Example sentences of "would [be] [adj] [verb] some " in BNC.

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1 She had been in a squat in London but had thought it would be pleasant to have some sea air for the baby for the summer .
2 ‘ As I told you , I spent some time writing letters and when I 'd finished I thought it would be pleasant to get some fresh air so I went out and posted them — in the box outside the main post office — ’
3 The fact is that we give exceptional leave to remain because it would be inhumane to send some people , such as the Croatian that the hon. Member mentioned , back to their country at this time , even though they may not have made a claim of persecution .
4 If there were to be a programme of comparable generosity to the new democracies , it would be necessary to reduce some category of expenditure within the industrial countries .
5 Nevertheless it would be usual to specify some basic entitlement in the partnership agreement ( Clause 15.01 ) .
6 I was thinking it would be nice to spend some time travelling with someone else , to share the strain but , as we entered the darkness which had me constantly glancing up to check the shadow of my bag , my only companion was the bearded , dark-eyed twin who stared back at me from the occluded window .
7 Still , it would be nice to get some of it off my mind .
8 ‘ Did you have a productive session , by the way ? ’ she added , thinking that it would be nice to have some favourable comments to pass on to Iris .
9 It would be nice to have some conversation as well as sex — dinner out somewhere , say .
10 It was just that I and the others in the class — at least , the ones who turned up yesterday , a lot of people did n't bother — anyway , we felt it would be nice to send some flowers and a card or something to her relatives .
11 Thirdly , although some data is collected in relation to gender , it would be helpful to see some interpretation of statements like these : Although ‘ women were more likely to be living alone than men , there were a number of very elderly men living on their own and some of them caused their carers great concern ’ .
12 ‘ But touring with ‘ Out Of The Cradle ’ it would be great to do some of the show on my own and some with a band .
13 Indeed it would be possible to identify some fells from the attention he gives to the geology and his affection for each fold of rock and each rattling , winding ghyll , without seeing the characteristic outline of the peak .
14 Halfway through the week Nigel and Andrew convinced us that it would be worthwhile to expend some energy skinning uphill in pursuit of good snow and a sight of the enormous snow-filled valleys that lay beyond the Chamonix liftsystem .
15 The lights had already arrived that afternoon , the disco would be set up from ten o'clock tomorrow , and a small group of hostesses and security people would be due to arrive some time around three .
16 At this point it would be useful to clarify some of the terms being used in this area of adoption practice .
17 But it would be useful to give some brief background of their incorporation by the Christian Church .
18 Right I put this together ah very quickly just before you came in , I thought it would be useful to get some feedback on the education the two educational events that have taken place so far , now unfortunately I could n't go to Topping Printing but you were there Ann
19 Robert Hughes , Aberdeen North , said : ‘ I would have thought the Chancellor would be desperate to get some extra revenue .
20 At present the Committee is formed largely of teachers ; it would be good to have some class members .
21 Your learned friend very fairly set the sort of orders one would expect in the case of this sort , erm , can I only add one thing which erm there is still a , failing erm his right there should have been an adjournment this morning that the question of a structured settlement could be investigated , all these people who have indeed , it must be from the plaintiff 's point of view as well , desirable that those investigations be erm carried out , with the greatest , greatest speed possible , obviously it takes time to er instruct the and so on and erm , it seemed er to me that it would be appropriate to include some of the I happen to discuss with my friend , erm providing for the matter to be brought back not later than a certain time
22 When , for example , a solicitor is recruited as a specialist to head up a new department it would be appropriate to seek some commitment from him at any rate in the medium term .
23 In contrast , the government 's two senior legal advisers and the senior partner of a leading firm of society lawyers were so ignorant of this fact that it did not even enter their heads that it would be wise to make some enquiries before launching their client into a statement that could be , and indeed was , ruinous .
24 A great many theoretical physicists would be prepared to express some unease about the conceptual foundations of quantum mechanics — in particular , about Copenhagen orthodoxy — but only a tiny fraction of them ever direct serious attention to such questions .
25 In more normal times , an expansion of money supply would be likely to have some effect on interest rates .
26 I thought you would be interested to see some of the questions raised by Members so far , and I am enclosing these and the responses to them at this current stage of our thinking .
27 It would give the American parent group a chance to examine his potential at close quarters and at the same time he would be able to undergo some training to prepare him for the more elevated positions he was destined to occupy in future .
28 She therefore decided at the start of the second year to take in a partner who would put in an additional £5,000 into the business and would be able to do some of the selling and other tasks after Susan had trained him .
29 She fervently hoped that Father McCormack would be able to talk some sense into her son .
30 The trust is invalid on several counts : no property has been bequeathed to the curator so the principle of benefit is infringed ; if the curator had been validly appointed , which he has not , then he would be able to exercise some control over the foster-child 's use of the land ; but even then , since he would not be owner , it would be a problem that it was he who was charged with the trust for distributing shares in the income from the land .
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