Example sentences of "it would [adv] [be] [vb pp] [subord] " in BNC.

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1 If this were an outline for a novel it would probably be rejected as too far-fetched .
2 In this case , Savory alleged that the doctrine of constructive notice was not relevant to this type of commercial transaction and on the facts it would not be regarded as having known that the £13.5m was trust money belonging to Eagle .
3 It would not be granted if the court felt it went further than necessary to meet the complaint .
4 The RICS guidance notes said that an application could be made by letter , although it would not be processed until the official form had been completed and the fee paid .
5 Nevertheless , levity is sometimes difficult to resist , for there are occasions when even the most solemn and serious student of legislation is compelled to the conclusion either that Parliament has gone off its collective head or that the parliamentary draftsman was drunk , demented or determined to perpetrate ( and perpetuate ) some private joke in the well-founded hope that it would not be spotted until it was too late .
6 A statement which forms the basis of a decision of the court but which , although it would otherwise be considered as binding , is made in a court which is outside the hierarchy of the courts .
7 The South Shropshire coroner , Tony Sibsey , said it would never be known whether the boys had watched the episode of ‘ Neighbours ’ when a young boy got trapped in a trunk trying to hide from his father .
8 It is our intention to keep goods turning over at a livelier pace and it would therefore be appreciated if you would return any goods which you are unable to sell .
9 It would only be prevented if the Home Office intervened . ’
10 In Dudley ( W. Midlands ) , where a large proportion of land was privately owned , the Department of the Environment insisted that if enterprise-zone designation was to go ahead , it would only be approved if private-sector land was first sold to the local authority before a certain date .
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