Example sentences of "would be [adj] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . |
| 2 | In a paragraph entitled New Opportunities , Harley warns , ‘ The many Unix VAR 's and resellers should probably be more concerned with the loss of a stable , independent source for Unix than an imaginary NT monster ( and ) it would be prudent for those Unix vendors who have not already made the switch to take a strong look at OSF . ’ |
| 3 | However , Rhys firmly believes that some regulation on the use of large cars would be prudent through increased petrol duty . |
| 4 | She would be awake for most of the night anyway . |
| 5 | If this was the source of the visitors ' continuing jurisdiction in disciplinary appeals , then it was accepted that they would be amenable to judicial review , their situation being in certain respects comparable to that of a visitor to a university or college who holds that position by virtue of his office , cp the Queen as visitor of the University of Hull : see the Page case [ 1991 ] 1 W.L.R. 1277 , 1279 . |
| 6 | The House of Commons would no longer reflect the ancient idea and be representative of " whole " boroughs , county communities , or corporate interests but would be representative of unorganised masses of individual men since at this time no women had the vote . |
| 7 | The Executive resolved that the Transport Workers ' Federation should be informed that a national strike " would be detrimental to all concerned " , but that if such a call was made the union would hold a ballot before striking . |
| 8 | As the Law Commission recommended in 1976 , the test should be whether the granting of relief to an applicant who has delayed would cause substantial prejudice or hardship to any person or would be detrimental to good administration . |
| 9 | This was the contention that the court ought not to entertain the action ‘ because to do so would be detrimental to national security ’ , the defence referring to the long-established practice of Secretaries of State not to disclose or discuss the existence of a warrant . |
| 10 | The council believes the change of use would be detrimental to adjoining occupiers and the surrounding area and says that there is already an existing taxi office use approved for premises nearby in Bowesfield Lane . |
| 11 | It was changes in the economy , however , that would be decisive in any development of this kind , and the speech was largely preoccupied with familiar matters such as growth , efficiency and labour productivity . |
| 12 | It can be seen that a high degree of organisation and ample provision of resources would be essential for such an exercise to work . |
| 13 | Given the elective nature of the late Saxon monarchy the interests and support of the Godwines would be essential to any claimant , and it was here that the well-known story of the Conquest was to have its impact on Sussex . |
| 14 | If capital transfer to other countries was also made illegal or tightly controlled , this would also help to prevent corporations evading the law by exporting those behaviours which would be illegal in one country to another where they are not . |
| 15 | I welcome my hon. Friend 's robust attitude , but is it correct that it is still possible to export calves which end up in crates that would be illegal in this country ? |
| 16 | Furthermore , as mentioned above , Article 36 of the 1977 Geneva Protocol I imposed a duty on states to consider in the development or acquisition of new weapons whether their use would be illegal in some or all circumstances . |
| 17 | But that , of course , is not change , debugging or repair ( the very things Minsky was referring to ) , for we would be impressed in this way by a yogi who was not able , also and in addition , to change his digestive process . |
| 18 | Conversely , we would be impressed by another yogi who could alter these processes in his intestines on a word of command but made no claims to know what was going on down there from moment to moment . |
| 19 | Opponents of free banking argue that a lender of last resort ( i.e. a central bank ) is needed , and that inflation would be rampant under free banking because of the banks ' ability to print notes at will . |
| 20 | Thirdly , and consequentially , I argued that the elements of harmful consequences liability which are exhibited by the criminal law do not disqualify it from the status of positive moral order , because conventional morality ( as opposed to the critical morality of Kant or Smith , for example ) incorporates a notion of moral luck and indeed our ordinary moral attitudes would be unrecognizable without some such idea . |
| 21 | It would be pleasant on this cold sharp morning to stroll across the fields and listen to the bells . |
| 22 | Prince Edward would be delighted with one of the shop 's theatrical costumes . |
| 23 | In terms of Easingwold , I have a client who owns about forty acres who would be delighted with that solution but erm , I do n't think that Easingwold could support that level of development , if we 're talking a around about two thousand dwellings , without very very substantial harm to its character and setting . |
| 24 | He deals , breaks and rides out for a local National Hunt trainer to keep in the sport and would be delighted with any financial help — large or small . |
| 25 | It would be undesirable for this process to be fully automated . |
| 26 | There are some reprieved murderers whom it is right to release on licence after very short periods of imprisonment ( for example , a mother who kills an imbecile child from merciful motives ) , and it would be undesirable in such cases for a court publicly to pass a sentence of imprisonment for a few months or for a year or two , and thereby to create the impression that the taking of human life may in certain circumstances be no graver a crime than theft . |
| 27 | By mid-August the EC were planning a convention on the crossing of external borders , which by imposing uniform asylum and visa criteria in all member states would mean that a refusal in any one would be enforceable by all . |
| 28 | I do n't think a boy of about ten years of age would be capable of such martyrdom . |
| 29 | In that case nature would be capable of wilful deception and all scientific investigation would be a waste of time . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you think Steen would be capable of that sort of thing , Harry ? ’ |