Example sentences of "[conj] would [verb] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Harry Martin … the word 's out that you 're interested in how he conducts his business at the moment , and of course that must cause untold problems , or would do if you were n't able to separate your professional and personal life . ’ |
| 2 | Perhaps Rachel did too , or would do when she had had time to work it out . |
| 3 | Or would have but for the poisonous Marianne , she added silently . |
| 4 | To avoid the chaos that would arise if , for example , several users wanted to print at the same time , the resources of a network may be controlled by ‘ servers ’ . |
| 5 | This ignores the substantial number of additional cases that would arise if screening became widespread . |
| 6 | To illustrate the combination of speculative and portfolio adjustment effects that are embodied in relative returns it is useful to analyse the changes that would arise if wealth and turnover are held constant and investors expect a rise of 1% in the relative return on UK investments in both the current and following quarters due to an expected exchange rate appreciation . |
| 7 | Dolphin kills were suspected from the time the practice of fishing on dolphins began in 1959 , but a secretive tuna industry for many years resisted all attempts to have observers placed on their boats , no doubt fearful of the outrage that would result if the truth were made public . |
| 8 | Each Dobson unit is a hundredth of a millimetre and refers to the thickness of the stratospheric ozone layer that would result if it were brought to sea level pressure and temperature . |
| 9 | While county councillors were in the chamber yesterday discussing how much to overspend in Gloucestershire next year , protestors outside were breathing down their necks demanding an end to the threatened cuts that would result if the budget was brought in on target . |
| 10 | Lydia is ignorant of the ensuing scandal that would result if she did not marry Wickham . |
| 11 | So the climate conforms almost totally — to the east of the Date Line — to what is called the planetary weather system , the theoretical system of winds and pressures that would exist if the earth was a near-perfect spheroid unencumbered with continents , mountain chains and other complicating nuisances . |
| 12 | Some studies have used marks on shells that would disappear if shells decrease in size ; it is known that molluscs can remain living for long periods without detectable growth ; and some studies have recorded negative growth but dismissed it as apparent error . |
| 13 | But are they the inevitable companions of hierarchy , or perhaps a product of the misuse of hierarchy that would disappear if hierarchy were properly understood and structured ? |
| 14 | With this in mind , he is painting a picture of the disaster that would follow if either of the two main parties formed a minority government without a firm agreement with the Liberal Democrats . |
| 15 | Perhaps they are sheepish about the efficiency or integrity of their testing systems , and unwilling to have them exposed to the public scrutiny that would follow if the banned athletes chose to take the matter further in law . |
| 16 | Just imagine the chaos that would follow if four line ferrets were introduced together . |
| 17 | Perhaps the hon. Gentleman would care to tell the House of the additional job losses that would follow if Labour 's reckless defence cuts were superimposed on the problems already faced by the industry . |
| 18 | All was carefully organized , not only for the debate and the vote , but also for the disorder that would follow when Asquith moved to rescind the vote : Ministers were shouted down , a copy of Standing Orders was thrown at Churchill , and the Speaker had to suspend the House until the following week because of the danger of actual fighting in the House . |
| 19 | However , this may not be the price that would prevail if the share were traded now . |
| 20 | Can I just make the point of clarification in what said there , that as far as staffing additional works spread through for example we are assuming that staff costs are within the figures you are looking at and the the work that was referring to was was after you made your decision to will need to take some element of that cost into the start of the budget there is no staff figures that would occur after you 've formalised this budget we are not aware of so there there will be . |
| 21 | The actual conversation that would ensue as envisioned by the writer . |
| 22 | In the end I went along and scraped a pass , largely to avoid the horrendous scenes with my parents that would ensue if I came away from the temple of learning empty-handed . |
| 23 | Recommended action : suspend the session , and submit the matter to a new mixed commission that would report when the question had ‘ matured ’ . |
| 24 | She then tested his creativity by asking him to write down all the things he could do with various objects such as a brick or a shoe , and all the things that would happen if certain events suddenly occurred , such as everyone in the world losing their sight or having to walk on all fours . |
| 25 | Because of the scale of its command over resources , the government can spread its risks over many projects and so is justified in undertaking more investment in research and development than would occur if left to the private sector . |
| 26 | ‘ Better ’ results will ensue from a ‘ contest ’ between partisan advocates , than would follow if the decision were to be reached by an allegedly unbiased administrator completing a comprehensive survey . |
| 27 | I refer to your query regarding the above and would advise as follows : = |
| 28 | And at these times , she could hold Lucy 's hand , and would melt when the pressure was returned . |
| 29 | At this Maria Candida , who had been listening on the stairs , let out a wail of joy at the thought that she would be seeing Portugal again ; Leonora went to embrace her daughter and whisper her blessings , while Gerald , who knew when he was beaten and was never any good in emotional situations , announced that he had important business in the castle yard , and would return as soon as he had attended to it . |
| 30 | They would pass into the baby universe and would reemerge as the particles emitted by another black hole . |