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

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 I must , however , confess , that , if that were so , I do not see that it would make any substantial difference .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 And it would stop all this problem , but I do n't think we 've got the money for it .
9 At least it would stop this dreadful speculation . ’
10 Her acquiescence would have one pertinent effect ; it would curtail any further visits .
11 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 .
12 This could be just the job for her — and it would generate some new income to replace what we 've lost .
13 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 .
14 If the A66(M) junction were redesigned it would cost several million pounds and take several years to complete , he said .
15 If the A66(M) junction were redesigned it would cost several million pounds and take several years to complete , he said .
16 Nan said that both she and Benny were busy trying to play down their bruises and scratches because it would cause such almighty upheavals in both their homes .
17 Furthermore , giving existing voting behaviour , it would deprive any one party of an overall majority of seats .
18 It 's a good thing you do n't have to wear your lungs on the outside of your chest , because it would spoil that athletic image you cultivate entirely . ’
19 If Labour came to power , it would remove all that money and thus deprive the public of the pleasure of the special exhibitions that are staged as a result of the charging policy .
20 But it would have much more difficulty in applying those new rules retrospectively .
21 If there were a single currency without convergence , it would have several serious effects on the smaller countries .
22 But he had the glimmer of a plan forming in his mind , and it would please this poor soul sitting before him .
23 He added that it would take many more years to establish a healthy pattern of development , especially since there is no communications infrastructure .
24 From these figures , it was calculated that it would take some 100 years for the cut and cut-and-burnt sites to attain biomass levels of the original forest , while for the bulldozed forests , it is estimated that 1000 years would be needed .
25 I am thinking of a feeling of confidence which has been built up and which it would take some drastic change to break down .
26 And once broken , once the grief and tears had begun , it would take some little time for her to recover , although now that she had faced what had happened she might do so more quickly and easily than she would have done had she continued suppressing her memories , and refusing healthy grieving .
27 When he told Perkins his landlord of his case , and that it would be a pity to leave Solomon unfinished , Perkins blanched when he heard it would take another two years , gave him his fat hand and told him if the painting did not sell after two years , and Haydon still could not pay , ‘ … why , sir , we 'll consider what is to be done , so do n't fret , but work . ’
28 However , he thought it would take another ten years of satellite measurements before the predicted temperature increases and climate changes could be confirmed .
29 The newspaper insisted it would fight any legal proceedings , which it maintained lacked ‘ a sense of due proportion ’ .
30 Margie had not pressed Hugo to talk about Greg Martin though her professional instincts had nagged at her that if she could probe a little into the association it would produce some riveting television .
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