't easily get to the shops in the village , so it would be doing a real service to take Mrs. Grant 's gift to her . |
| 17 | If the dandelion was a rare plant , it would be thought a highly desirable garden species , since the flowers are large and brilliantly yellow . |
| 18 | ‘ I 'm just coming , ’ called Lydia , thinking how amusing it would be to make a big splash and drowning noises , but even she knew that this would not be the action of a nice woman . |
| 19 | Like many of the the weddings entered into on whims at tawdry chapels along the Vegas Strip , it would be stretching a point to describe Holyfield-Bowe as a match made in heaven . |
| 20 | ‘ Normally when you have that kind of money it would be burning a hole in your pocket . |
| 21 | ‘ Normally when you have that kind of money it would be burning a hole in your pocket . |
| 22 | Overall , Siemens AG was able to give little cheer to shareholders , and the shares were off 2.30 marks at 663.10 early yesterday after the company warned that it would be counted a success if 1992-93 profits were stable with last year — incoming orders in the first five months of this fiscal fell 2% , although it looks for a 4.7% rise for the full year ; group sales in the first five months rose 3% to the equivalent of about $18,500m . |
| 23 | I have often thought how interesting and useful it would be to have a globe in the house . |
| 24 | The borrowed cat was a wonderful balancer , and Mildred felt rather disloyal as she found herself thinking how nice it would be to have a well-behaved sleek black cat which she could feel proud of . |
| 25 | They make rotten toilet paper , and I do n't know what else to do with them , and , oh Nick ’ — she suddenly sat heavily beside me on the bed — ‘ you 're a good man and sometimes I think how nice it would be to have a good man in my life again . ’ |
| 26 | They had often fantasised about how nice it would be to have a baby . |
| 27 | However , the more I thought about it , the more I imagined how nice it would be to have a really fabulous holiday in Andalucía . |
| 28 | How hard do you think it would be to plug a cable between the Spectrum 's edge connector and an identical connector on the tablet ? |
| 29 | It would be asking a lot of Christie to beat Michael Johnson , Frankie Fredericks and Olapade Adeniken , three of the best in the business , first time out in the 200 metres . |