Example sentences of "[coord] it would [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 In South Antrim , the constituency of the present writer , no satisfaction was received on the matter until an exasperated meeting of my own constituency party presented the Westite Official Unionists with an ultimatum that either ‘ UUUC ’ appear on the literature and posters of their candidate or it would present its own rival one .
2 Now although the law may be extremely complex it also aims for clarity in its pronouncements or it would fail to work .
3 It had to keep accelerating or it would drop out of the sky .
4 With a few possible exceptions , it is not worthwhile stocking up with other components in large numbers because it would either be too costly , or it would take years to use them all up .
5 She had known their affair had to end or it would destroy them both , but now that it was about to do so , she was terrified of a future in which there would be no Luke , not even Luke causing her unhappiness .
6 Still , 209 all out seemed a fair performance by England , or it would have done had more of their batsmen scored some runs .
7 Erm the caravan sites act nineteen sixty eight er , paragraph fifteen did actually , I think address the provision government sites quite well , or it would have if it had actually been properly implemented in that there was a carrot and stick , there was stick or requirement
8 Artai could not have declared any public intent to marry Jehana , Alexei realised , or it would have been the talk of Kinsai. probably there were rumours — nothing was ever entirely a secret at court — and he glanced again at the women who clustered at the other end of the pool .
9 It can not occur through any systematic movement or it would have been predicted .
10 The Government obviously do not have such a plan , or it would have been mentioned today .
11 She 'd have to give this … person … something or it would spoil Sam 's holiday — which was like saying it would spoil his entire year .
12 She knew she must get out of the car quickly , or it would get stuck behind the steering wheel .
13 It would either fall apart or it would collapse to form a black hole .
14 They believe that reality ‘ points beyond itself ’ in the sort of way that the pile of books points beyond itself , in that we know something must be holding it up or it would fall .
15 Above all territory must be effectively occupied or it would fall to the partisans ; this kept French troops from the battlefield .
16 It would either stay constant , in which case there would be no well-defined thermodynamic arrow of time , or it would decrease , in which case the thermodynamic arrow of time would point in the opposite direction to the cosmological arrow .
17 ‘ I thought I would wear my thick coat because it might be cold waiting for the bus and it would stand up to the rain .
18 We suspected that the carnitine deficiency would be found in patients with active coeliac disease , and it would resolve on a gluten free diet after the recovery of mucosal absorptive capacity .
19 And when they fished there they would inevitably lose tackle , and it would stay in the lake forming a hazard for the ducks and swans .
20 Sedgefield District Council 's development committee turned down the application by the Redfern family because there would be an inadequate access and it would change the character of the village .
21 He 'd just go himmaahimmahimm , and it would blow you away .
22 You would n't be a real beginner and it would give you an interest when I 'm busy . ’
23 It would be the best thing for him and it would give his family some peace . ’
24 I 'm of age , after all , and it would give him a terrible fright .
25 Without the ERM , countries could competitively devalue their currencies : that would prove as inflationary in future as it has in the past , and it would give rise to the sort of trade frictions that plague the relationship between America and Japan , or worse .
26 and it would give off nitrate would n't it ?
27 And it would give Doctor Who a far greater visual continuity as there would be no need to worry about give-and-take discussions with formal Effects Designers .
28 The Report was intended as a review , giving a complete survey ( according to its prospectus ) of Chemistry and its Allied Sciences ; it was to come out in the first half of the year following that reviewed ; and it would give a faithful and ‘ whenever necessary , a complete digest of each investigation ’ in chemistry , and its applications in pharmacy , arts and manufactures .
29 And it would give us a chance to talk , Folly , ’ he added softly .
30 She 's your sister and it would give you a break .
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