Example sentences of "it would [verb] [adj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 It is on a vast scale though : Franz Schrader , the first great cartographer of these mountains , estimated that it would hold twenty million people ; modern guidebooks have cut this number churlishly , and for all I know realistically down to three million .
2 It was still opposed by Danish environmentalists , who claimed that it would affect the salinity of the Baltic Sea by partially blocking the Öresund , as well as bringing greater pollution to the Copenhagen area through increased traffic flows , but supporters of the project said that it would bring new economic activity to the area .
3 Euro Disney thought it would attract 11 million fun-seekers by September .
4 The bill was passed despite fierce opposition from the white commercial farming community which warned that it would transform productive commercial farms into subsistence smallholdings and could turn Zimbabwe from a food exporter to an importer .
5 I chose not to buy it that day , so I was interested to see whether a longer look at it would change those initial impressions .
6 If it did n't cost quite so much to get there ( typical return fare London-Auckland is currently about £1,150 it would make good financial sense to use the excellent training facilities that exist in New Zealand to obtain a PPL , and it certainly is a wonderful place to build up low-cost hours among some of the world 's most magnificent surroundings .
7 General Dynamics suggested that the cancellation would force it to lay off 4,000 of its 100,000 employees , while McDonnell Douglas estimated that it would make some 3,000 redundancies .
8 It would make horrible great holes in you , ’ explained Lydia , ‘ and I imagine it would hurt like hell . ’
9 I must , however , confess , that , if that were so , I do not see that it would make any substantial difference .
10 According to early ethological studies , it seemed that the young of certain birds like ducks and chickens would follow the first moving object they met and form a lasting attachment to it ; also that this attachment could take place only within a sharply limited period early on in development , and that it would affect all subsequent relationships .
11 Last night other booksellers reacted with anger , saying it would damage small independent book shops and destroy a system which they believe had served the trade and book-buying public well .
12 It would cover four square miles and be the second biggest in the country .
13 It would cover those minor disturbances formerly dealt with under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1936 but also types of anti-social behaviour which have not been criminalised in the past .
14 He maintained that Latin America had already been drawn into the capitalist system in a dependent role , and that the activities of imperialism would ensure that it would retain this colonial status .
15 He also devoted a good deal of his investigations to the extraordinary satin bower-bird , a native of the area and so called for its remarkable habit of building and decorating a sort of stage-set , in which it would perform ritual mating dances .
16 BRITISH GAS last night denied a report on News at Ten that it would announce 2,000 more job losses today .
17 It would comprise 16 parliamentary deputies and 11 private citizens and would be headed by Rainer Eppelmann , a leading peace campaigner and dissident under the former East German regime .
18 If the Consortium eventually wins the case it would give other embattled communities and planning authorities fresh confidence to challenge outstanding IDO claims , rather than compromise .
19 If all this fused … it would give 2 million calories ( of heat ) per gram .
20 It would embrace such novel reforms ( for Lloyd 's ) as professional training , peer review , tight cost controls , tougher regulation , fuller disclosure of information from a better database , and centralisation of back-office functions .
21 And it would stop all this problem , but I do n't think we 've got the money for it .
22 At least it would stop this dreadful speculation . ’
23 Her acquiescence would have one pertinent effect ; it would curtail any further visits .
24 The scheme is intended to improve the city 's image and deter violence , vandalism and theft It would involve 30 uniformed wardens providing a 12-hour seven-day weekly eyes-and-ears service and acting as tourist guides .
25 It would protect all those persons in Hollins v. Fowler who merely handled the cotton ministerially , such as a carrier who merely received and delivered the goods in the ordinary way and it would not save the man who had sold the cotton to another .
26 This could be just the job for her — and it would generate some new income to replace what we 've lost .
27 In fact , it would appear that other aspects of the new curriculum , and in particular the National Curriculum , have been given more immediate priority , although the National Curriculum Council has issued some guidance on multicultural education and linguistic diversity .
28 The report estimates it would cost 6,000 million roubles to build reprocessing facilities , which Russia can not afford .
29 If the A66(M) junction were redesigned it would cost several million pounds and take several years to complete , he said .
30 If the A66(M) junction were redesigned it would cost several million pounds and take several years to complete , he said .
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