Example sentences of "it would [vb infin] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | France , which envisaged that it would lead the new force , had withdrawn from NATO 's integrated command structure in 1966 [ see p. 21601 ] and had since then pursued an effectively independent line on military issues . |
| 8 | It would attract the automatic charge of ‘ élitist ’ , but so , potentially , do many worthwhile kinds of intellectual activity . |
| 9 | If it held the shares intact it would suffer the same disadvantage that our ordinary investor encountered . |
| 10 | It would change the military strategies of the former Warsaw Pact countries and lead to troop reductions . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | In fact , there 's so much bonding on stage that it would make the average punter slightly sick . |
| 13 | As the matter spirals into the black hole , it would make the black hole rotate in the same direction , causing it to develop a magnetic field rather like that of the earth . |
| 14 | Not only were we not interested in how socialism was realized , we did n't believe it would make the slightest difference to the position of women even if it were . |
| 15 | Unkind critics of the Amstrad , er , Sinclair PC200 have suggested it would make the ideal present for someone with everything , as you would n't give it to someone who actually needed a PC . |
| 16 | It would make the whole exercise entirely pointless , but she did n't care . |
| 17 | Because if if people took advantage of the of these facilities it would make the whole business an awful lot cheaper for them . |
| 18 | It would make the green shoots of new grass grow under their feet in a most comforting fashion . |
| 19 | Having a resistivity of some 10MΩ and a permittivity of 3 , it would remain the first choice of insulation for undersea cables until development of para gutta , composed of wax and deproteinised rubber . |
| 20 | Ghosh and Senko put forward an interpolation search in place of the track or lowest-level index , and showed that for normal key distributions it would improve the direct retrieval performance of IS files . |
| 21 | The mechanics of it would capture the young imagination . |
| 22 | There was no doubt that if it did spread to the nearest stack it would set the whole hayfield alight in a very short time . |
| 23 | First , it would undo the anti-inflationary credibility that they have painfully won in recent years , and which is the precise benefit offered by EMS membership . |
| 24 | It would cover the terminal stages of an incurable physical illness , permanent mental impairment , incurable physical illness , and permanent unconsciousness . |
| 25 | It would retain the Yugoslav flag and anthem and a joint parliament and government , co-operate in foreign policy and defence , and form an economic union . |
| 26 | Erm I tend to share Patrick Earle 's reservations about this particular policy , I think that it would convey the wrong message erm to the development industry . |
| 27 | If such a total were set down , it would blow the whole review out of the water . |
| 28 | It would link the two things together . |
| 29 | Conservation bodies such as English Heritage and the Royal Fine Arts Commission were appalled at the plan and said it would ruin the historic town . |
| 30 | Although the Police Federation welcomes the Bill , it would prefer the basic offence of taking away without consent possibly to incur the same penalty as was available until 1988 , of up to three years ' custodial sentence . |