Example sentences of "it would [verb] [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Ah tell ye this , Pete — ’ He was leaning across the table , his little steely grey eyes bright with a barrow boy 's excitement at striking a bargain — ‘ it 'd cost a wee fortune now just to build the hull . |
| 2 | It moved two things which put it into operation , you know and er I could turn the knob and it 'd get the whole thing going , it 'd get you inside , it 'd register that it 'd been , when you shut the door , as soon as you shut , in the toilets , as soon as you shut the door the penny dropped down , see what I mean . |
| 3 | Christ , I 'd go AABB if I did n't think it 'd tank the final couplet . |
| 4 | Well I still think that well say you have a big massive thing and , and say it 'd take a hundred people mm er I suppose the bigger it is the more economical it is . |
| 5 | a long time it 'd take a long time . |
| 6 | The nomes exchanged meaningful glances , and the kind of meaning they were full of was : She 's fooling herself , but it 'd take a braver nome than me to tell her . |
| 7 | It 'd produce a different answer . |
| 8 | There was a ring of thorn trees that we never cut , d'ye see ? for they said 't would annoy the Little People . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , if members do n't like the word consumer then I think they would have to use public , er it does cover , I I think the title County Public Protection Officer would er , er satisfy Mr and I do n't think it would upset the Chief Fire Officer . |
| 10 | Furthermore , it is said that it would upset the constitutional balance between the courts and the executive if the Crown could be held in contempt of court for disobeying a prerogative order of prohibition or mandamus . |
| 11 | This followed Iran 's May 20 announcement that it would boycott the annual pilgrimage to Mecca ( the haj ) for the third successive year after Saudi Arabia had refused to withdraw its 45,000 quota limit for Iranian pilgrims . |
| 12 | It would explain the extraordinary letter about the cheque — an act of ludicrous personal generosity to help Ingard out of a hole , or , perhaps , more sanely , to try to preserve the shipping company from going down if the rest of the empire crashed . |
| 13 | ‘ Anyway , ’ he perked up , ‘ if it is the Old Ones , it would explain the telepathic pollution , and there 'll be more to it that we have n't thought about yet , but we 'll find out later . ’ |
| 14 | If a company ‘ lost ’ its accounts data , it would represent a serious loss and one which would be difficult to recover from . |
| 15 | Indeed , it would represent a complete breakdown , not just of law and order , but of all civilised values . |
| 16 | Does my right hon. Friend agree also that the last Labour Government introduced such swingeing real cuts in the health service that , if they were returned to power , it would represent a real threat to those who require advanced orthopaedic treatment ? |
| 17 | It would combine a broad measure of central planning with a great deal of autonomy for individual enterprises , which would be self-financing and interconnected through a market . |
| 18 | On Jan. 24 Japan announced that it would contribute a further $9,000 million to US-led forces in the Gulf , raising Japan 's total commitments since August 1990 to $13,000 million , including $2,000 million as aid to countries suffering from the economic blockade , notably Jordan , Egypt and Turkey [ see p. 37697 ] . |
| 19 | Third , it would foster a rational spirit and criticism which would turn in on itself and which is highlighted by a class of intellectuals who , according to Schumpeter , have ‘ a vested interest in social unrest ’ . |
| 20 | Such an order would impinge upon the operation of the organisation ; it would prevent the International Tin Council from having its Headquarters in the place stipulated by the treaty , and its members would be unable to perform their treaty obligations . |
| 21 | In February 1981 the Transport Department and British Rail published a joint report which concluded that a substantial programme of main-line electrification would be financially worthwhile : it would show a real return on capital of around 11 per cent and it would cut oil consumption . |
| 22 | For the Shah himself it would bring a complete divorce from reality . |
| 23 | France , which envisaged that it would lead the new force , had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 [ see p. 21601 ] and had since then pursued an effectively independent line on military issues . |
| 24 | It would attract the automatic charge of ‘ élitist ’ , but so , potentially , do many worthwhile kinds of intellectual activity . |
| 25 | The club 's facing opposition from residents living near the site and a council , which says it would devastate a green belt area . |
| 26 | A star that is 1.4 times heavier than our Sun has a Schwarzschild radius of only 2 km , and if such a star were to shrink to this size it would attain a mean density of , far beyond the density of nuclei . |
| 27 | If it held the shares intact it would suffer the same disadvantage that our ordinary investor encountered . |
| 28 | Its task would be to advise on the devising or altering of services and their planning and execution , and it would undertake a regular review of the parish 's worship . |
| 29 | It would change the military strategies of the former Warsaw Pact countries and lead to troop reductions . |
| 30 | In Zimbabwe 's case , England openly opposed their long-awaited elevation to Test status in 1992 on the grounds it would devalue the international game . |